Forest Landowners’ Retreat
Discovering Value in Your Forest
October 24th - 26th, 2008
Online Registration | Printable Brochure
Join fellow forest landowners, the Virginia Department of Forestry and Virginia Cooperative Extension for an interactive weekend learning about actively managing your woodlands.
Agenda
Friday, October 24th
- 5-8 p.m. - Registration
- 6 p.m. Dinner (provided)
- Evening Program: Introduction and Welcome, Virginia’s Changing Forests & Land Conservation Strategies
Saturday, October 25th
- Breakfast (provided)
- Successful Forest Management Starts with a Plan
- Pine Management
- Hardwood Management
- Lunch (provided)
- Timber Appraisals and Sales Field Trip
- Dinner (provided)
- Guided Discussion
- Greatest Good - 100 Years of Forestry in America
Sunday, October 26th
- Breakfast (provided)
- Protecting Soil & Water Resources
- Wildlife Habitat Improvement
- Financial Management/Alternative Forestry Crops
- What did you Learn
- Lunch (provided)
- 1:00 p.m. Have a safe trip home!
About the Holiday Lake 4-H Education Center Nestled among tall, whispering poplars and Virginia pines of
the 19,000-acre Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest, and caressed by beautiful, clear, Holiday Lake, this 4-H Educational Center is the best kept secret in Virginia.
Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center is more than a meeting place or retreat camp--it is an experience of unforgettable memories! Located only 14 miles northeast of the town of Appomattox, Holiday Lake 4-H Center is within easy driving of many Virginia cities including Richmond, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Charlottesville and Farmville.
Outdoor recreational facilities include canoeing and/or fishing on 150 acre Holiday Lake (Northern Pike, Bass, Blue Gill, Crappie, and Pickerel abound). A main fishing dock, three hiking trails -- one five-mile trail that follows the shoreline of the lake and two nature trails. The Center also has available two rifle ranges along with an archery range and skeet field, volleyball court, softball field, Jr. Olympic swimming pool (summers only), covered picnic area and an instructor-led high and lowropes course for building selfesteem and team cooperation. Recreational equipment is provided.
Funding for this event is provided by the Ballyshannon Fund, a donor-advised
fund of the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation.
Registration
Please register by: Sept. 22
$35/person; $50/couple for lodgers
$25/person; $35/couple for commuters
Registration includes materials, lodging, all meals on Saturday and breakfast and lunch on Sunday. Commuters (meals only) are welcome as well. Please bring your own linens, pillow and toiletries.
For more information contact:
Jason Fisher
kefishe2@vt.edu
434-476-2147
Neil Clark
neclark@vt.edu
757-657-6450
