2008 Chapter Officers

Chair: Sam Breyfogle ()
Past Chair: Roger Bryant ()
Chair-elect: John Merrill ()
Secretary/Treasurer: William L. Consoletti ()

2008 Meeting Dates

Date: February 21
Location: Purple Cow Restaurant, Pine Mountain, GA
Topic: Forestry and Water Resources: Now and in the Future
Speaker(s): Panel discussion: Moderator: Dorothy McDaniel, Trees Columbus
Panelists: Shana L. Udvardy, Water Program Manager, Georgia Conservancy (pdf presentation)
C. Rhett Jackson, Assoc Prof of Hydrology, Warnell School, UGA (pdf presentation)
Joe Maltese, Middle Chattahoochee Water Coalition

Date: April 17 at noon, 5:00pm Dinner
Location: Hilton Garden Inn, Brookstone Business Park, Columbus, GA
Topic: afternoon, Wade Harrison & Brant Slay of TNC will conduct a field tour of Fort Benning and/or TNC properties on some harvesting sites, longleaf restoration and/or some herbicide treatment areas. Meet at Noon at Welcome Center on I-185 at and Wiliams Road. Herbicide presentation at dinner.

Date: June 19
Location: Callaway Gardens
Topic: Forestry Education/recreation programs at Callaway

Date: August 21
Location: Blanton Creek, Ga Power's Recreation park off Lick Skillet Road in Harris County
Topic: Legislative review and status of wood producing industries in Georgia
Speaker(s): Bill Guthrie of Weyerhaeuser will do a presentation on the current and future status of wood using industries in GA and a State Representative will give a legislative review and update.

Date: October 16
Location: Waverly Hall office of MeadWestvaco
Topic: Wildlife Management and challenges
Speaker(s): Donnie and Amada Wood, Wildlife Biologists, will do a presentation on wildlife management, issues, costs and concerns to landowners, the public and forest industry.

Contact Bill Consoletti () by phone at 706.582.2026 x25 by Monday of the week of the meeting if you want to attend.

2007 Review

2007 Chapter Officers

Chair: Roger Bryant ()
Secretary/Treasurer: Bill Consoletti ()

2007 Meeting Dates

Date: February 15
Location: MeadWestvaco Auditorium, 1000 Broad St., Phenix City, AL
Speaker and Topic: Dr. David Moorhead, UGA Professor - Invasive Species
Sponsor: MeadWestvaco

Date: April 19
Location: Harvesting site around Harris County and class training/dinner at Callaway Gardens
Speaker and Topic: Donna Gallaher and Frank Green - Timber Harvester Master Training and Environmental Training
Notes: 2 hours - harvesting site; 2 hours - class time; Social and dinner start at 5:00pm
Sponsor: Callaway Gardens, Georgia

Date: June 21
Location: West Point Lake, Georgia
Speaker and Topic: Phil Adams, Army COE Forester - History and use of West Point Lake and other COE facilities

Date: August 16
Location: Blanton Creek Park, Georgia
Speaker and Topic: Richard Hall, Bank of America; Michael Kelly, Forest Investment Associates; TimberVest - "TIMO's current and future landowners, what does it mean for forestry in Georgia?"
Notes: Possible ethics training at 5:00pm

Date: October 18
Location: Purple Cow Restaurant, Pine Mountain, Georgia
Speaker and Topic: LandMark Systems review of GPS program Solo, inventory program Tcruise, growth and yield program SiMS, WedFRIS