SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS
ANNUAL REPORT - WINTER 2000
The Southeast Tennessee Chapter was fairly active during 1999. Five chapter meetings were held, and covered a wide variety of forestry topics and sites. The meeting locations were located all across the chapter area to encourage as many SAF members as possible to attend. The meetings were as follows:
April 6, 1999 - Wetland Credits and the National Ecological Foundation Properties, Manchester, Tenn.
June 1, 1999 - Tour of Prentice Cooper State Forest, Whitwell, Tenn.
August 3, 1999 - Regional Results from the Forest Inventory Analysis and
Forest Health Monitoring, Cleveland, Tenn.
October 5, 1999 - Integrating Scenery Management into Land Management in the
Cherokee National Forest, Ocoee Whitewater Center
December 7, 1999 - Tour of Wagner Pencil and Pen Facility, Bakewell, Tenn.
Currently the SE Tennessee Chapter is planning and preparing for the summer 2000 K-T SAF meeting. Dates are June 14 - 16, 2000. The meeting location is in Cleveland. Topic is "Ecosystem Management and Restoration on the Cherokee National Forest". Information about this summer's meeting will be provided during the K-T SAF Millennium Meeting at Mammoth Cave National Park.
Chapter Officers for 2000 are:
Chair- Red Anderson
Chair-Elect- Still Searching
Secretary/Treasurer - Joe Burckle
Chapter meetings for 2000 are being planned and tentatively are:
March 7 - Consulting Forestry and the NIPF, Chattanooga, Tenn.
May 2 - Still to be determined
August 1 - Tour of Battle Creek Log Homes, South Pittsburg, Tenn.
October 3 - University of the South's Natural Resources Programs, Sewanee, Tenn.
December 5 - Tour of Bledsoe State Forest, Pikeville, Tenn.
Submitted by:
Clint Strohmeier
Past Chair- SE Tenn. Chapter, SAF