About this Event
The Growing Our Future – Annual Forestry Meeting has become a valued gathering for the forest management community, providing a space for professionals and landowners to connect, learn, and share expertise. Each year, industry leaders and researchers present valuable insights to help advance sustainable forestry and land management.
As we continue to enhance this event, we are excited to announce a new location for this year’s meeting: the Phillips Market Center. This venue will provide an improved setting for networking, learning, and collaboration, ensuring an even more engaging and productive experience for all attendees.
This year the program will feature:
- Forest Health
- Insurance
- Forest Industry Update for South Carolina
- Forest Herbicides
- Succession Planning for Forest Landowners and Managers
- Using Portable Sawmills to Create Niche Markets
- Tree Genetics
- Prescribed Burn Associations
- Small Game Wildlife Management and Tools
Forestry CFE's – 6 hours Category 1 CFE’s (have been applied for)
Pesticide Credits – 1.5 Core credit (have been applied for)
Agenda
Agenda Subject Change
🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Registration/Check-in
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:15 AM
Forest Health Update
Host: David Jenkins, SC Forestry Commission
🕑: 09:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Insurance Liability Consideration for Forest Landowners/Managers
Host: Farm Bureau
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
South Carolina Forest Industry Status
Host: Tim Adams, SC Forestry Commission
Info: The SC Forest Recovery Task Force was formed in 2023 to address the challenges affecting the state’s wood supply chain and to recruit new forest industry that will be a good fit for South Carolina’s wood basket.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Break
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Mid Rotation Herbicide Applications
Host: Jeff Tapley, Nutrien Solutions
Info: Mid Rotation Herbicide Applications: will cover understory loblolly, longleaf & hardwood treatments utilizing forestry herbicides.
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Succession Planning for Forest Landowners and Managers
Host: Adam Kantrovich, Clemson Extension
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:15 PM
Using Portable Sawmills to Create Niche Markets for Forest Landowners
Host: Patrick Hiesl, Clemson University
Info: The interest in portable sawmills has dramatically increased since the Covid-19 pandemic. This presentation will show examples of cost and productivity across multiple species from a recent study in the Clemson Experimental Forest. We will also discuss lumber drying options, marketing avenues, recent successes, and the physical effort needed to produce lumber.
🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:00 PM
Tree Genetics Considerations
Host: Commercial Nusery
Info: Altering traditional spacing and rotations based on the uncertain timber markets.
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Break
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM
Developing Prescribed Burn Associations
Host: Mike Bozzo and Jennie Haskell
Info: In order to implement more prescribed burning across the state, PBAs are developing to share knowledge, personnel, and equipment. People come together to learn from each other and share time in the woods burning. We will discuss where to find financial and logistical support if you are interested in developing a PBA and what is working for the newly formed Aiken Prescribed Fire Cooperative.
🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM
Small Game Wildlife Management and Programs to Assist
Host: Michael Hook, SC DNR
🕑: 04:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Evaluations and Dismiss
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Phillips Market Center, 117 Ballard Court, West Columbia, United States
USD 50.00 to USD 528.49
