2022 ISAF Spring Meeting

"Forestry for the Birds"

2022 Spring Meeting Indiana Society of American Foresters, The Nature Conservancy and The Indiana Chapter of Wildlife Society
Thursday and Friday, March 24th & 25th (Flyer available here)

Where
Online Via Zoom. Registered attendees will be provided links to the live presentation content.
Education Credits
This program received 5.75 CFE credits in category 1 from the Society of American Foresters.
Cost
The registration fee is $25.00 for SAF members or $35 for non-members. Student registration is free, please email Josh Wagner (wagnerforestry@icloud.com) so he can send you the zoom link(s) for the meeting.

Agenda

Thursday March 24th (Zoom: ISAF)

11:00 AM Executive Committee Meeting- Andrew Suseland, ISAF Chair

Thursday March 24th (Zoom: ISAF, TNC & TWS)

Session 1: Introduction and Welcome Moderator: Jessica Outcalt
1:00 PM Jessica Outcalt - The Nature Conservancy in Indiana
1:10 PM Allen Pursell - The Nature Conservancy in Indiana
1:25 PM Shannon Frazer - Alcoa Foundation
1:35-1:40 PM Break
Session 2: Setting a Foundation - Forest Management for Declining Species
1:40 PM Barny Dunning - Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
2:00 PM Jane Fitzgerald - American Bird Conservancy
2:20 PM Joy O'Keefe - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM Break
Thickets, Whippoorwills and Ruffed Grouse
2:50 PM Patrick Ruhl - Harding University
3:10 PM Scott Haulton - Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry
3:30 PM Jon Steigerwaldt - Ruffed Grouse Society
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM Break
Keynote Address
4:00 PM Introduction by Liz Jackson - Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM Frank Thompson - US Forest Service and University of Missouri-Columbia
5:00 PM -5:15 PM Break

Thursday March 24th (Zoom: ISAF)

5:15 PM ISAF Business Meeting- Andrew Suseland, Chair

Friday March 25th (Zoom: ISAF, TNC & TWS)

Moderator: Lenny Farlee - Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Session 3: Practicing what we Preach - How do we Manage Forests for Birds?
9:00 AM Steve Hagenbuch - Audubon Vermont
9:20 AM Dan Shaver - Natural Resources Conservation Service Indiana
9:40 AM Brianne Lowe - Natural Resources Conservation Service Indiana
10:00 AM Mike Baltz - Let the Sun Shine In
10:20 AM -10:30 AM Break
The Forestry for the Birds program and toolbox
10:30 AM Tamara Benjamin - Purdue Extension
10:50 AM Perry Seitzinger - Seitzinger Forestry
11:10 AM Fauna Creative - Fauna Creative
11:15 AM Allen Pursell and Jessica Outcalt - The Nature Conservancy in Indiana
12:00 PM Adjourn