Melinda Vokoun reviewed and approved approximately 29 events occurring in Wisconsin for Continuing Forestry Education Credit in 2015. She makes her best effort to evaluate each event in a timely manner and remind providers of their after-event responsibilities. If you are planning an educational event in the state (or know of someone that is) that […]

The UW-Stevens Point student chapter held weekly meetings throughout the fall semester. The hosted guest speakers including Jim Furnish, Mike Dombeck, and Todd Ernster (city of Stevens Point Forester). Officer elections were held at the end of the fall semester and the gavel has been passed to Logan Jones, the new President of the UWSP […]

Congratulations to Tom Hittle, 2015 Wisconsin SAF state chair, and Julie Peltier, 2016 Wisconsin SAF state chair, who accepted the House of Society Delegates Leadership Award at the 2015 national Society of American Foresters convention. Pictured here (left to right): Tim Phelps, 2015 HSD chair; Hittle; Peltier; and Tera King, 2015 HSD chair-elect.

It’s a little more than a year away and time to start planning and making assignments for the 2016 SAF National Convention. The convention will be on November 2-6 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison. Thank you in advance for your interest in the convention planning and possibly volunteering to help out at […]

The honor of being named SAF Fellow recognizes the 30+ years Jim Kerkman has dedicated to advancing the application of forestry, forestry outreach and education and public policy in support of good forest stewardship. Jim graduated in forestry from UW-Stevens Point in 1982 and has been with the US Army at Fort McCoy since 1985, […]