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Green Horizons

Volume 15, Number 1
Winter 2011

Calendar of Events

Feb. 2-4, 2011: Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. This year’s conference theme is "The Human Element: People, Politics, and Conservation." For more information or to register, go to www.mnrc.org

March 1-3, 2011: 18th Annual Missouri Community Forestry Conference, Truman State University, Kirksville, Mo. This year’s conference will focus on managing urban ecosystems, making it of interest to municipal, commercial and consulting arborists as well as professionals in the field of public works, engineering, landscape architecture and planning. Keynote speaker is Guy Sternberg, co-author of Native Trees for North American Landscapes. For more information and to register, please visit the Missouri Community Forestry Council’s Web site at http://www.mocommunitytrees.org/conference2011.html

May 17-19, 2011: 4th Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference, University Plaza Hotel, Springfield, Mo. The symposium will emphasize topics relevant to management of oak-dominated forests, woodlands and savannas and will be of great interest to managers, scientists, landowners, consultants and students. For more information, go to http://muconf.missouri.edu/easternfire/index.html

May 20-21, 2011: Missouri Tree Farm Conference, LaPlata, Mo. The conference will showcase the property of the 2010 Missouri Tree Farmer of the Year, Dave Murphy. For more information, go to www.moforest.org

June 10-11, 2011: Missouri Walnut Council Spring Meeting, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Presentations on Thousand Canker Disease, managing walnut trees in plantations and native stands for nut production, cultivar selection for nut production, nut-meat percentage, and quality, and agroforestry implementation. They also will visit the property of 2009 Tree Farmer of the Year, Mark Nussbaum, for direct seeding and tree planting demonstrations, and discussions on management of maturing timber and sales. For more information, contact Harlan Palm (573) 228-0898 or palmh@missouri.edu.

July 31-Aug. 3, 2011: Walnut Council Annual Meeting and Walnut Research Symposium, Middleton, Wis. More information available at http://www.walnutcouncil.org/annualmtg.htm in May 2011.

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