Master Tree Farmer 2008 Special Series: Forest Risks and Risk Management

Risks exist with every endeavor we face in life and this is certainly true with forest management. This three-week event will concentrate on the risks associated with forest management and allow landowners and natural resource professionals to consider how they can manage forests and forestland to plan for and minimize problems they may face.

An Introduction to Managing Risk in Your Forest; Understanding and Managing Natural Disasters & Changing Climate

• The changing landscape in the South –what it means for the private owner – John Greis – USDA Forest Service
• Introduction to risk and risk management – Brooks Mendell, Forisk Consulting, Inc.
• Risk and landowner objective – understanding the connection – Brooks Mendell, Forisk Consulting, Inc.
• Wind, fire, drought and ice – examples and management/mitigation advice - TBA
• Global climatic change and volatility – what this means to landowners – Steve McNulty, USDA Forest Service

This program is coordinated by Clemson University and the Southern Regional Extension Forester.  For more information contact your county or state Extension office, visit the Master Tree Farmer Website at http://www.mastertreefarmer.net, or contact George Kessler (gksslr@clemson.edu, 864-656-4836) or Bill Hubbard (whubbard@uga.edu, 706-542-7813).  Sponsors to date include the American Tree Farm System, the USDA Forest Service and BASF.