Virtual Conference on Heirs' Property & Sustainable Forest Management
Webinar Details
When:
Feb 8, 2021 8:00 am US/Eastern
Length: 08:00 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Dr. Puneet Dwivedi - Associate Professor (Forest Sustainability) at The University of Georgia
- Skipper G. StipeMaas - Executive Director of Georgia Heirs Property Law Center
- Joe Hamilton- Certified Tree Farmer and a member of the American Tree Farm System
- Marc Thomas - Director of Field Operations and Ag Marketing Specialist, Fort Valley State
- Mark Evans - Owner of Evans Farm in Jakin Georgia
- Charlene McLendon - Laurens County Georiga Landowner
- Titus Andrews - Georgia County Extension Agent
- Dr. Noah Goyke - Teaching Fellow at Northland College, Ashland, WI
- John Schelhas - Research Forester with the Southern Research Station (SRS), USDA Forest Service
- Sarah Hitchner - Assistant Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology, the University of Georgia
- Jim Wabindato – Program/Development Officer, Little River Band Ottawa
- Conner Bailey - Professor Emeritus of Rural Sociology at Auburn University
- Alicia Cramer - Senior Vice President at the Endowment Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
- Mavis Gragg - Director of the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Project, American Forest Foundation
- Cheryl Peterson - Senior Managing Director at McIntosh Sustainable Environment and Economic Development (McSEED)
- Terrance O. Rudolph - State Conservationist position in Georgia University - Cooperative Extension Program
- Thomas Mitchell – Professor of Law and Co-Director, Program in Real Estate and Community Development Law, School of Law, Texas A&M & 2020 MacArthur Fellow
- Emma Scott - Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic
- Lorette Picciano - Executive Director, The Rural Coalition Washington, DC.
- Eloris Speight - Director of Socially Disavantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center, Alcorn State University
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
This virtual conference will bring together experts in heirs’ property, including forest landowners experiencing it firsthand. We will share ideas and perspectives, provide updates on legal developments regarding heirs’ property, and present results from two integrated research and outreach initiatives.
Download a copy of the conference flyer here.
Though the main focus is on African American forest landowners located in the southeastern states, in general, and Georgia, in particular, we will also discuss heirs’ property issues nationwide.
Our goal is to share insights and information that can be distributed among our networks to better serve forest landowners grappling with heirs’ property and to better inform policymakers about the social complexities in which heirs’ property is embedded and its consequence for sustainable forestry.
Form detailed information about the speakers for this webinar, click here.
This webinar is organized by Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia.
Contact: Puneet Dwivedi (University of Georgia, puneetd@uga.edu, 706-542-2406) | John Schelhas (USDA Forest Service, john.schelhas@usda.gov, 706-559-4260) | Marc Thomas (Fort Valley State Uni-versity, Thomasm@fvsu.edu, 478- 825-6112)
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