2021 Missouri Tree Farm Conference
A joint meeting with the Missouri Walnut Council.
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
Lodging: Participants must make their own reservations and pay their own lodging costs. Make reservations as soon as possible to assure availability and group rate. Super 8: (417) 683-1343 – 1711 S. Jefferson Street, Ava, MO 65608. Group rate $85.99 + taxes for double queen. A room block is available at this rate under the name Rick Merritt – Missouri Tree Farm.
CONFERENCE AGENDA:
Friday, September 24, 2021
Ava Lions Club – 309 N. Jefferson St. – Ava, MO
12:00 – 1:00 pm: Registration Open
1:00 – 3:00 pm: Tree Farm Committee Meeting
3:00 – 4:00 pm: Walnut Council Committee Meeting
3:00 – 4:00 pm: Registration Open
4:00 – 4:15 pm: Welcome (Rick Merritt)
4:15 – 5:00 pm: Carbon Credit Market (Hank Stelzer)
5:00 – 5:45 pm: Timber Taxation (Max Schmollinger)
6:00 – 8:00 pm: Annual Awards Ceremony / Dinner
· Regional Tree Farm Awards
· 25- and 50-Year Recognition
· Emerson Award Presentation
8:00 pm: Adjourn
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Emerson Tree Farm Property
9:00 – 9:15 am: Meet at the Round House on the Emerson Property
9:15 – 9:30 am: Welcome from David Emerson
9:30 – 11:30 am: Overview of Management Practices and Tour of Various Sites (Shane Rice)
· Group Opening Harvest Example
· Site Class Comparison and Tree of Heaven Identification and Management
· TSI Thinning Comparison
11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Tree Values and Discussion (Fred Crouse)
12:00 – 12:45 pm: Lunch
12:45 – 1:15 pm: Overview of State and Federal Cost Share Opportunities (Bryan Byrd and April Wilson)
1:15 – 1:30 pm: Impacts of Emerald Ash Borer
1:30 – 1:45 pm: Update on Thousand Cankers Disease
1:45 – 2:00 pm: Tour of the Round House
2:00 pm: Adjourn
NOTE: We will tour the Tree Farm on tractor/pickup-drawn hay wagons. If you have physical limitations that will prevent you climbing on or off a wagon, let us know.