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AFOA 22nd ANNUAL MEETING ADVANCE REGISTRATION
$15 per person plus optional activities *
Please print name as it is to appear on name tag.
Name: _______________________________ Spouse: _____________________________________
Company Name (for sponsors): ______________________________________________________
Address: ___________________________ Telephone: __________________________________
City, State, & Zip: ________________ Email: ______________________________________
Annual Meeting & Tour Refunds will be made if AFOA is notified by April 4.
SATURDAY CONFERENCE & LUNCH: $15/person advance — $20 after April 4 _________
*conference and lunch fee not applicable for sponsors not attending
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES BELOW:
FRIDAY AFTERNOON PRE-CONFERENCE TOURS: $12/person _________
Register only one tour per person
Circle choice(s) below
1. Paper Mill & Saw Mill -- Temple-Inland - Coosa, Georgia
2. Forest Management at Berry College
3. Intensive Forest Management & Wildlife Considerations - Leesburg, Alabama
4. Little River Canyon & Wildlife Management Area
FRIDAY EVENING DINNER & PROGRAM: $10/person _________
SATURDAY TOURS: $5/person _________
Register only one tour per person
Circle choice(s) below
1. Pine Cultural Density Study -- Temple-Inland -- Summerville, Georgia
2. Little River Canyon & Wildlife Management Area
3. Upland Hardwood Silviculture
SATURDAY EVENING HOT DOG ROAST: $5/person _________
SUNDAY MORNING WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT TOUR: $5/person _________
* SPONSOR FEE: General - $35. Coffee Break, Lunch & Tour Vans - $200 _________
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE for all people included on this form. TOTAL: _________
Print Registration Form and send with payment to: AFOA - Annual Meeting
P. O. Box 361434
Birmingham, AL 35236
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PRESENTERS, GUIDES, & INSTRUCTORS:
Tour Friday -- 1. Paper
Mill & Sawmill -- Temple-Inland - Coosa, Georgia
Tom Holly, Technical Manager,
Temple-Inland
J. King, Manager-Environmental Compliance,
Temple-Inland
Tour Friday
-- 2. Forest Management at Berry College Forest
Dr. Martin L. Cipollini, Biology Dept., Berry College
Berry College Longleaf Management Plan
Tour Friday --
3. Intensive Forest Management & Wildlife Considerations
Tim West, Forest Management Dept.,
Temple-Inland
Tour of Temple-Inland's Brown Farm Tree Improvement Center near Leesburg,
Alabama. We'll discuss Tree Genetics, Orchard Management, mid Rotation
Silviculture, Thin vs. No Thin and Wildlife Management.
Tour
Friday -- 4. Little River Canyon & Wildlife Management Area
Larry Beane,
National Park Service
Teresa Baird,
National Park Service
Talmadge Butler, DeSoto State Park
Tracy Nelson,
Division of Wildlife
& Freshwater Fisheries
Legends on the Lookout
Talmadge Butler, Superintendent,
DeSoto State Park.
Tour Saturday -- 1. Pine
Cultural Density Study, Summerville, GA
Tim West, Forest Management Dept.,
Temple-Inland
We'll visit the University of Georgia/Temple Cultural Density Study and
discuss planting spacing, very intensive cultural activities and operational
plantations.
Tour Saturday -- 2.
Little River Canyon & Wildlife Management Area
Larry Beane,
National Park Service
Teresa Baird,
National Park Service
Talmadge Butler, DeSoto State Park
Tracy Nelson,
Division of Wildlife
& Freshwater Fisheries
Tour Saturday -- 3. Upland
Hardwood Silviculture Techniques in North Alabama
Callie Jo Schweitzer, Ph.D., Research Forester,
USDA Forest
Service
Click here for an interesting
description of this tour.
Tree & Shrub Identification Walk 1:
EMPHASIS WILDLIFE
Ted DeVos,
Regions Bank Trust Department, Montgomery
Tree & Shrub Identification Walks 2 & 3
Dan James, James
Brothers Farm, Perry & Bibb Counties
Tree & Shrub Identification Walk 4
Doug Link, Chairman, Alabama
Tree Farm Committee
Timber Inventory -- Estimating Timber
Sessions 1 through 4
(hands-on sample plot measurements)
Tim Chesnut, Coosa Forestry Services (Stumpage Seller)
Dwayne Tew, Wolf Creek Timber Company (Stumpage Buyer)
Reducing Liabilities and Risks
Tina McDonald &
Paula Best, Davis-Garvin Agency, Inc.
Davis-Garvin Agency is the insurance agency that provides AFOA members with
group insurance policies for Hunting Lease Liability and Timberland (vacant
land) Liability protection.
Forest & Estate Taxation
Session 1 & 2 ( Two
"identical" sessions)
Henry Barclay, III, CPA,
Lehmann,
Ullman, & Barclay, LLP
GPS Hands-on Data Collection
Robert E. Loper, Forest Owner
&
Greenebriar webmaster
Managing Your Property for Quality Deer
Brian Murphy, Executive Director,
Quality Deer Management Association
GPS Mapping
Robert E. Loper, Forest Owner
&
Greenebriar webmaster
Hardwood Management -- Contrasts Between Northeast Alabama and the Rest of
the State
Dr. Ed Loewenstein,
Auburn University School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences
Mineral Ownership Fundamentals
for Forestry Owners
Dr. Charles Haynes,
Haynes Mineral Associates, LLP, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Dr. Haynes will discuss the following: a) Typical Alabama minerals. b) Types of mineral ownership. c) Mineral leases.
d) Royalty owner rights. e) Highest and best use. f) Appraisal of mineral rights
-- Quantity, Quality, Fair market value.
GPS Overview
Robert E. Loper, Forest Owner
&
Greenebriar webmaster
Conservation Easements: Problem or Panacea?
Dr. Deborah Gaddis,
Department of Forestry, Mississippi State University
Dr. Gaddis explains why landowners need to be extremely cautious when
granting conservation easements to their properties.
Click here to listen
Quail Management & Alabama Quail Trail
Mark W. Thomas, RF, CF,
ACF, CWB, Forestry/Wildlife Integration, LLC,
Benefits & Services of County Landowner Associations
Dr. Dwight Steedley, President, Mobile County Landowner Association
Clark Moore, Citizens Against Zoning Madison County
How to Become a Tree Farmer
Doug Link, Chairman, Alabama Tree Farm Committee
Pine Management -- Contrasts Between Northeast Alabama and the Rest of the
State
Dr. David South,
Auburn University School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences
Benefits & Services of
Regional and National Forest Landowner Associations
Rick Jones, Board Member and State Coordinator,
Forest Landowners Association
Desktop Mapping -- Hands-on (small group)
Richard Hall, Forest Technology Group
Direct Seeding of Pines Overview -- lower costs & natural rooting
Robert N. Gandy,
Creekside Consulting, Inc.
Forest Tax Reform in Washington, DC
Frank M. Stewart,
III, Forest Landowners Tax Council
(Mr. Stewart also writes Washington Resource Report which is included in
AFOA's monthly newsletter, Capital Ideas)
Mineral Ownership Fundamentals
for Forestry Owners - one on one counseling
Dr. Charles Haynes,
Haynes Mineral Associates, LLP, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Dr. Haynes will discuss the following: a) Typical Alabama minerals. b) Types of mineral ownership. c) Mineral leases.
d) Royalty owner rights. e) Highest and best use. f) Appraisal of mineral rights
-- Quantity, Quality, Fair market value.
Growing & Using Medicinal Herbs
Ginger Kogelschatz, Forester &
Medicinal Herb Grower, Menlo, Georgia
Aerial Imagery Applications
Richard Hall, Forest Technology Group
Direct Seeding of Pines -- hands-on
(outdoors near cabin)
Robert N. Gandy,
Creekside Consulting, Inc.
Tour Sunday -- Wildlife
Management Tour of Briar Patch Farm near Mentone
Frank & Bess Mason, Forest Owners
Briar Patch Farm is a beautiful, secluded 3000 acre forest & farm on the banks
of the Little River, north of Mentone.
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Sponsors
We appreciate the special help given by the following Organizations:
Nelson Paint Company
Sizemore & Sizemore, Inc.
Alabama Sportsman's & Landowner's Council
American Paulownia Association
AXA-Advisors
Carignan Forestry Consultants
Carroll Reforestation
First South Farm Credit
Gibson Forest Management, Inc.
Griffith Black Walnut Seed Orchard
IP Alabama Super Tree Nursery
Kingwood Forestry Services, Inc.
Larson & McGowin, Inc.
Voss Signs, LLC
Westervelt Wildlife Services
Woodland Enterprises
Woodland Services, Inc.
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Links that might be useful to you before arriving at AFOA's Annual Meeting
Little River Canyon National Preserve
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ACCOMMODATIONS
FORT PAYNE
Bear Creek Cabins..........................(256) 845-2584
Days Inn...................................(256) 845-2085
DeSoto State Park Lodge - cabins & rooms...1-800-568-8840
(conference reservation code is CGFORE)
Econo Lodge................................(256) 845-4013
Holiday Inn Express........................(256) 997-1020
Little River Campground..(256) 997-9831 or (334) 514-2037
MENTONE
Cloudmont/Shady Grove Dude Ranch...........(256) 634-4344
Mentone Cabins.............................(205) 560-0492
Mentone Inn B & B..........................1-800-455-7470
Mentone Springs Hotel B & B................1-800-404-0100
Mentone's Family Lodge.....................1-800-998-1956
Mountain Laurel Inn B & B..................1-800-889-4244
Raven Haven B & B..........................(256) 634-4310
Rose Cottage...............................(256) 634-4181
Serenity Camp Grounds......................(256) 634-3686
Summer Haven Cottages......................(256) 634-4025
Valhalla Luxury Cottages...................(256) 634-4006
Whispering Pines Cabin.....................(256) 657-4335
Wildwoods Cabins...........................(256) 997-6939
GROVE OAK
Buck's Pocket State Park.(256) 659-2000 or 1-800-ALA-PARK
SYLVANIA
DeKalb County
Public Fishing Lake and Camping...........(256) 657-3000
VALLEY HEAD
Lookout Creek Cabin........................(256) 635-6420
Sequoyah Campground........................(256) 635-0024
Winston Place B & B........................1-888-4WINSTON
Woodhaven B & B............................(256) 635-6438
Accommodations outside of DeKalb County, AL
CLOUDLAND
Mountain Grove at Cloudland B & B..........1-800-226-5585
LEESBURG
The Secret B & B...........................(256) 523-3825