Schedule of Events
Wednesday, January 24, 2001
9:00 am - 10:00 am Pre-Conference Registration
10:00 am - 4:00 pm Pre-Conference
    Session 1: Leadership Workshop
    Session 2: Tree Farm Inspector Training
3:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Registration
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Executive Board Meeting   
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Bluegrass Jam Session
    Hotel Atrium

Thursday, January 25, 2001
7:00 am - noon  Conference Registration

Session 1 Defining the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)

8: 30 am Issues, challenges, and opportunities of the WUI
  Annie Hermansen, Urban-Wildland Interface Coordinator
  USDA Forest Service - Athens, Georgia

9:00 am  Interface: Where urban forestry meets the country
  Tom Simpson, Regional Urban Forester
  TDA Division of Forestry - Sevierville, TN

9:30 am  Using GIS to identify critical forestlands in Franklin County
  Jeanette Jones, GIS Specialist
  Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - Nashville, TN

10:00 am Break

10:30 am Growth management: County Executive's perspective
  Monty Adams, County Executive
  Franklin County - Winchester, TN

11:00 am Banquet and awards presentation
  (Ticket included with registration)

Session 2 Land Management of Private Lands at the WUI

1:00 pm Planning and zoning for growth management
  Art Brown, Local Planning Assistance Office
  Dept. Economic & Community Development - Nashville, TN

1:30 pm Private land conservation techniques
  Randy Brown, Executive Director
  Foothills Conservancy - Maryville, TN

2:00 pm Managing forests in small parcels
  Clint Strohmeier, Area Forester
  TDA Division of Forestry - Winchester, TN

2:30 pm Break

3:00 pm Managing forests in large parcels
  David Carter, Landowner
  Franklin County - Decatur, AL