Wisconsin SAF congratulates three members who have achieved Golden membership status. Paul Pederson (Chippewa Chapter), Paul Litwin (Fox River Valley Chapter), and Fred Lintelmann (Mid-Wisconsin Chapter) have each been members of the Society of American Foresters for fifty years. Certificates and pins will be presented to these three members recognizing the accomplishment.

Wisconsin SAF recently joined the Wisconsin Young Forest Partnership (WYFP), a statewide effort to increase the amount of young forest to benefit wildlife, people and forest health and diversity in the Badger State.  The concept guiding the WYFP is to create fresh habitat for woodcock and golden-winged warblers, and more than 60 species of wildlife […]

Watch your local PBS listings in April for a television special titled “America’s First Forester: Carl Schenck and the Ashville Experiment.” This one-hour documentary looks at the role Carl Schenck, the German forester who began the first forestry school in the US and managed the Biltmore estate forests, played in American conservation history. The Forest […]

The Michigan SAF Chapter has announced plans for their spring conference, with the theme of “People in the Forest”. The meeting will be held March 17-18, 2016, in Houghton. Registration, Vendor and Sponsor information is here… Register asAttendee Register asVendor/Sponsor   MI SAF has provided the following meeting synopsis: “Forestry is more than just good […]

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.