The Wisconsin Council on Forestry has met several times since last fall. Here are a few highlights: Work on the Dispute Resolution Process (DRP) was reviewed with discussion and motions to amend the forestry specialist and forestry expert experience qualifications from 15 years to 7 and 10 years respectively, and to clarify the DRP administrator […]

Wisconsin SAF has two active national Foresters’ Fund grants. The project to update the Wisconsin Forestry Hall of Fame display panels is completed. It came in under the $900 budget, so we will return the excess funding to national. We also received a grant in the amount of $1,500 for the Aldo Leopold Memorial Site […]

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.