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This course addresses important forestry statistical concepts that often get glossed over in other courses. The course emphasizes what the concepts and applications mean and how they can be used correctly in forestry.

The purpose of this course is to provide each attendee with a thorough understanding of statistical concepts and their proper use, as well as descriptive stand characteristics and their development and usage in forestry. Ideally, each attendee should leave the course clearly understanding the concepts and how to use them properly.

Foresters who use statistics and stand descriptive characteristics in inventory, silvcultural, and management decision-making and who want to better serve clients by clearly understanding what the statistical concepts mean and how to use them. Non-foresters and real estate professionals who want to understand how foresters make decisions and who want to understand the stand description values that foresters obtain and how they might be used.

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 prior to September 19, 2007. Preregistration must be accompanied by a check, purchase order, or credit card number to guarantee a place in the course. Seating is limited.

• Learn how to quantify and use variability to develop estimators that provide more information, including information to develop cruise intensity
• Learn how to determine, when two treatments result in different outcomes, whether the difference is of practical significance or not
• Learn alternate ways to view forestry relationships, to simplify understanding
• Learn what regression is and why it is so pervasive as a tool for foresters, even if you'll never actually develop a regression model
• Learn how basal area, trees per acre, and quadratic mean dbh are interdependent and how these values are used to quantify stand development
• Learn how foresters use critical density measures to help make decisions on stand management

Barry Shiver and Bruce Borders have been teaching continuing education short courses across the South since 1989 on a variety of topics related to their instruction and research at the Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at 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. He was also the director of UGA's Plantation Management Research Cooperative (PMRC) for 10 years. Bruce is a professor at the School and has actively conducted research with the PMRC his entire career. The research objectives of both instructors have included finding solutions for timberland investors. Courses taught by Barry and Bruce are popular! They deliver outstanding technical content in an understandable and enthusiastic manner.

• 11 Continuing Logger Education (CLE) hours — Business Management
• 13 Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board credits have been approved — also accepted by the Georgia Real Estate Commission

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 2007 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.

Now Available Online! Forestry Ethics Online Course

Now you can complete the one-hour Forestry Ethics Online Course from the comfort of your home or office. Register today for this self-paced, self-study program and earn CFE credit! Go here for more details: www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/is/forestry

The Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center & Hotel, located on the beautiful, historic campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, provides outstanding educational programs and services for lifelong learners. A total living and learning environment, the Georgia Center includes a 200-room hotel, restaurants, banquet areas, conference rooms, auditoriums, a fitness center, and a computer lab — 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 October 3, 2007.

Lodging (Georgia Center Hotel):
A block of rooms is being held for your conference until 5:00 p.m. ET, September 25, 2007. 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 28, 2007. No refunds will be issued thereafter; substitutions will be allowed. (2) If a course 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.