Events

                  

　

Date

Event

2010

Aug 2 WWOA Membership Committee Meeting at Schmeeckle Reserve in Stevens Point.  9 am   All WWOA members welcome!  Contact Jim Mroczenski at 715-843-7955 or mroski@dwave.net
Aug 7 Heritage Barn Tour in Green County featuring the Lauren Meinert Family (WWOA members) barn.  Join barn history enthusiasts in a virtual internet simulcast showcasing additional historic cantilevered forebay bank barns in four lcations around the world.  Overview of WI Barns Preservation Program followed by lunch on your own.  Register for the afternoon bus tour of the Meinert and Hefty-Blum barns or follow the map to visit the barns on your own.  Visit http://green.uwex.edu/index.html to learn more!
Aug 10 Ties To The Land workshop at Oneida County UW-Extension office in the Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport Terminal on August 10 and 17 (2 session workshop) from 2-4 pm.  Ties To The Land workshop focuses on ways to maintain family ties to the land from generation to generation, building awareness of key challenges facing family forest ownership, and motivating families to address those challenges.  Workshop is a mix of presentations and practical exercises to help families develop needed techniques.
Preregistration is required by August 3. Limit 30 people. 

Workshop fees include instruction, workbook and materials, snacks
$35/individual current WWOA member
$45/couple current WWOA member (shared workshop materials)
$80/individual nonWWOA member - includes 1 year WWOA membership and 1 year subscription to Woodland Management magazine
$105/couple nonWWOA member (shared workshop materials) - includes 1 year WWOA membership and 1 year subscription to Woodland Management magazine

To register contact the WWOA office at 715-346-4798 or wwoa@uwsp.edu
Aug 11 WWOA Awards Committee Meeting at the WWOA office.  1 pm Contact Marcia Frost Vahradian at 920-787-3299 or marcia.frostvahradian@wisconsin.gov
Aug 14

WWOA Phoenix Falls Chapter Annual Summer Picnic at the Jim & June Kingsbury’s Tree Farm by Mountain in Oconto County starting at 10 am.  We will be having a picnic lunch at noon with a walk in the woods afterward to discuss their 2015 timber sale and 2016 MFL rollover.  The chapter will provide soft drinks, coffee, and disposable table service.  Bring a wonderful dish to pass, wear comfortable walking shoes, bug repellant, lawn chairs and children and grandchildren that you can find since they are much welcomed as well!!
Please contact Donna Johnston, telephone 920-848-2026 or e-mail johnfor@bayland.net if you would like more information.
Aug 21 WWOA Blackhawk Chapter Summer Picnic at Steve & Carol Armstrong's west of Fort Atkinson between Ft Atkinson and Bussyville on Highway 106.  Beginning at 11 am.  Please bring a dish to pass, drinks and utensils will be provided.  After lunch, there will be tours of their property with a forester.  Contact Curt Jacob at curtrksmith@charter.net

WWOA Northwest Chapter Field Day at Kissinger's properties on Drake Lane, off Little Sissabagama Road starting at 9 am.  Tour of Little Sissabagama 70 acre parcel followed by a potluck lunch (bring a dish to share and your chair; drinks, utensils and plate provided).  Then tour their Reforestation 13 acre parcel with the day ending about 3 pm.  Consulting forester, Jeff Groeschl and retired DNR wildlife specialist Sam Moore with share their experiences and comments as we hike the properties.  Topics will include red oak management, conifer plantings, culvert installation, creating openings and edge for wildlife, and pond shorelines.  Contact Kissingers at 715-865-3419 or ajkiss@centurytel.net
Aug 28 WWOA North Central Chapter Fall Field Day at Ed Drager's Monahan Forest just off of Baker Lake Road in Vilas Co. A walking tour, on a well maintained level trail, of red and white pine management.  Bring a lunch to enjoy after our walk.  Then travel to Northern Highlands State Forest to learn more about wildlife relationships to varying intensities of Northern Hardwood management. in old growth stands. Free event but RSVP appreciated for a head count. Contact Diane at mroski@airrun.net 
Sept 9 WWOA Board of Directors Meeting in Mishicot.　 Contact Nancy Bozek at 715-346-4798 or wwoa@uwsp.edu  

Sept 9-12

WI Woodland Owners Association 2010 Annual Meeting
at Fox Hills Resort  www.foxhillsresort.com in Mishicot (Manitowoc Co.).  Call 800-950-7615 or 920-755-2376 for reservation under "WI Woodland Owners Association Fall 2010 Conference" at our special room rate of $57.00/room/night.  Check in time is 3 pm with check out prior to 11 am.   

SAF CFE credits have been approved for portions of this meeting.  Please contact Nancy at 715-346-4798 or wwoa@uwsp.edu prior to registering if you are interested in receiving CFE credits.

WEDNESDAY, Sept 8

 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM        Annual Meeting Planning Committee meeting

THURSDAY, Sept 9

9:00 AM – 3:45 PM               
Option A – Lambeau Stadium Tour, Packer Hall of Fame, and Logging Congress Tour with lunch on your own…
 10  am - 12 noon guided tour of the famed Lambeau Field and Packer Hall of Fame with time for the Pro Shop. 
Noon - Lunch is on your own; choose from Curly’s Pub in the Atrium, eating on the run at the Logging Congress or places nearby – map will be provided. 
Noon - 2:45 pm Logging Congress opens at noon; roam among 200+ exhibitors of logging and forestry equipment and demonstrations.
Visit http://www.lambeaufield.com/ or http://www.packershalloffame.org/

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM             
Option B – Mariner Trail Biking Tour with lunch on your own…
10 am leave Resort as a group to go to trailhead
 10:30 am - 12:30 pm enjoy a 12-mile round trip ride along the scenic Lake Michigan shoreline between Manitowoc and Two Rivers on a paved trail.  After biking, enjoy a lunch on your own at the Lighthouse on the Lake if you choose or continue riding your bike in the area.  
You are encouraged to bring a bike and helmet but a few rentals are available.  No fee except for rentals.  Contact the WWOA office to arrange for bike rental

9:00 AM – 3:15 PM        WWOA Board of Directors meeting and tree planting ceremony
                                            (Chapter chairs and members are welcome to attend - please
                                  make arrangements with WWOA office if you wish to attend.)
 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM        WWOA Chapter Chairs & Board of Directors meeting

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM                Dinner on your own at the Resort

 

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM                7:00-9:00 PM  Members Sharing Experiences…
fellow WWOA members share their land stories with you… Wagner Tree Farm, Chuck Wagner of Luxemburg; Pleasures at Pleasant Acres, Tom & Mary Kempen of Greenleaf; Landowner Experience, Pine Villa Tree Farm, Steven Ring of Shiocton; You decide were water quality BMPs met on this timber sale? Geary Searfoss of Winter.


FRIDAY, Sept 10

7:30 AM–7 PM               Meeting Registration


 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM        Tour 1 – Orchard, Ovens & Wine Tour with lunch…
 travel north to learn about
9 am  orchard management at Cherry Lane Orchard and tour
10 am Country Ovens to see how cherries are dried and processed.  
11:45 am  Enjoy a demonstration and lunch with local produce at the Farm Market Kitchen. 
1:15 pm Then tour von Stiehl Winery with time for sampling. 
Note: some steps and uneven ground.
Visit www.cherrlaneorchards.com or www.countryovens.com or www.farmmarketkitchen.com or www.vonstiehl.com

8:15 AM- 3:00 PM            Tour 2 – Maritime Museum Tour with lunch…
8:45 am a guided tour of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc including the USS COBIA, the nation’s most completely restored WW II submarine.  The submarine is not handicapped accessible; you must be able to step through the many hatches.  A video about the USS COBIA is available for those unable to tour the submarine.  
11:45 am lunch at Harborside Restaurant with a choice of a classic patty melt or grilled chicken wrap
1:15 pm  After lunch, travel to Two Rivers for a tour of the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, the only museum dedicated to the preservation, production, and printing of wood type fonts.
Visit wwww.wisconsinmaritime.org or www.woodtype.org

9:45 AM - 3:30 PM           Tour 3 Algoma Industries Tour with lunch…  UPDATED!
10:40 am tour W S Packaging Group to learn more about instant coupons, product packaging and label printing.
11:15 am  personalized group tour of Algoma Lumber while they are down. 
12:30 pm  Late Lunch at Hudson's Bar & Restaurant with burgers and brats
1:15 pm  tour Algoma Hardwoods and see a few logs move through the process and learn about how they become doors, custom moulding and siding.  Facility is not handicapped accessible with narrow aisles and many stairs. 
Visit http://www.algomalumber.com/ or http://algomahardwoods.com/ or www.wspackaging.com/

10:00 AM – 3:30 PM              Tour 4 – Point Beach State Forest Hiking Tour with lunch…
visit a variety of lakeshore forest habitats within Point Beach by hiking. Topics include the forest management plan, ridge swale habitat, beech bark disease and red pine pocket decline, and a recent pine timber harvest.  Several hikes up to ˝ mile one way through sandy areas and a catered in late lunch (12:30 pm) at the Nature Center are planned.
Visit http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/specific/pointbeach/

11:30 AM  – 4:00 PM             Tour 5…Woodland Dunes Nature Center Tour with lunch…
 Noon enjoy lunch at the Nature Center during a presentation about this unique “tension zone” 1200 acre property. 
12:45 pm  Then see a bird banding demonstration followed by
1:15 pm a naturalist led walk on a handicapped accessible trail or hike on your own or relax in the butterfly garden. 
2:30 pm See their restored prairie on the way back.
This tour is the most handicapped accessible tour offered.
Visit www.woodlanddunes.org

4:00 PM – 6:30 PM                Friends & Exhibitor Social…Come as you are to the Convention Center for a cash bar and snacks.  Visit exhibitors, watch the fish boil or bid on auction items while visiting with new friends!

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM                 1st time Annual Meeting Attendees Reception…New WWOA members and first-time Annual Meeting attendees are invited to a reception with WWOA Board of Directors and Chapter Chairs.

 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM               Fish Boil and Dinner Buffet (choose from whitefish or roasted chicken)
 followed by An update on progress towards Wisconsin’s first Forest Exploration Center with WWOA member Tom Gaertner…DinDinner buffet with a choice of roasted chicken or boiled whitefish followed by a presentation on the planned Forest Exploration Center near Milwaukee.

SATURDAY, Sept 11

 7:30 AM – 2:45 PM                Meeting Registration, Exhibits, Photo Contest, Silent Auction & Sweepstakes Tickets

 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM                Welcome, Chuck Wagner, NEWFO Chapter Chair

9:00 AM – 9:55 AM                KEYNOTE:  Our Landscape Legacy,  Patrick Robinson, University of WI Extension – An overview of how the landscape in northeastern Wisconsin has changed over the past one hundred and fifty years, with particular emphasis on the changes that have happened to woodlands. Discussion of the implications and challenges that are associated with these landscape alterations and some of the consequences of the loss of woodlands. 

9:55 AM – 10:30 AM             Break – Refreshments, Exhibits, Photo Contest, Silent Auction & Sweepstakes Tickets

 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM           31st  Year Annual Business Meeting, President Loren Hanson

11:30 AM – 11:40 AM           Government Affairs Committee Report, Eugene Roark, Chair

11:40 AM – 11:50 AM           WWOA Foundation Report, President Ron Rasmussen

11:45 AM – 2:45 PM              Landowner Café  – come and go as you please to tables labeled and staffed by field experts available to answer your questions or lead a discussion on their particular topic:
Managed Forest Law Program, Sue Crowley& Kathy Nelson, WI DNR; Forest Insects and Diseases, Linda Williams, WI DNR; 
BMPs for Water Quality, Carmen Wagner, WI DNR;
Nongame Wildlife, Jim Knickelbine, Woodland Dunes Nature Center; Herbicides, Dave Hall, WWOA member;
Timber & Taxes, Geary Searfoss, CPA;
Working Lands Initiative, Keith Foye, WI DATCP & Richard Wedepohl, WWOA member.

11:50 AM – 1:00 PM              Buffet Lunch followed by Exhibits, Photo Contest, Silent Auction & Sweepstakes Tickets

 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM                 Forest response and management in a changing climate, Chris Swanston, USFS, NRS – Climate is changing, but the uncertainty in the severity of future changes presents landowners and managers with challenges.  This talk will present an overview of climate change, forest responses to climate change, and strategies of adapting our forests to these changes.

11:45 AM – 2:45 PM              Landowner Café continues (see above)

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM                Creative Stamping Class, Pam Tiedtke (PREREGISTRATION required) – Create a stamped candle, gift bag, gift tag, and autumn card with step by step instructions so that when class is over you have a beautiful finished gift for someone special.              

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM                Break – Refreshments, Exhibits, Photo Contest, Silent Auction & Sweepstakes Tickets

 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM                Concurrent Sessions,  no preregistration necessary, just attend the one of your choosing

Insects and Diseases of 2010, what was affecting your forest?, Linda Williams, WI DNR –
 Insect and disease issues change from year to year, from season to season, and from site to site.  To confuse the matter, environmental conditions can play a big role in the long-term health of the forest, which can impact the insect or disease issues that will affect the trees.  Presentation will cover the major insect and disease issues affecting forest lands in 2010 as well as some of the major forest health issues that are on the horizon.
Resource Management and Timber Harvest, Dan Pubanz, Wolf River Forestry LLC – Discuss assessing forest and stand conditions, determining harvest tree selections, establishing management treatments, and conducting a commercial timber harvest.          
           
Managing Northern Hardwoods, Mike Lietz, WI DNR – Talk will focus on the description, landowner objectives, silvics, and silvicultural methods associated with management of northern hardwoods in Wisconsin.  Additional information on harvesting operational considerations and ecological features will be discussed.

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM                Creative Stamping Class continues (see above)

 4:00 PM                                    Winners pick up Silent Auction items

5:00 PM – 6:15 PM                Meet Your Neighbor Social, cash bar and friends

6:15 PM – 9:00 PM                Banquet followed by WWOA and Tree Farm Award presentations - Dinner celebration followed by the WWOA Award Winners, 2010 Wisconsin Outstanding Tree Farmers, Photo Contest winners, and Sweepstakes Drawings.         

SUNDAY, Sept 12....coming soon...

Additional information will be posted about the Annual Meeting as it becomes available.  Contact the WWOA office at 715-346-4798 or wwoa@uwsp.edu if you have questions or need more information.

Sept 20 WWOA Education Committee Meeting at Schmeeckle Reserve Visitor Center, Northpoint Dr, Stevens Point at 1 pm - 3 pm.  All WWOA members are welcome! Contact Jan Lehrer at 715-677-3850 or leejlehrer@wi-net.com
Sept 27 & Oct 18 Ties To The Land workshop in Waupaca.  More information coming soon....
Oct 2 WWOA Bad Axe Chapter Field Day at the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center in Baraboo.  Contact info@badaxeofwwoa.org or check www.badaxeofwwoa.org for more information.
Oct 9 WWOA Chippewa Valley Chapter Fall Field Day a at Steve & Lois Raether's property in Sand Creek, Dunn County, showing a 50 year old red pine 4th thinning, management of 80-100 year old white pine stand, and see a successful oak regeneration site. Contact Steve at 715-723-9736.

WWOA Northwest Chapter Field Day at Buchman's property near Springbrook.  Contact Steve Hoffmann at 715-415-5017 or bruniesteve@yahoo.com
Oct 16

WWOA Phoenix Falls Chapter Fall Field Day tour of Maple Valley Orchards and Nursery by Gillett in Oconto County.  Owner Tony Dembski will enlighten us about growing apples and what it takes to run his business.  Please contact Donna Johnston at 920-848-2026 or e-mail johnfor@bayland.net if you would like more information.

WWOA Wolf River Chapter Fall Field Day at Navarino Wildlife Center.  Learn how various forest management practices influence wildlife habitat.  Contact Lee Halverson at 715-677-4918 or lesuhalv@wi-net.com

Oct 20 WWOA Past Presidents Committee meeting at Schmeeckle Reserve Visitor Center, Northpoint Dr, Stevens Point from 9 am to noon.  Contact Merlin Becker at 920-596-3416 or mbecker@wolfnet.net
Dec 3 WWOA Board of Directors Meeting.  Contact the WWOA office at 715-346-4798 or wwoa@uwsp.edu
Dec 4 WWOA Board of Directors and Chapter Chairs Retreat.

Dec 6

WWOA Publications Committee Meeting in Madison.　10 AM　 Contact Ed Moberg at 715-886-4601 or hemtrees@wctc.net  

2011

Jan 28 WWOA Wolf River Chapter Annual Meeting at the Northwinds Banquet Hall in Marion.  Contact Lee Halverson at 715-677-4918 or lesuhalv@wi-net.com
Jan 29 Southeast Wisconsin Woodland Conference will be at the Country Springs Hotel & Conference Center in Waukesha.

Feb 12

North Central Wisconsin Woodland Owners Conference in Wausau.

Sept 15-18

2011 WWOA Annual Meeting at The Plaza in Eau Claire.