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Welcome to Indiana
Society of American Foresters
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Meetings
| 2008 ISAF Summer Meeting August 26 and 27, 2008 Columbus, Indiana Central Hardwoods Oak Management |
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| Tuesday, August 26 Columbus, Indiana Holiday Inn (on State Road 46 on east side of intersection with Interstate 65) |
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| Holiday Inn Meeting Room CBR A/A2 | |
| 9:00-11:00am | Columbus Holiday Inn - Executive Committee Meeting |
| Lunch on your own | |
| 12:30pm | Greeting and Housekeeping |
| 12:45pm | Importance of Regenerating Oak (pdf) Dan Shaver - The Nature Conservancy |
| 1:30pm | Basics of the Oak Shelterwood System (pdf) Jeff Stringer - University of Kentucky |
| 2:00pm | Shelterwood System for White Oak Establishment (pdf) Jeff Stringer - University of Kentucky |
| 2:45pm | Break |
| 3:00pm | Soil Scarification to Improve Oak Establishment (pdf) John Lhotka - University of Kentucky |
| 3:30pm | Oak Seedling Establishment After Disking in Mature Oak Forests (pdf) Ron Rathfon - Purdue University |
| 4:00pm | Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment- Oak Regeneration Mike Saunders - Purdue University (contact to get a copy of the presentation on CD) |
| 4:30pm | Adjourn |
| 6:0pm | Banquet Dinner, Room CBR A/A2 |
| 7:00pm | Business Meeting |
| End Day One Activities | |
| Wednesday, August 27 | |
| Meet at Holiday Inn parking lot to van pool to field sites | |
| 8:30am | Depart from Holiday Inn parking lot Brown County Hills Oak Regeneration Sites Hoover Road - McKinney Parcel Bear Wallow Site Gilmore Ridge - Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment |
| Noon | Lunch - Yellowwood State Forest Jackson-Washington State Forest sites |
| 3:30pm | Return to Holiday Inn |
| End Day Two Activities | |
Meeting Location: The meeting is at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Columbus, Indiana. It is located immediately east of I-65 at the SR 46 exit (2480 Jonathan Moore Pike, Columbus, IN 47201). The phone number is 812.372.1541.
Lodging: A block of rooms have been reserved at the Holiday Inn for Indiana SAF. Reservations can be made at the phone number above. Other nearby lodging includes Comfort Inn (812.376.3051), Days Inn (812.376.9951), Sleep Inn (812.372.7200) and Super 8 (812.372.8828).
Registration: Registration for both days is $75.00 for SAF members and $85.00 for non-SAF members. This includes banquet, lunch on Day 2 and transportation. Download registration form (pdf).
Information: For more information contact John Friedrich () at 317.232.4118.