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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
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7:00 a.m. Registration Booth Opens |
McGavock’s Foyer
7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast | Exhibit Area
General Session | McGavock’s Ballroom
8:00 a.m. General Session Convenes
Welcome Remarks, Jay Wolfe, TFA President
8:15 a.m. Teal Edelen, US Endowment for Forestry and Communities “Developing Markets for Forest Industry & Landowners”
8:45 a.m. Michael Snow, American Hardwood Export Council “Meeting Export Challenges Now and In the Future”
9:15 a.m. Dr. Nate Irby, Railroad Tie Association “Update on the Railroad Tie Market…Looking at the Future”
9:45 a.m. Extension Agent of the Year Award
Presented to: Greg Austin, Monroe County
Announcement: Project River in Bradley County
Break
10:15 a.m. Chris Miller, American Forest Management “Same Dirt, New Deeds: Tennessee Timberland Ownership’s Evolution”
10:45 a.m. Dr. Perceval Assogba, UT School of Natural Resources “TN County Forestry Economic Data Study Roll-Out”
11:15 a.m. Closing Comments & Announcements: President Jay Wolfe/Adjourn
AFTERNOON EVENTS (REGISTER IN ADVANCE)
Off-premises Activities
11:45 a.m. Golf Tournament /Lunch
Golfers head to Pine Creek Golf Course in Mt. Juliet
Larry Pitts: TFA Representative
11:45 a.m. Load Van in Front of Hotel for
Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery Lunch, Tour & Tasting
Mary Pate: TFA Representative
Activities at the Hotel
Noon | Riverwood
“Lunch & Learn” NHLA’s Hardwood Promotion Campaign
Dallin Brooks, National Hardwood Lumber Association
1:30 p.m. | Evergreen
“OSHA Sawmill/Logging Safety Workshop”
Doug McCasland, EMS
1:30 p.m. | Oaklands
“Financial Incentives Available to TN Forest Landowners”
Greg Pate, Four W Forestry Group
5:00 p.m. Tennessee Forestry Foundation Silent Auction & Reception Opens in Exhibit Area
6:45 p.m. Tennessee Forestry Foundation Silent Auction & Reception Concludes
7:00 p.m. Awards Dinner | McGavock’s Ballroom
7:30 p.m. Awards Presented by Tom Midyett:
- TFA Legislator of the Year Sen. Shane Reeves
- Forest Resource Award David Neumann
- TFA Award of Merit Jay Wolfe
Award Presented by Kent Johnson & Robert Walters, Huber Engineered Wood
- Master Logger of the Year Award: Bill Clark
8:00 p.m. Recognition & Appreciation of Honorary TFA Supporters: Jay Wolfe
- Mike Barnes
- Tommy Graham
- Mike Martin
- L. M. Sceals
8:30 p.m. Conclude Dinner
Pick up TFF Silent Auction Items in Exhibit Area
9:00 p.m. Hospitality Room Opens | Suite 2157