Upcoming Workshops

* Tall Timbers research station north of Tallahassee will hold its Spring Game Bird "Field Day" Tues, April 9 from noon to 8:30 pm, with supper. Members $40, non-members $60 (includes 1 yr. membership). Results of research on game bird management will be presented. Call (904) 893-4153 for more information.

* Monsanto Co. will host a "Forum for Foresters" in Lake City on Wed., April 17. A variety of technical topics will be presented. Landowners are welcome. The meeting, held at the Holiday Inn at I-75 and Hwy. 90, will begin at 8:00 am. The $25 fee includes lunch and handouts. Call 1-800-332-3111 to register or call Pat Straka at 1-803-871-5662 for more information.

* The Suwannee Co. C E S, plans to hold a landowner workshop on Thurs., May 9 at its offices in Live Oak. It will be geared to people who are looking for a general introduction to pine plantation management, including discussion of fertilization and pine straw harvest. It will be an afternoon and evening session, with supper. Contact:

Jimmy Shepherd
Suwannee County Extension Office
1302 SW 11th St.
Live Oak, FL 32060
(904) 362-2771

* Tall Timbers Longleaf Pine Seminars:

May 16 at Bristol (Appalachicola National Forest) and May 30 at Umatilla (Ocala National Forest). Each session will go from 8:30am to 4:30pm, with classroom presentations in the morning and an afternoon field trip. The fee is $40, which includes lunch and two publications. Call Tall Timbers for more information: (904) 893-4153.