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Lake States Guild Gathering – Old-Growth, Birds, and More!
August 28 @ 9:00 am - August 29 @ 12:00 pm
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Register here (includes Wednesday meals and Thursday breakfast)
$60 for Guild members, $75 non-members, $30 for students
This event will be nearly all field tours, with minimal classroom lectures, so bring your boots and sunscreen! (and bug spray).
Location: We are basing the lodging, social time, dinner, and carpooling from the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Kemp Natural Resources Station (9161 Kemp Rd, Woodruff, WI 54568). The field tours will occur at UW-Stevens Point’s Treehaven Campus (Aug 28) and the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest (Aug 29). Depending on where you are traveling from you may:
Meet by 8:00 a.m. on Aug 28 at: Kemp Natural Resources Station
9161 Kemp Rd, Woodruff, WI 54568 (then carpool to and from Treehaven)
Or
Meet by 9:00 a.m. on Aug 28 at: UW-Stevens Point Treehaven
W2540 Pickerel Creek Road, Tomahawk WI 54487 (then commute to Kemp)
Event summary
The Forest Stewards Guild is hosting our Lake States Guild Gathering at the University of Wisconsin’s Kemp Station in Wisconsin’s beautiful north woods. We will discuss several topics related to silviculture and forest stewardship. Main themes include a focus on Forestry for Wisconsin Birds and a field tour to review the first 15+ years of the Managed Old Growth Silviculture Study site on the 29th.
This Guild e-newsletter article is related to old growth topics and information we’ll dig into at this gathering!
Accessibility
This event is not suitable for anyone with restricted mobility for standing, driving/riding 45 minutes at a time, or hiking.
Lodging opportunities
On site: We will have the historic Kemp Lodge and a total of 27 single beds in 7 rooms. If you’d like to reserve a single bed in a shared room on site, you may specify which night(s) and pay for lodging with your event registration. First come, first served.
Off site hotels: If you would like private lodging, there is a wide variety of hotels in and around Minocqua. This is peak tourism season and availability may be limited.
Camping: There are State Forest campgrounds in the vicinity. Clear Lake and Indian Mounds are the closest to Kemp Station (http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/StateForests/nhal/camping.html).
Meals
Event attendee registration covers Wednesday coffee and cookies, lunch, dinner, and a light breakfast on Thursday. We added a ‘dinner guest’ option if you have someone traveling with you and enjoying Northwoods camping, fishing, sightseeing, etcetera during the meeting but would like to join for dinner on Wednesday.
Continuing Education Credits
- WI DNR Cooperating Forester: 5.5 continuing education hours for day 1, and 3.5 hours for day 2.
- The Wildlife Society: 4 credits for the full event
- Society of American Foresters: 6 credits for day 1 and 3 credits for day 2.