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2009
Overview
Participant Info
General Information
Student Requirement
Registration Materials
Presenters
Exhibitors
Volunteers
Sponsors
Travel/Lodging
Resources
Walk
the Talk
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2009 Conference Overview
Our Changing Forests:
Challenges
and Opportunities for Wisconsin's Students
Conference Overview
This conference will showcase what students throughout the state are doing to sustain Wisconsin’s forests. Students will have the opportunity to learn about issues affecting Wisconsin’s forests, opportunities to address these challenges, and forest-related careers. They will develop initial personal, class, and community action plans to help sustain Wisconsin’s forests.
The Need for Forestry Education
Our forests face great challenges including invasive species, climate change, and land-use changes. As our population grows and the demands on our forests increase, Wisconsin's citizens will need to play an active role in sustaining our forests as ecosystems and human systems. Students as future decision-makers and current community members, need to understand the challenges facing our forests and need to be prepared to take an active role in sustaining their ecological, social and economic values.
Schedule
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8:15 – 9:00 am |
Registration and
exhibit set-up |
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9:00
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9:45 |
Welcome and Keynote Address |
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9:50 – 10:30 |
Session 1 |
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10:35
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11:15 |
Exhibits |
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11:20 – 12:00 pm |
LUNCH |
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12:05 – 12:45 pm |
Session 2 |
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12:50 – 1:30 |
Session 3 |
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1:35 – 2:00 pm |
Action Plan |
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2:05 – 2:30 pm |
Evaluation/Wrap-up/Door
Prizes |
Exhibits
The exhibit hall features student poster presentations,
professionals speaking about their careers, college
displays, and professional exhibits. Students have one session during the
day dedicated to visiting the exhibit hall.
Action Pledge
Students and teachers from each school regroup to
discuss highlights of their day and make an Action
Pledge to implement what they learned when they return
to school.
Door Prizes
During the conference wrap-up, students and teachers who
are present will be entered into a drawing for a variety
of door prizes.
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