Governor Mel Carnahan (center) signs a proclamation for State Tree Farm Week, February 28 to March 5. Attending the signing were (from left to right): Terry Truttman, Missouri Department of Conservation; Bill Kickbusch, retired U.S. Forest Service; Bob Krepps, Missouri Department of Conservation; Julie Rhoads, MU School of Natural Resources; Governor Mel Carnahan; Larry Harper, Tree Farm Committee; Fred Crouse, (partially hidden), Missouri Department of Conservation, Cory Ridenhour, Missouri Forest Products Association; Fred Bergman, retired Missouri Department of Conservation. (Photo courtesy of the Missouri Forest Products Association.)