Green Horizon

Volume 3, Number 4
Autumn 1998

Calendar of upcoming events

October 31
Hammons Products Co. annual black walnut production field day at Sho-Neff Plantation north of Stockton, Mo. Emphasis on nut production, agroforestry and tree culture. Contact: Jim Jones, (417) 276-5181.

November 12-15
The 1998 National Tree Farm Convention will gather in Savannah, Georgia. Convention will feature tours of Savannah woods, outdoor and indoor learning sessions. In partnership with Habitat for Humanity Tree Farmers will help build a house with wood from certified sustainable forests.

November 14
Missouri Nut Harvest Festival and fall meeting of Missouri Nut Growers Assn. at the Osage Valley Pecan Farms owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Marquardt at Papinsville, Mo. east of Rich Hill in Bates County. Contact: Mary Ann Byrd, (660) 925-3253 or Ronnie Marquardt, (417) 395-4222.

November 21
Central Region Woodland Stewardship Conference, Lied Conference Center, Arbor Day Farm, Nebraska City, Nebraska. Contact: Wayne Wittmeyer at (573) 751-4115, ext. 627.

December 3
The Missouri Tree Farm Committee will meet in Columbia, Mo. at the new Natural Resources Building on the MU campus at 10 a.m. Contact Doug Wallace (573) 876-0908.

March 5-6, 1999
Missouri Tree Farm/Stewardship Days at the Ramada Inn Columbia, Mo. Contact Jack Slusher (573) 882- 4444.


(Send your forestry related event dates to: Sandy Hodge, 203 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Bldg., Forestry Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.