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Hofmann Forest Workshop

November 12 | 8:45 am - 4:00 pm

$40.00

Sturgeon City Environmental Education Center, 50 Court St, Jacksonville, NC / Hofmann Forest

Agenda (subject to change)

8:45 –
9:30 a.m.
Check in, networking, and light breakfast
9:30 –
9:40 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Sam Cook, Executive Director, Forest Assets and  Vice President, Natural Resources Foundation Board, NC State University-College of Natural Resources
9:40 –
10:20 a.m.
CNR Update (FER; Forest Biomaterials; Parks,  Recreation, and Tourism Management; Center for  Geospatial Analytics; and Cooperative Extension and Outreach)
Dr. Robert Bardon, Associate Dean for Extension and Professor, NC State University-College of Natural Resources
10:20 –
11:00 a.m.
NCFA Project Learning Tree Program
John Hatcher, Executive Director North Carolina Forestry Association
11:00 –
11:10 a.m.
Break
11:10 –
11:50 a.m.
Management of the Hofmann Forest Timber Deed  Terms and Conditions of RMS’s Timber Deed with the Endowment Fund
Tony Doster, Resource Management Service
11:50 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 –
4:00 p.m.
Tour Hofmann Forest

  • Stop 1: Western Forest Boundary-Urban Encroachment
    Cierra Ward and Jack Adams, Resource Management Service
  • Stop 2: Hofmann Research and Partner Collaborations
    John Sanders, CNR Forest Assets
  • Stop 3: Recent Thinning Harvest, Stand Operability, Market Concerns
    Cierra Ward and Jack Adams, Resource Management Service
  • Stop 4: Recent Bedding Site, Mechanical Site Preparation, Spray Drone Demonstration
    Cierra Ward, RMS and John Sanders, Axis Drone Solutions LLC
4:00 p.m. Workshop concludes

Professional Credits

Society of American Foresters CFEs – 6.5 Cat 1