April Reese
University of Georgia
Set for Sept. 18, 2003 in Griffin, Ga., the Agroforestry and
Wildlife Field Day has something for everyone, whether you’re a
forest landowner, a wildlife enthusiast or a hunter.
The field day will feature more than 30 demonstration sites
and
an exhibitor tent. Transportation for participants will be
provided by trams which will run throughout the University of
Georgia’s Westbrook Farm, where the event takes place.
For hunters, the field day will offer information on quality
management of deer, wild turkey, dove, water fowl and quail.
For
wildlife enthusiasts, there will be information on controlling
wildlife damage and managing threatened or endangered species.
Forest landowners will benefit from the information on
prescribed
burning, pine straw production, marketing and selling timber,
nuisance hardwood tree control, livestock and invasive
vegetation
management, best management practices for forest roads, managing
pine strands to prevent Southern Pine Beetles and other topics.
Those with wetlands on their property will want to attend the
sessions on pond construction and renovation, waterfowl
management and stream side best management practices.
Pre-registration is $20 before Aug. 29 and $25 afterwards.
Registration fees include presentations, a field day program
booklet and lunch. Early registrants will receive a field day
cap. Registration on the day of the event begins at 8:30 a.m.
and demonstration sites open at 9 a.m. Field day demonstrations
will be repeated every 30 minutes until the program ends at 4
p.m.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Division is
granting five hours of pesticide credit in categories 21
(Demonstration and Research Pest Control), 23 (Forest Pest
Control) and 27 (Right-of-way Pest Control) to those attending
the field day.
The Agroforestry and Wildlife Field Day is sponsored by the
UGA
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, UGA Warnell
School of Forest Resources, the Georgia Forestry Commission,
U.S.
Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation
Service, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife
Resources Division and Fort Valley State University.
For more information, call the UGA Griffin campus at(770)
228-7318 or visit the AWFD website at
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(April Reese is a student writer with the University of
Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.)