Event Date Event County Event Name Event Location Event Description Contact Person Phone Email 10/7/16 Union Working Forest Presentations Lake Butler Elementary 10/8/16 Union Working Forest Presentations Lake Butler Elementary 10/9/16 Union Working Forest Presentations Lake Butler Elementary 10/10/16 Union Working Forest Presentations Lake Butler Elementary 10/11/16 Glades From Seedling to Mulch Glades County High School (Various locations) High school students will visit a planting operation, a logging operation and a Calin Ionita (863) 655-6409 [email protected] mulch plant in Glades County. 10/11/16 Nassau School Presentation Sonshine Christian Academy SonShine Christian Academy could not do “Working Forest Week”, but we are doing a program Tuesday 10/11 10/11/16 Union Working Forest Presentations Lake Butler Elementary 10/11/16 Glades Working Forests Presentation and Tour Moore Haven High School scheduled prior to Working Forests Week due to school scheduling demands. 10/12/16 Madison County Commission Resolution Madison County BOCC Resolution honoring WFW Guign Wyche 10/12/16 Union Working Forest Presentations Lake Butler Elementary 10/13/16 Union Working Forest Presentations Lake Butler Elementary 10/14/16 Leon Tree Farm of the Year Tour Alonzo and Eliza Register Family Trust 10/14/16 Union Working Forest Presentations Lake Butler Elementary 10/17/16 Desoto Working Forests Presentation 4-H Club of Desoto County 10/17/16 Manatee Working Forests Week Display Farm Bureau Annual Meeting 10/17/16 Gadsden Forest Products/PLT Bear Creek Educational Forest W.T. Moore—Forest Products/PLT with forest products emphasis 10/18/16 Nassau Homeschool Presentation Fernandina Education program for a home school group (Classical Conversations) 10/18/16 Duval Cub Scout Pack Night Presentation Cub Scouts Cub Scout Pack 182’s October Pack night evening presentation to ~100 cub scouts aged 5-11 about goods from the woods. Additionally, the pack has requested Smokey Bear to be present at the event. 10/18/16 Hamilton Working Forest Presentations Hamilton County 4-H 10/18/16 Gadsden Working Forests Presentation & Mill Tour Coastal Plywood Mill Working Forests, Coastal Plywood Mill presentation and mill tour David Norman 10/18/16 Citrus WFW School Presentation Lecanto Primary School Lecanto Primary School 4th Grade presentation 10/19/16 Levy Goethe State Forest Tour Goethe State Forest Visitors will be able to observe ongoing forest operations such as timber Bobby Cahal (386) 465-8585 [email protected] planting, timber thinning and timber nventory to promote a healthy growing forest. 10/19/16 Pasco There’s a working forest in your back yard Boys and Girls Club of Lacoochee Presentation to 4th – 10th graders about the Working forest Mona Neville (352) 523-5101 [email protected] 10/19/16 Citrus Working Forests Week Presentation Citrus Springs Rotary Club- Quality Inn Hernando, FL Conducting a “Working Forest” presentation to the Citrus Springs Rotary Club. Kimberly Burch (352) 726-4776 [email protected] Learn about how forests “Work” for us through aesthetics, wildlife, recreation, and forest products 10/19/16 Duval/Clay/Nassau Forests – Working for Landowners and Wildlife Jacksonville District Office Morning presentation at the D7 office from Jack Hernandez, Greg Marshall, Robin Holland, and Ginger Morgan from FWC about certification programs and BMPs to be considered by owners of working forests. Afternoon tour of Foster Family Tree Farms in Bryceville to demonstrate how these recommendations have been put into play by an actual working forest landowner. 10/19/16 Glades Media Event with FFS/Lykes Brothers Glades County FFS and Lykes Brothers foresters will meet with local media to discuss Working Forests in Glades County 10/19/16 Hendry Working Forest Tours Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest Day on the Forest at Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest: October 19th from 10 am-3 pm. Tours of past active forestry operations on Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest and demonstrations of forestry equipment. 10/19/16 Gadsden Forest Products Bear Creek Educational Forest Desoto Trail—Forest Products 10/19/16 Citrus WFW School Presentation Lecanto Primary School Lecanto Primary School 4th Grade presentation 10/19/16 Levy School Presentation Chiefland Elementary Lynetta Usher Griner 10/20/16 Pasco What is CFA? Hilton Inn, Dade City Presentation to Rotary members of the Daybreak Dade City Rotary Club. This Mona Neville (352) 523-5101 [email protected] presentation will include a little of the CFA program and about Working forests. 10/20/16 Taylor Working Forests Presentation Taylor County Elementary 5th grade class, approximately 50 students. 10/20/16 Manatee Working Forests Presentations (Multiple throughout day) Braden River High School 10/20/16 Miami-Dade Working Forests Week Cleanup Day Steinberg Nature Center Working Forests Week at the Tropical Audubon’s Steinberg Nature Center in Miami. The event is an invasive exotic species removal / trash clean-up volunteer workday in the pineland at the Steinberg Nature Center. 10/20/16 Miami-Dade Working Forests Week Cleanup Day FIU Modesto Campus Working Forests Week at the Florida International University Modesto’s FIU Preserve. The event is an invasive exotic species & trash removal volunteer workday in the pineland area at the FIU Preserve. 10/20/16 Okaloosa Wildlife BMP Workshop IFAS Extension Office Cooperative effort between FFS, FWC, NRCS, Farm Credit and UF. Topics include gopher tortoise habitat and management, SE American Kestrels, Fire and Wildlfire, Herbicides and Wildlife, Wildlife BMPs, FORCES Recognition program, cost-share programs. 10/20/16 Leon Your Working Forest! Leon County Extension Office Workshop for landowners of the Capitol Region Leon 10/20/16 Gadsden Forest Products Bear Creek Educational Forest Desoto Trail—Forest Products 10/20/16 Citrus WFW School Presentation Pleasant Grove Elementary Working Forests presentation to 4 th graders - Kim Burch 10/21/16 Polk LWRSF Forest Education Day - 2016 Lake Wales Ridge State Forest A Forest education day has been planned for Spook Hill Elementary (Lake Wales, Corey Walk (863) 589-0528 [email protected] FL) School kindergarten class students on October 21, 2016. Educational (863) 589-0545 activities will include nature trail walk, state forest information, coloring/handout activities, threatened and engendered plant information, invasive/exotics plant identification, native trees of Florida, fire equipment display, Smokey Bear, etc. Local FFS staff from LWRSF will assist with this event around the main headquarters location with various state forest activities 10/21/16 Lake Trees of Our Forests Lake Hiawatha Park Elementary School kids will be introduced to the types of trees in our forests at Chris Otremba [email protected] Lake Hiawatha Park in Clermont. It will be a general introduction to how we manage our forests and why. 10/21/16 Highlands Radio Interviews 10/21/16 Glades Radio Interviews 10/21/16 Jackson WFW School Presentation Malone School (?) Other members on the team include John Alter (2015 Tree Farm Of the Year and Florida Forestry Assoc. member), Farm Credit, and Shawn Cook of Enviva. 10/21/16 Jackson WFW School Presentation Cottondale School (?) Other members on the team include John Alter (2015 Tree Farm Of the Year and Florida Forestry Assoc. member), Farm Credit., and Shawn Cook of Enviva. 10/21/16 WFW School Presentation Whispering Oak Elementary District Manager to talk about forestry and forest products to 3rd grade Whispering Oak Elem. 10/22/16 Bay/Washington Working Forests Event A family fun afternoon to learn more about forest management, recreation, Mike Mathis (850) 625-6635 [email protected] prescribed fire, and wildlife Pine Log State Forest. 10/22/16 Alachua Working Forests Presentation Newnans Lake State Forest 10/22/16 Alachua PLT Workshop Morningside Nature Center 10/22/16 Taylor Florida Forest Festival Forest Capitol Park Florida Forest Service booth will promote special emphasis on Working Forests at the event. 10/22/16 Martin Working Forests Week Display at FireFest JD State Park 10/22/16 Miami-Dade Sustainable Urban Forest and Rural Forest Presentation Simpson Park Hammock Working Forests Week at the City of Miami’s Simpson Park Hammock. City of Miami’s Senior Park Naturalist, Juan Fernandez, and other guest speakers present their organization’s efforts for a more sustainable urban forest & rural forest. 10/22/16 Alachua "Meet Your Trees" Alachua Conservation Trust's Rockwood Park Mark Larson, Willie Wood, Dave Conser and Don Rockwood Don Rockwood 10/22/16 WFW at Educational Event Oakland Nature Preserve CFA Forester to participate and promote WFW at event. 10/25/16 Clay Goods from The Woods Presentation Penney Farms Retirement Community “Goods From the Woods” presentation to Penney Farms Retirement Community (25 – 40 adults) N/A Santa Rosa/Escambia WFW Library Display Pace Branch Public Library Static Display on Florida's Working Forests N/A Santa Rosa/Escambia WFW Library Display Langley Public Library, Tryon Branch Static Display on Florida's Working Forests N/A Santa Rosa/Escambia WFW Library Display Pensacola Public Library Static Display on Florida's Working Forests TBD Clay School Presentation Clay Hill Elementary School TBD Indian River/St. Lucie Working Forests Week Display Bass Pro Shop TBD Nassau Nature Trail Nassua County Extension Office Developing nature trail at new site with sustainable forestry messaging Dan Roach/Kim Santor TBD Nassau Forestland Tour Rayonier's Eastern Nassau Co. forestlands Tour for Fernandina Beach Newcomer's Club: sustainable forestry as best land Mike Bell/Dan use, products, ecosystem services, upland vs. wetland operations, research, Roach investment, soil mapping and harvest scheduling, long range and capital intensive nature of the business. Gadsden Presentation to Quincy Rotary Quincy, FL Michael Dooner Gadsden Presentation to Havana Kiwanis Havana, FL Michael Dooner Press Various Michael Dooner, Releases/Op- Lynetta Usher Eds/PSAs Griner, Carlton Jones, Ann Hutchinson Duff, Rayonier/Kim Santor, John Alter, Guign Wyche, FFS PIOs