SAF 2008 National Convention- "It's about People, Learning and Place"

It's about people! Their attitudes, demands, knowledge and behaviors which drive American forestry issues needing solutions!

*General Session speaker Kathryn Fernholz CF, Executive Director, Dovetail Partners will share insights and information on the profound change underway for 3/4 th's of American forests which are in private ownership.

*From forestry in Urban-Rural landscapes, to meeting needs of a changing public, learn about the scope of change, useful public educational approaches and forest landowner learning results you can apply.

*With a growing Hispanic population, listen to practitioners involved in the "Latino Legacy" project in public forests. Urbanizing effects on Lake Tahoe forests provide an local example of our changing forestry operating environment.

*From "carbon banking" to provide flexibility for forest owners to the opportunity cost of NOT integrating bio-energy in forest restoration plans to "Ecosystem Services for Free or Fee" you learn ways foresters and forestry is adapting.

*General Session speaker Marc Kesselman, U.S. Department of Agriculture, General Counsel and Mike Mortimer, Director of Policy, Society of American Foresters, will share legal lessons learned in "Judging Forestry". They explore the interconnection between local National Forest litigation and global conservation. Learn how specific courts have created new standards that did not exist in law!

*Attend the first ever "Annual Symposium on American Forest Policy" which explores the subject area of "Evaluating Effectiveness of Public Policies in Advancing Sustainable Forest Management".

*"Framing Dispute Resolution Possibilities To Enable Collaborative Strategies" promises to be one of the more popular learning opportunities available to you.

So build your own program, there is something for everyone!! SEE YOU at SAF 2008 in Reno, Nevada, November 5-9!