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Forest and Woodlot Management in Hawaii
Hawaii Forest Industry Association 2005 Symposium
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Dates: January 22nd and 23rd, 2005
Location: King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, Kona, Hawaii
Goal
The symposium intends to bring to Hawaii's forest and woodlot owners some of the accumulated knowledge about forest management, harvest planning, and well-established contracting procedures used successfully by forest owners through Appalachia and the Eastern United States. The goals of these forest managers often go far beyond the current crop to reflect long term grade and profit maximization strategies. |
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Times
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 Registration 8:30 - 9:30 am Saturday January 22nd
Speakers 9:30 am to 4:35 pm
Field trip Depart hotel 8:00 am; return to hotel 3:00 pm Sunday January 23rd |
Keynote speakers
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Ralph Beckwith is the owner of Beckwith Lumber Co, in Pochahantas County , West Virginia. Mr. Beckwith is an active participant in the political and cultural life of the county, and has been a regular member of the Pochahantas County Economic Development Board. The firm holds some 63,000 acres of West Virginia hardwood forest, which it harvests on a scheduled, rotation system. Beckwith Lumber recently concluded the sale of a major block of old growth timber to the Nature Conservancy for the expansion and boundary closure of the Monongahila National Forest.
The Beckwith firm offers tours of the forest resources and logging history of the area, and has been closely invovled in West Virginia's efforts to establish high quality trout streams in the region. The Elk River trout fishery is one of the premier trout streams in the world.
Leon Brown is the Beckwith firm's chief forester. His responsibilities include the ground work for woodlands purchases, management plans for harvests and future crops, selecting harvest trees, identifying needed salvage and cleanup operations, and monitoring all work done in the forest. In his off-hours Mr. Brown is involved with West Virginia conservation and natural resource organizations.
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Current Topics
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- Silviculture for Hawaiian forests
- Koa silviculture
- Koa wilt: a new, deadly disease
- What forest landowners should know about property and income taxes
- Grant information for Hawaii forest landowners
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Forest Management in Hawaii
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- Green certification for Kamehameha Schools' Keauhou Ranch
- Regeneration of a young koa stands from old pasture koa at Palani Ranch
- Management of the Kona Hema forest, The Nature Conservancy - Hawaii
- Koa logging and regeneration at Humuula, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
- Koa forest management in the Kapapala Forest Reserve, Division of Forestry and Wildlife
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Field Trip
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Sunday January 23rd, 2005, to Kamehameha Schools' Honaunau Forest, Kona, to see how management plans for both native and non-native forests are being applied on the ground. Depart hotel 8:00 am; return to hotel 3:00 pm |
Cost
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$75.00 for early registration before January 12, 2005; $100 for late registraion postmarked after January 12, 2005. |
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For More Information
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Contact HFIA at Hawaii.Forest@verizon.net or by telephone at (808) 933-9411. |
Sponsors
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Forest Land Enhancement Program, USDA Forest Service and
State of Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife
County of Hawaii, Department of Research and Dvelopment
Univeristy of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
Kamehameha Schools |
