Purdue FNR Whitepaper – Addressing Concerns about Management in Indiana

Purdue Forestry & Natural Resources Whitepaper: Addressing Concerns About Management of Indiana’s Forests (FNR Whitepaper 2018-1-15)

Information Regarding Senate Bill 548

The Indiana Forest Alliance has tried for many years to restrict active forest management on state forests. It has come to ISAF’s attention that they are currently petitioning the Indiana legislature to set aside 24% (in specific tracts) of Indiana’s state forests as wilderness-like…

Marketing Forestry with Trees of Indiana Bandanas and other Materials

Marketing forestry is something every ISAF member should embrace. To meet this goal, Indiana SAF has developed several tools. We have a brochure on careers in forestry which are available to members who might be asked to speak to highschool classes or other groups….

Indiana SAF Fellows

Indiana SAF Fellows have a strong commitment through direct SAF volunteer activities as well as through exemplary action, sustained leadership, and advancement of the forestry profession in the application of forestry, education, public policy, research, and/or technology transfer. See previous Indiana SAF Fellows on…

Land Use Statistics of Interest

According to the Indiana DNR, 19% of the state is in forest. This is the third largest land use. Number one is corn and number two is soybeans at about equal proportions. Together they make up about 50% of the state’s area. That leaves…

Sustainable Forestry Publication Series Available

Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service and Department of Forestry and Natural Resources has just released a new series of extension publications titled “A Landowners Guide to Sustainable Forestry in Indiana”. The eight titles in the series cover a variety of topics interesting to forest…

Directory of Professional Foresters

The Directory of Professional Foresters compiled by the Indiana Forest and Woodland Owners Association is available. Large orders can be sent to Dan Ernst (dernst@dnr.in.gov) at the DNR Division of Forestry, 317.232.4105 or from Wendell Leedy (cblcwl@aol.com), at 317.881.1632. Single copies are available at…