Workshop 4: Stewardship, Recreation & Liability
When & Where:
Thursday,
August 16th, 2012 from 1pm - 4:30pm at Bent Creek Experimental Forest
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Friday, August 17th, 2012 from 9am - 4:30pm at The Cradle of Forestry in Brevard, NC
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Description:
Participants
will
hear about a variety of opportunities to generate income using hunting
and
other recreational pursuits, the basics of land ownership liability, as
well as
planning and implementing trails on their property. An offsite field
trip to a
managed site will allow them to practice and apply the skills they have
learned. Instructors will also guide landowners on how to finalize
their
property management goals and objectives.
**Agenda
is Tentative**
| Thursday August 16th- Bent Creek 1pm-4:30pm | Workshop
4 Stewardship, Recreation & Liability |
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| Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 1:00 | Welcome | Susan Moore - Program Coordinator, Woodland Steward Series |
| 1:10 | Woodland Trails & Roads | Dwayne Stutzman - Principal, Recreation Resource Development, LLC |
| 2:15 | Outdoor Trail Assessment | Dwayne Stutzman |
| 3:15 | Break | |
| 3:30 | Land Ownership Liability | Ted Feitshans - Extension Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, North Carolina State University |
| 4:30 | Wrap- up and Evaluations | |
| Friday
August 17th- Cradle 9am-4:30pm |
Workshop
4
Stewardship, Recreation & Liability |
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| Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 9:00 | Welcome | Addie Thornton- Course Coordinator, NCSU Forestry & Environmental Outreach Program |
| 9:05 | Landowner Liability & Income Opportunities from Hunting | Walter "Deet" James Jr - Hunting Heritage Biologist (Hunter Recruitment and Retention Coordinator), North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission |
| 10:15 | Drive to Humphrey Property | 989 Foster Creek Rd |
| 10:45 | Conservation Easements (with Refreshments) |
Tom Fanslow - Land Protection Director, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy |
| 11:00 | Land Management in Action Tour | John Humphrey- Retired |
| 12:15 | Field Practicum | James Jeuck - Extension Associate, Forestry & Evironmental Resources, NC State University |
| 1:20 | Drive Back to Cradle | |
| 2:00 | Lunch Celebration | |
| 2:45 | Finalize Your Goals & Objectives, Assess Your Property | James Jeuck |
| 3:30 | Home Forestry Experience | Hope & Larry Ascher - Woodland Steward Series Graduates |
| 4:00 | Graduation Ceremony at the Biltmore Forest Schoolhouse- Woodland Stewardship Then and Now | Jeff Owenby - Director, Cradle of Forestry/Recreation Staff, USDA Forest Service |
| 4:30 | Wrap up Series |