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Keynote Address: Why Do We Sell Our Land? 9:00 AM
to 9:45 AM
Dr. Catherine Mater will discuss the difficult decisions landowners who have
no children or whose children are not interested in their land have to make.
Also, expert advice on family relationship issues and information for the
new landowner. |
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GPS Lecture & Demo:
10:40 AM to NOON AND 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Presented by George Barker
and Karen Barker,
Natural Resource
Technologies, L.L.C.
Location: Lagarde Conference Room, Anniston
Museum
- GPS, GIS what are they? How do they
work together
- Integrating GPS into your mapping system
- Learning to use GPS and what to watch for
(field exercise).
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Safe Fun for Everyone:
9:00 AM - 10:20 AM • 10:40 AM - NOON
• 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM • 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Tim Ard with Forest Applications Training, Inc. will present FOUR chainsaw
safety programs throughout the course of the day! |
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You Can’t Pet Herbicides!
All day event
Herbicides get the job done, but they are not as loveable as goats, so
Ernie and Lee Hay of the Meat Goat and Sheep Producers of Talladega
County will be on hand all day with their herd
of boer goats. They will answer questions about using the animals to get rid
of kudzu, the economical benefits to raising goats for meat, and also present a petting zoo for the kids. |
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First Ever AFOA Children's
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Wood-Mizer Portable Sawmill Demonstration:
All day presentation
Mike Farr and Jimmy Horsley with
Wood-Mizer Georgia will
be giving sawmill demonstrations throughout Saturday's conference. |
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Tree Identification Walks:
10:40 • 1:00
• 2:40
If you feel like stretching your legs and getting outdoors after all the
classroom instruction, attending consulting foresters will lead brief guided
excursions in the woods surrounding the Museum to identify some of North
Alabama’s most common trees.
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Friday, April 15 - Tour & Social Event |
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12:30 |
Assemble at the Long Leaf Lodge at
McClellan.
Directions: To reach the Lodge, take
Alabama 21 north of Anniston to Baltzell Gate Road. Turn right onto
Baltzell Gate Road.
Click here for a map.
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Buses leave for National Wildlife
Refuge & Private Forestry Tour. See the forest management
practices of a public forest and a privately-owned forest.
Tour agenda: |
| Public Forest Tour Details: |
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife
Refuge
Tour Leader:
Bill Garland, Refuge Biologist.
Tour Agenda: Experience the ecosystem of a former military training
base transformed into a wildlife refuge, see stands of natural & old-growth
longleaf, and discover the history of the refuge & their management
objectives for the future. |
| Private Forest Tour Details: |
Private Forest Management
Tour Leader:
Michelle Isenberg, BASF
Forestry Products Specialist and Associate Wildlife Biologist
Tour Agenda: income opportunities, wildlife management,
competition control, hardwood regeneration, aesthetics, longleaf pine
management, and other stand management techniques. |
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5:00 |
Refreshments and conversation back at
the Long Leaf Lodge
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Saturday, April 16 - Main Program |
| 8:00 |
Registration, Coffee, Fruit &
Pastries in Auditorium and Classroom Areas |
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Auditorium |
| 8:45 |
Opening Remarks & Welcome
- Keith A. Casey, President,
AFOA |
| 9:00 |
Keynote Address: Why Do We Sell Our Land?
Dr. Catherine Mater will discuss the difficult decisions landowners who have
no children or whose children are not interested in their land have to make. |
| 9:45 |
Psychological Basis for
Creating Lasting Memories -
Dr.
Vivian Friedman, Ph.D., Department of Child-Adolescent Psychiatry,
UAB |
| 10:10 |
Legal Basis for Smooth
Transfer of Property -
Dr. Robert
A. Tufts, Auburn
University |
| 10:30 |
MORNING
COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:40 |
Family Legacy Panel
Discussion,
Moderator:
Henry Barclay, III,
Lehmann, Ullman & Barclay, LLP. Featuring:
The Carden Family
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The Carmichael Family
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The Barnett Family
• The Johns Family
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The
Casey Family |
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LUNCH |
| 12:45 |
AFOA Annual Business Meeting |
| 1:00 |
Books &
Publications on Forestry & Wildlife,
Hayes D.
Brown, Monroe,
Trippe, Brown & Adair, LLP/AFOA General Counsel |
| 1:22 |
Using Maps & Photos &
Marking Boundaries,
Jeffery
N. Lucas,
Professional Land
Surveyor |
| 1:45 |
Evaluating Your Land's Resources &
Potential, Colin
Bagwell, Your Forester |
| 2:07 |
Developing a Plan — What’s In
/ What’s Not,
Tom Carignan,
Carignan Forestry
Consultants, LLC |
| 2:30 |
AFTERNOON
COFFEE BREAK |
| 2:40 |
Site Preparation & Planting,
Edward McCullers, Baseline Forest Services |
| 2:51 |
Selling Timber,
Billy Rye, Forest Management Specialists, Inc. |
| 3:03 |
Leasing Hunting Land,
Terry Love,
Forestry Consultants, Inc. |
| 3:14 |
Using Fire as a Tool,
John R. Stivers, Forestry
Consultant & Fire Specialist |
| 3:26 |
Preventing Encroachment, James A. Morris Jr.,
Morris Forestry Services |
| 3:37 |
Controlling Brush & Improving
Growth, Mark Hainds,
The Longleaf
Alliance |
| 3:49 |
Animal Nuisance Control,
Gary Casper,
Predator Control & Conservation |
| 4:00 |
Door Prize Drawing |
Annual Meeting & Tour Refunds
will be made if AFOA is notified by April 8
| _____________ $15/person advance |
SATURDAY Conference & Lunch -
$20 after April 8 |
| _____________ $ 8/child
|(ages 6-13) |
SATURDAY Children’s Program |
| _____________ $12/person |
FRIDAY Pre-meeting Tour &
Social |
| _____________ $ 4/person |
FRIDAY Social without Tour |
| _____________ TOTAL |
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE for
all people included on form |
| Mail with payment to: AFOA -
Annual Meeting, P. O. Box 361434, Birmingham, AL 35236 |