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The number of silvicultural treatment combinations available to forest managers for Southern pine plantations has increased tremendously in the last 15 years. Managers now routinely make decisions on site preparation, genetic source of seedlings, seedling morphology, planting density, herbaceous weed control, hardwood control, prescribed burning, fertilization, thinning, and more. This course discusses each of these treatments and their effects on pine survival and growth individually and in combination with each other.

Foresters who make silvicultural decisions for clients with different objectives and who want to better understand the effect one decision has on other decisions will benefit from this course. The instructors will emphasize the interactions of different silvicultural decisions and their effects on the final results for yields, products, and values. Also, landowners who want to understand why foresters prescribe different silvicultural methods for their lands should attend. Realtors involved in, and interested in, the buying and selling of forest products, timber, and timberland are invited to attend.

• Understand the expected responses of different treatments and the interaction with other treatments that can affect expected responses for multiple treatments.
• Learn how different silvicultural decisions throughout stand establishment can lead to stands with very different expected yields with different risk characteristics.
• Learn when most Southern pine stands become deficient nutritionally, when stands are most susceptible to competing vegetation, and the interaction of fertilizer and release treatments with each other and other silvicultural treatments.
• Learn how silvicultural treatments affect thinning timing, intensity, and frequency and the development of different mixes of treatments.
• Learn how different silvicultural treatments impact wood quality, including density, vegetation control, and fertilization, and how to time those treatments to produce acceptable products.

Bruce E. Borders and Barry D. Shiver have been teaching continuing education short courses across the South since 1989 about a variety of topics related to their instruction and research at the Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources of the University of Georgia. Barry recently retired (after 30 years of service!) from the University, where as a professor, he taught classes in timber management, inventory, silviculture, and mensuration. Bruce is a professor at the School, where he teaches courses in timber management, inventory, and biometrics. The two instructors are the authors of the widely used college textbook Sampling Techniques for Forest Resource Inventory, published in 1996 by John Wiley & Sons. Courses taught by Barry and Bruce are popular! They deliver outstanding technical content in an understandable and enthusiastic manner.

The fee for this course is $445, which includes lunch, refreshment breaks, and instructional materials. There is a $50 discount for fees paid by check or credit card and postmarked by August 22, 2006. Preregistration must be accompanied by check, purchase order, or credit card number to guarantee a place in the course. Limited seating is available. The Georgia Center will charge a $50 processing fee for a second course transfer, if applicable.

• 11 Continuing Forestry Education (CFE) hours — Category 1
• 11 Continuing Logger Education hours (CLE) — Environmental
• Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board credits applied for and also accepted by the Georgia Real Estate Commission, if approved

Full Attendance Is Mandatory to Receive Credit.

If you are not satisfied with this course, we will refund your registration fee. Third Course Free! Attend two forestry courses in 2006 as a paid participant and get the third course (with equal or lower course fee) for free. Contact Nette Penn, at 706-542-6658 or Nette.Penn@georgiacenter.uga.edu, before you register for the third course. Fourth Person Free! Register three people from your organization and the fourth person is free. All registrants must be with the same program (same address and same budget), and the registration fees must be paid in advance by check or credit card.

This optional one-hour course focuses on case studies to illustrate the place of ethics in the practice of forestry. It meets the ethics requirement for registered foresters in Georgia.

The Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center & Hotel, located on the beautiful, historic campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, provides innovative lifelong learning opportunities that develop intellectual and human potential. A full-service living and learning environment, the Georgia Center includes a 200-room hotel, restaurants, banquet areas, conference rooms, auditoriums, a fitness center, and computer labs — all under one roof. As a unit of UGA's Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, the Center brings the University's teaching, research, and service expertise to the people of Georgia and beyond! For more information, visit www.georgiacenter.uga.edu.

Special Needs:
If you require special services, facilities, or dietary considerations, contact your event coordinator, Nette Penn at 706-542-6658 or Nette.Penn@georgiacenter.uga.edu prior to September 5, 2006.

Lodging (Georgia Center Hotel):
A block of rooms is being held for your conference until 5:00 p.m. ET, August 21, 2006. Policies: (1) Tax Exemption — The State of Georgia only allows tax-exempt charges for a payment by a state-issued credit card or check or by a direct bill to a state agency (with a Georgia State Tax Exemption Certificate). (2) Lodging Cancellation — Cancel your reservation by 4:00 p.m. ET the day prior to your scheduled arrival to avoid being charged one night's room and tax. (3) At check-in, you must present your credit card or a completed credit card authorization form (for a copy, call 800-884-1381, Mon.-Fri., 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET). Note: The Georgia Center is a smoke-free building; all lodging rooms are nonsmoking.

Travel Information:
Athens, Georgia, is located about 60 miles northeast of Atlanta. For directions, see www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/conferences/about/directions.phtml. A parking deck is located adjacent to the Center (hourly rates, maximum $8 each 24-hour period; vehicle height limit, 7 feet). Athens is served by two airports. Athens-Ben Epps Airport offers connecting flights to and from Charlotte, NC. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is located about 90 minutes southwest of Athens, with scheduled ground shuttle service and rental car service available between the airport and the Georgia Center.

Program Cancellation Policies:
(1) Full refunds are available for cancellations made by 5:00 p.m. ET, September 1, 2006. No refunds will be issued thereafter; substitutions will be allowed. (2) If a program is cancelled for any reason, the Georgia Center will not be responsible for any charges related to travel. (3) If for unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances an instructor is unable to attend, the Georgia Center reserves the right to substitute a comparable instructor.