35th Annual Meeting, Louisiana Society of American Foresters
"MANAGED FORESTS, CLEAN WATER"
Hilton Garden Inn, West Monroe
January 21-23, 2014
Tuesday January 21
Technical Workshop: Wetland Regulation and Delineation
(6.5 Cat 1 CFE)
8:00 Welcome Fred Hagaman, LASAF Chair
8:15 Overview, Corps of Engineers Water & Wetland Regulatory Program Charles Allred, Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District
9:00 Regulatory Permit Evaluations Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District
9:30 Enforcement Issues Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District
10:00 Break
10:15 Silvicultural and Other Excemptions Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District
10:45 Wetland Delineation (Hydophytic Vegetation, Hydric Soils, Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District
Wetland Hydrology
12:15 Lunch (box lunch provided)
1:00 - 4:00 Field Session: Using the Regional Supplement Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District
for Wetland Delineation: Restoration Park, West Monroe
6:00 - 8:00 Social - Hilton Garden Inn
Program
Wednesday, January 22
7:30 Registration
Session 1: BMP Effectiveness (2.25 Cat. 1 CFEs)
8:00 Opening Remarks Fred Hagaman, LASAF Chair
8:15 BMP Effectiveness in Louisiana Dr. Bill Patterson, La Tech University
9:00 Forestry BMP Effectiveness Research at the Alto Watershed, TXDr. Matthew McBroom, Stephen F. Austin State Univ
9:45 Break with Exhibitors
10:15 Aquatic organisms as indicators of BMP Effectiveness in Texas Hughes Simpson, Texas A&M Forest Service
12:00 Awards Luncheon Buddy VanHoof, LASAF Awards Chair
Session 2: Water Quality Programs (3.25 Cat 1 CFEs)
2:00 Forest Water Quality Management Planning and Cost ShareWayne Roberts, NRCS
2:45 Louisiana Nonpoint Source program and Forestry Gregory Waldron, La Dept of Environmental Quality
3:30 Break with exhibitors
4:00 Forestry Ethics Training (Optional)Ray Newbold, Newbold Consulting, L.L.C.
5:00 -6:00 Cash Bar
7:00 Banquet - Keynote Speaker John Barnwell, SAF Director of Policy
"Recognizing the Contributions of Forest Management to Water Quality, Update on the Decker et al. V. Northwest Environmental
Defense Center and SAF Actions to Highlight the Importance of Forests to Water Quality.”
Thursday, January 23
Session 3: BMP Implementation and Compliance (1.5 Cat 1 CFEs, 0.5 Cat. 2 CFEs)
8:00 Opening Remarks Buddy Van Hoof, 2014 LASAF Chair
8:15 Louisiana's 2012 BMP Survey Results David Campbell, La Dept of Ag & Forestry
8:45 BMP Compliance in Mississippi John Auel, Mississippi State Univ Extension Service
9:15 Panel on BMP Implementation/Compliance David Campbell, John Auel, Hughes Simpson
9:45 Break with Exhibitors
10:00 LASAF General Business Session LASAF Members
12:00 Adjourn
Day 1: Wetlands Techncial Session