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Michigan Forestry Education Calendar

Events Are Labeled By Geographic Areas (Michigan is a BIG state) and listed in chronological order. Please let Bill Cook [cookwi@msu.edu] know about forest/forestry events that should be on this calendar.

Region	Date	Program or Event Links
WUP = western UP CUP = central UP EUP = eastern UP		NLP = northern LP SLP = southern LP
Statewide	Various	"Sustainable Forestry Education (SFE) Classes Part of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) in Michigan The most current schedule is located at http://wildfire.for.msu.edu/extension/sfe.htm Contact: Julie Harwood at 866-339-1587 (toll-free) or 989-344-3263 or hardwood9@msu.edu These classes are designed primarily for folks in the logging businesses, but anyone may attend and the courses have material of interest to forest owners and others interested in forestry and logging.
Statewide	Various	State Forest Public Participation DNRE Forestry website Compartment Review Schedule Open House Schedule
EUP	9-11 September	65th Lake States Logging Congress Green Bay, Shopko Hall at Lambeau Field More Information
CUP	15 Sept	Tree Farm Program New Inspector Training Escanaba, Fair Grounds Contact: Jill Scarzo at jill@huronpines.org
NLP	15 Sept 22 Sept	Family Ties to the Land: Forest Succession in Michigan 15 September, Part 1, Gaylord, 22 September, Part 2, Gaylord Cost: $50 ($10 for additional family members) Contact: Russell Kidd at kidd@msu.edu More Information
NLP	8-10 October	Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education Annual Meeting Pellston, UofM Biological Station Cost: $75 (members), $150 non-members More Information
Outstate	27-31 October	Society of American Foresters National Convention Albuquerque Early registration ends 27 August More Information
Outstate	12-14 October	30th Annual Central States Forest Soils Conference London (Kentucky) More Information
Outstate	13-14 October	Forest Technology Users Conference Madison (Indiana) Cost: $65 (by 1 August), $125 (later) More Information
NLP	4-5 November	Management Opportunities & Challenges with Harvesting Lowland Timber MSAF Fall Conference and Michigan Association of Consulting Foresters Grayling, Ramada Inn More information to come Contact: Pete Squibb psquibb@cablespeed.com or Rick Myrick at myrickr@michigan.gov
Outstate	8-10 Novem.	Invasive Species Conference St. Paul (MN) More Information

Links to other forestry event calendars.

Michigan Society of American Foresters
Michigan Forest Products Council
Michigan Tree Farm Program

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TRAILER- This website was created by a consortium of forestry groups to help streamline information about forestry and coordinate forestry activities designed to benefit the family forest owner and various publics that make up our Michigan citizenry. This website is maintained by Bill Cook, Michigan State Extension Forester/Biologist. Direct comments to cookwi@msu.edu or 906-786-1575.

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