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Schedule

8:00 amRegistration & Coffee

Women's Networking in the Founders Room

8:50 amWelcome

Sara Kelso, Marquette CD

9:00 amStump to Store

Panel with loggers, truckers, primary & secondary mills.
Moderator: Matt Watkeys, DNR

10:00 amSilviculture Research Update

Katarina Warwick and Ashdon McDaniel, MTU

10:30 amSmall Group Discussions

Greet old friends and make new ones

11:00 amForest Management in the UP and Beyond

Rexx Janowiak & Jerry Grossman, Green Timber Consulting Foresters

11:30 amState issues and awards for Michigan SAF

Jim Malloy, Weyerhaeuser & Tara Bal, MTU

12:00 pmStudent & faculty reports

MTU, MSU, Gogebic CC and Bay College students

12:30 pmLunch Break

best buffet ever

1:30 pmPolicy Panel

Ballroom - MAT, MFA & GLTPA. Moderator Mike Smalligan, DNR

1:30 pmTechnology Panel

Founders Room - Technology Panel on lidar, remote sensing, AI, etc. Moderator Lee Mueller, CF

2:30 pmKeweenaw Heartlands Project

Ballroom - Julia Peterson, The Nature Conservancy

2:30 pmWhat does it take to plant a forest?

Founders Room - Chad Fields, PRT

3:00 pmSmall Group Discussions

Greet old friends and make new ones

3:30 pmCougars in UP

Brian Roell, DNR Wildlife

4:00 pmOttawa & Hiawatha National Forests

Lenore Lamb and Shannon Rische, USFS

4:30 pmMichigan Legislature Update

UP Policy Maker - TBD

5:00 pmHappy Hour

head over to the Holiday Inn for Happy Hour

6:00 pmDinner

best buffet ever at Holiday Inn

7:30 pmForesters Fundraiser

Fundraiser for SAF’s Foresters Fund (supports educational projects nationally)

Registration Information

  • College or high school students (member or not). Expect a $20 cash rebate if you join SAF at the meeting for just $25.

  • Current members of Michigan SAF (we do check membership list)

  • If you are not a member of SAF, we'd love to have you join at www.eForester.org/JoinNow

  • The Zoom webinar provides 7 CFEs at the Wednesday meeting. It is free for SAF members and $70 for non-members. Mike Smalligan will provide Zoom links after payment for nonmembers or an email request from members.

  • One registration, display table and logo on the program.

  • Two registrations, display table and logo on the program. Please consider paying by check to save 5% fees.

  • Three registrations, display table, logo on the program. Please consider paying by check to save 5% fees.

  • Four registrations, display table, logo on the program. Please consider paying by check to save 5% fees.

  • Five registrations, display table, logo on the program. Please consider paying by check to save 5% fees.

Morning Tours on Thursday October 15*

  • NO Tour

    I am not able to stick around for a tour on Thursday

  • Rayonier mill tour

    Head south on the road to Gwinn for a tour of the Rayonier Mill with Travis Heikkinen, Dave Kossak & Shea Rettler. Maximum capacity is 30 guests

  • Forest Roads

    Learn how Lyme Great Lakes builds forest roads near Laughing Whitefish Falls.

  • Reforestation

    Two mile hike at Dead River Community Forest with UP Land Conservancy

  • Birding Tour at 8 AM

    Look for birds at Presque Isle Bog with Anna Ellis, MSUE and Laughing Whitefish Bird Alliance

MI SAF Swag

  • Orange Beanie

    $15.00 ea.

  • Camel Beanie

    $15.00 ea.

  • Every Day is Earth Day

    $1.00 ea.

  • Every Day is Arbor Day

    $1.00 ea.

  • Wood is Good sticker

    $1.00 ea.
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Your generosity will go towards the Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness campaign.

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