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Conference topics

Forest Income Opportunities

•  Ginseng

•  Small-scale Wood

•  Non-timber Forest Products

•  Pawpaws

•  Timber

Forest Management Planning

•  Developing a Forest

    Management Plan

•  Tips for New Landowners

•  Conservation Incentives

•  Forest Management Plan in

   Practice

•  How To Buy Land

Value-adding

•  Marketing Value-added

   Non-timber Forest Products

•  Field and Forest

   Value-adding Roundtable

•  How to Make a Honeysuckle

    Wreath

•  Make Your Own Teas

   and Tinctures

•  Building Furniture From

   Low-value Wood

Business Development and Entrepreneurism

•  "Basics of a Successful Start"

•  Successful Business Start-ups

•  Ecotourism

•  One-on-one   

   Consultation

Innovative Opportunities

•  Chinese Medicinal Plants

•  Beekeeping

•  Agritourism

•  Propogating Plants

•  Goats

Forest Biodiversity

•  Forest Landscapes

•  Mined-land Restoration

•  Invasive Plants Roundtable

•  Conservation Forestry

•  American Chestnut

   Restoration

•  Historical Perspectives

Identification Hikes

•  Medicinal Herbs

•  Mushrooms

•  "Dirt Theater"

•  Trees

•  Edible Herbs

•  Birds

•  Invasive Plants

Homesteading Strategies

•  How to Build and Operate a

   Greenhouse

•  Solar and Wind Power

•  Use and Care of Farm Tools

Conference participants enjoy outdoors learning at an Herbs Workshop.

The Environmental Learning Program Staff presented exciting and educational workshops for the younger conference-goers!