| What Should I Do With It?18th Annual Meeting of the Alabama Forest Owners AssociationSaturday, April 24, 1999 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Joe Wheeler State Park Lodge, Rogersville, Alabama Registration: $15 per person - includes lunch and
coffee breaks Saturday Annual Meeting Conference and Breakout Sessions8:00 Registration & Breakout Selection 9:00 Welcome to the 18th Annual Meeting 9:05 Morning Moderator: Asa Hartwig, Member, AFOA Board of Directors 9:05 Breakout Preview
9:30 The Bedrock Which Supports Our Forests 9:45 Where Is It? & Whats On It? 10:15 Coffee Break 10:25 Breakout Preview
10:40 Whats Under It? (Forest Soils) 11:10 How Might Supply & Demand Affect My Plans For It? 12:00 Lunch & Business Meeting & Issues Reports 1:00 Afternoon Moderator: James W. Gewin, Treasurer, AFOA 1:00 How Can I Use It? (Recreational Income Opportunities) 2:00 Coffee Break 2:10 How Can I Change It? (Harvesting with a Purpose) 3:00 How Can I Pay For It? (Financing the Investment) 4:10 Door Prizes & Adjourn Friday Afternoon Tours (Both Tours Are Full) There will be two tours for those who arrive on Friday. Both will leave from the Lodge Parking Area at 1 p.m. Transportation will be provided. Soft drinks will be available, but please eat lunch before the tour. Tours will return to Lodge Parking Area at about 5 p.m., but ask your tour leader for return time before leaving if someone is to pick you up after the tour. Each tour was limited to the first 28 people who registered. [FULL] YEAGER DEMONSTRATION FOREST: We will visit a 750 acre tract that is being managed by Champion International Foresters with consideration for beauty and wildlife habitat. Some parcels have been managed for intensive pine culture and others are being tested for hardwood regeneration following various harvesting methods. Road building to minimize erosion involves gabion baskets & drainage structures. [FULL] CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL PAPER MILL: We will visit Champions Courtland Mill which was once the largest white paper mill in the world. We will also visit a private woodland for a brief forest management discussion.
EXHIBITORS & SPONSORSAssociation of Consulting Foresters, Ala. Chap. Champion International Corporation Delta Geographics, Inc. Federal Land Bank Association of North Alabama First South Production Credit Association Forestry Consultants, Inc. Gulf Forestry Services, Inc. International Forest Company, Inc. Kingwood Forestry Services, Inc. Red River Specialties, Inc. Southern Wildlife Products, Inc. Timber Managers Company Advance Conference Registration Please print name as it is to appear on name tag. Name: ___________________________________________________ Spouses Name (for name tag) if attending: _____________________ Business Name if appropriate: _______________________________ Address: ________________________________________________ City, State, & Zip: _________________________________________ Telephone: ______________________________________________ Annual Meeting & Tour Refunds will be made if AFOA is notified by April 19.
SATURDAY Annual Meeting Registration (includes lunch) $15/person --- Total amount enclosed: $________________
Mail name and address information with payment to: AFOA - Annual Meeting The entrance to Joe Wheeler State Park Lodge is south of US 72 about 24 miles west of Interstate 65 (Exit 351). The Lodge (1-800-544-5639) supposedly has no vacancies, but it won't hurt to call and see anyone has canceled a reservation. If you can't get a room at the lodge, try one of the motels below (area code "256"):
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