The Voice for Illinois Forests
 
This page lists events for the IFA and other forestry organizations in Illinois.  The sponsoring organization(s) are indicated.  It is not always possible to provide complete descriptions for other organizations' events, but we try to at least provide you with a contact for more information.

For easy scanning of this list to find events near you, each title begin with the county in which it will happen.

About Registration 

Even though most of these events are free and open to the public, it will help the organizers to know how many will be attending.  So, please register for these events whenever possible.  This will also help you, because if weather looks threatening, the organizers can easily send you a message about whether the event will be held or delayed or cancelled.

Some partner organizations are handling registration for certain events.  For those, registration is disabled.

If you have an upcoming event that you feel relates to forestry in, or near, Illinois, please send the details including contact information to the administrator. 

If you have any problem with this Event List or any problem registering for an event, please post a comment on our HELP Forum under the "Events Problems" topic.

Upcoming events

  • Sinsinawa, WI: Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference

    • 03/10/2012
    • 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    • Sinsinawa, WI
    This annual tri-state forestry conference in Sinsinawa, WI is designed specifically for landowners in the Midwest. Topics will range from traditional woodland management techniques, timber taxes, game and non-game wildlife management to soils and soil erosion in woodlands. Concurrent sessions will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to manage woodlands using good stewardship principles. Visit the Iowa State University, Forestry Extension website for more information by clicking HERE.
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  • Carroll County: NIFA Annual Dinner Meeting

    • 03/27/2012
    • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
    • Mount Carroll, Illinois
    NIFA Annual Dinner Meeting at the Mt. Carroll Farm Bureau Hall, 811 South Clay St, Mount Carroll, Illinois with Frederick Miller, plant pathologist, discussing diseases afflicting Illinois forests as well as the results of his first year's trap-sampling of insect pests across the state.  Contact Keith Arnold at 815-947-2941 to reserve a seat for $12.
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  • Schuyler County: Chain Saw Safety

    • 03/31/2012
    • 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
    • Wohlstadter/McVey Farm
    The Illinois Tree Farm Committee will hold a one-day chain saw safety workshop on March 31st.  The morning session will be classroom instruction and the afternoon will be in the woods.  Participants must bring their own personal protective equipment - hardhat with hearing and eye protection, gloves, chainsaw chaps, and boots.

    Chainsaws will be provided by the instructor, but participants must provide their own lunch.  Drinks and snacks will be available.

    Registration fees have yet to be determined.  However, half of the fee will be reimbursed to each Tree Farmer who attends and completes the training.  Registration is limited to 12 participants based on those who reserve a place first.

    For more information or to register your reservation, contact Jack Wohlstadter at 309-254-3724 or at fiveby5@winco.net.  Maps and directions will be provided to those registering.
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  • Carroll County: Invasive Project

    • 04/28/2012
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Mississippi Palisades State Park, Savanna, IL
    A tour of Mississippi Palisades State Park will cover eradication of invasive plants, the restoration of the native understory, as well as the emergence and importance of native plants.  The tour will also visit the rare, native, mature American Chestnut present on the state park grounds.  This tour will be led by Bill Handel of the Illinois Natural History Survey.  Date and time yet to be confirmed. 
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  • Jo Daviess County: Pruning/Thinning Demonstration

    • 05/19/2012
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • near Scales Mound, Illinois
    Tour at the Nasuh Katib farm west of Scales Mound. The tour will feature pruning and thinning of a 20 year old CRP tree planting.
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  • Jo Daviess County: Ties to the Land

    • 06/16/2012
    • 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
    • Stockton Public Library
    This is a 4 hour workshop that addresses how to discuss passing land on to your children and heirs. While other seminars will discuss Trusts and LLCs and Corporations as vehicles to transfer the legal ownership of your land to your heirs, often the most difficult obstacle is how to broach the ways are to be split among your children.  A fee of $25.00 will cover the workbook needed for the workshop. Contact Dick Pouzar at pouzar@yahoo.com to enroll in the workshop.
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  • Kentucky: Northern Nut Growers Annual Meeting

    • 07/22/2012
    • 5:00 PM
    • 07/25/2012
    • 1:00 PM
    • University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky
    When details about this conference are available, they will be posted on the Northern Nut Growers website.
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  • Champaign County: Annual Walnut Council Meeting

    • 07/29/2012
    • 5:00 PM
    • 08/01/2012
    • 12:00 PM
    • Holiday Inn Urbana/Champaign
    The International Walnut Council's annual meeting will include a Monday field trip to Forest Glen Preserve near Danville for these discussions: crop tree release, density studies, HTIRC research plots, a "walk through" soil pit, butternuts, deer browse, a forest conversion area, invasive species ID and control, chestnut plantings, crown openings in a natural stand from storm damage. On Tuesday, attendees will tour Brownfield Woods, a virgin woodlot near Urbana, and see demonstrations by local woodworkers. The meeting will also include a chainsaw safety seminar by expert Joe Glenn and a dynamic Fossil Forest presentation.

    The agenda will be finalized in early 2012.
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  • Jo Daviess County: Annual Illinois Tree Farm Meeting

    • 09/29/2012
    • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Misek Tree Farm
    The Illinois Tree Farm Committee will hold its annual meeting at the tree farm owned by Illinois Tree Farmers of the Year for 2011, Jerry and Marge Misek.  This will be an all-day event with lunch included and advance registration required.

    Further details will be available later this year at the Illinois Tree Farm website.
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  • Jo Daviess County: Regeneration of Harvest Sites

    • 10/13/2012
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • NE of Elizabeth, Illinois
    Tom Arnold will host a tour of timber harvest sites and forest regeneration on his Tree Farm northeast of Elizabeth.  15 acre hardwood clearcut in winter 2011/2012, selective walnut harvest in 2008 and 2010, 4 acre hardwood clear cut in 1995.  Timber management goals and implementation will be discussed.  The Arnold Farm is at 997 Salem Road, Elizabeth, Illinois.
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  • Jo Daviess County: NIFA Planning Meeting

    • 11/13/2012
    • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Stockton Public Library
    NIFA business meeting focused on planning the 2013 meeting and tour agenda.
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  • Jo Daviess County: NIFA Planning Meeting

    • 12/11/2012
    • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Stockton Public Library
    NIFA business meeting focused on planning the 2013 meeting and tour agenda as well as the election of officers and directors.
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Past events

02/22/2012 Webinar: Federal Timber Tax Basis
02/18/2012 Jo Daviess County: Knotty Ideas Woodworking
02/17/2012 Marion County - Game of Logging
01/28/2012 Elsberry, MO - Tour of Forrest Keeling Nursery
01/10/2012 Biomass Energy Development Discussion
01/07/2012 Sangamon County: NWTF State Awards Banquet
12/13/2011 Jo Daviess County: NIFA Meeting
11/29/2011 Jackson County: Goods from your Woods
11/17/2011 Webinar: Leaving a Legacy for the Next Generation: Tips On Succession Planning
11/15/2011 Webinar: Leaving a Legacy for the Next Generation: Tips On Succession Planning
11/10/2011 Pope County: How To Identify Those Bad Guys On Your Property
11/10/2011 Webinar: Timber Management for Quality White Tail Deer
11/08/2011 Jo Daviess County: NIFA Meeting
10/22/2011 Pope County: Sustainable Living Expo
10/22/2011 Northwest Indiana: Walnut Council Field Day
10/20/2011 Webinar: Providing Quality Habitat for White Tail Deer
10/19/2011 Webinar: Introduction to Silviculture Practices for Private Woodlands
10/08/2011 Stephenson County: Woodland Tour
10/01/2011 Jo Daviess County: A Novice's Guide to Forest Management
10/01/2011 Pike County: Tree Farm Field Day
09/24/2011 Carroll County: Woodland & Wildlife Tour
09/23/2011 Jackson County: IFA Annual Meeting
09/17/2011 Wildlife - Woodland Workshop
09/13/2011 Webinar: Tree Planting
09/10/2011 Stephenson County: Meet your Legislators
09/09/2011 Illinois Walnut Council Annual Meeting
08/20/2011 Jo Daviess County: Professional Restoration
08/17/2011 Webinar: An Explanation of Defects in Hardwood Timber
07/31/2011 Madison, Wisconsin: Walnut Council Annual Meeting
07/23/2011 Shelby County: Forestry Workshop
07/20/2011 Webinar: The Carbon Impact of Forest Products
06/28/2011 Non-timber forest products: Through the lens of a landowner.
06/18/2011 Managing the Understory
06/15/2011 Webinar: Forestry in the 2008 Farm Bill
06/14/2011 Webinar: Backyard Forestry (PennState)
06/10/2011 Cape Girardeau, MO: Missouri Walnut Council Annual Meeting
06/04/2011 Monmouth, IA: Tour of Oetken Farm
05/28/2011 Morgan County: Forestry Field Day
05/21/2011 DuPage County: Managing for the Understory
05/21/2011 Sangamon County: Tree Identification Workshop
05/14/2011 Jo Daviess County: Thinning Demonstration
05/07/2011 Henry County: IWC Shiitake Mushroom Workshop
04/30/2011 Rock Island County: IWC Tree Planting Demo
 
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