Our Families & Our Forests

OUR FAMILIES -&- OUR FORESTS
Collaborative forest management in Southern Illinois
SATURDAY – September 1, 2018
10 a.m. –to– 4 p.m.
The Vienna City Park on Il. Rte 146
FREE Hot Dogs –&– Refreshments from Noon - 2 p.m.
On Site demonstration of the “WOODMIZER” portable sawmill

• An overview of the Southern Illinois “oak-hickory” forest that is our home:private landowners - hunters - farmers - the National Forest Service - what is your forest like ? where is it going ? what do you want ?  (general discussion)
  

• The history of the Shawnee National Forest and southern Illinois forest land in general:  what is was before European immigrants and farming, what it is now , where it is headed (National Forest Service & Ill. Forestry Assoc.)
  

• Fire and forests: Presentation by the Southern Illinois Prescribed Burn Association -&- the Southern Illinois Univ. “Fire Dawgs”:  the 2018 national forest fire season from fire crew members -&- why prescribed burning will make your woodlot/forest safer & better
  

• Various representatives from:

• The Nature Conservancy “Cache Wetlands Strike Team” (preserving
  critical habitat)
• Quail Forever (restoring quality quail habitat for your land)
• National Wild Turkey Federation (what turkeys need from your land)
• Ducks Unlimited (your forest and Wood Duck restoration)
• Whitetails Unlimited (forests and whitetail forage)
• The Illinois Arborist Association (careers for rural youth IN rural
  America)
• Professional timber buyers (information before you sell your wood)
• The Illinois Farm Bureau (integrating farm management with forest
  management)

Download flier HERE (times are incorrect on flier - note correct times above)