Ouachita Society of American Foresters Calendar of Events
Ouachita Society of American Foresters Annual Meeting, 2007
Hot Springs, Arkansas
| Thursday, November 29 | ||
| 10:00am | Ouachita SAF Planning and Policy Committee | |
| 11:00am | Ouachita SAF Executive Committee | |
| Noon | Lunch on your own | |
| 1:30pm | General Session Biofuel Educational Presentations: Overview and Industry Perspectives Biofuel Overview Dr.Matt Pelkki, Arkansas Forest Resources Center, Monticello, Arkansas Cellulosic Ethanol - Why it will succeed in the South Ron Barmore, Range Fuels, Broomfield, Colorado The BRI Gasification/Fermentation Process Dr. Ed Clausen, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas |
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| 3:00pm | Break | |
| 3:20pm | General Session Biofuel Educational Presentations: Issues Involved in Collecting, Moving and the Delivering Biomass How the Farmer and the Forester Will Save America Dick Carmichael, Price Industries Slash Bundling Research Dr. David Patterson, Arkansas Forest Resources Center, Monticello, Arkansas |
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| 5:30pm | Networking Time (Silent Auction, Cash Bar) | |
| 6:30pm | Awards Banquet (provided) | |
| Friday, November 30, 2007 | ||
| 7:00am | Arkansas Division Breakfast (provided) Oklahoma Division Breakfast (provided) |
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| 8:00am | General Session Ouachita SAF Business Meeting Tom Kuzmic, OSAF Chair Michael Goergen, SAF Executive Vice President Biofuel Educational Presentations The Potential of Oklahoma Redcedar to Serve as a Biofuel Feedstock Dr. Rodney Will, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma |
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| 10:00am | Break | |
| 10:20am | General Session Biofuel Educational Presentations: Ecosystem Issues in Harvesting Biomass Challenges to Sustaining Site Productivity with Intensive Biofuel Harvesting Dr. Andrew Scott, Southern Research Station, USFS Pineville, Louisiana Bioenergy and its Wildlife Implications Dr. Phil Tappe, Arkansas Forest Resources Center, Monticello, Arkansas What Does Cellulosic Biofuel Feedstock Production Mean for Water Quality and Conservation in Arkansas? Dr. Hal Liechty, Arkansas Forest Resources Center, Monticello, Arkansas |
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| Noon | Adjourn - Lunch on your own | |
Registration Information
The Early Registration fee for this meeting will be $85.00 (Student fee $25.00). Late Registration (after November 20) will be $125.00 payable to the OSAF in care of Joe Friend, Arkansas Forestry Commission, UAM Box 3123, Monticello, AR 71656. Download the registration form here (pdf).
Please make payment by November 20 to avoid paying the late fee!!!
The meeting will be held at the Clarion Resort on the Lake, in Hot Springs. A block of rooms has been set aside for the meeting. Please make you own room reservation at 1.800.432.5145 or online.
Meeting Sponsors
Georgia Pacific
Progressive Solutions
First National Bank of Crossett
Silvicraft