Events | Timber Talks and Forest Forums

Building Relationships

Our timber talks and forest forums, bring forestry stakeholders (government agencies, environmental and wildlife NGOs, and business consumers) into the woods to experience how private working forests are managed.

What We Do

Forest Forums
Forest forums are round-table discussions in a collaborative environment that bring together diverse stakeholders seeking solutions on issues impacting working forests management, habitat conservation, ecosystems, markets, and ownership.
Timber Talks
Timber talks bring forestry stakeholders (government agencies, environmental and wildlife NGOs, and business consumers) to the woods to experience how private working forests are managed for the benefit of healthy ecosystems while generating a timber supply.

The Why

We do forest forums and timber talks to demonstrate how forest landowners create, maintain, and improve habitat on their property every day, while also generating a timber supply.

The Impact

Taking to the woods allows you to share the work being done on the ground and the private forest landowners’ commitment to the stewardship of their land. By seeing the work first-hand trust and understanding are established with constituents.

The Outcome

Through this hands-on learning policymakers, environmental stakeholders and corporate decision-makers gain insight into how rulemaking, regulations, and/or purchasing decisions impact a landowner’s ability to own and manage their forests.

September 2023 Georgia Timber Talk

October 2023 South Carolina Timber Talk

Hosted Timber Talks and Forest Forums

LocationStakeholders EngagedIssues Addressed
Shreveport, LouisianaFamily Forests LandownersMarkets
Orlando, FloridaUSFWS Region IV & Southeast States; LandownersAt-Risk & Listed Species
Watkinsville, GeorgiaFamily Forests LandownersAt-Risk & Listed Species | Markets
Camak, GeorgiaPolicy Makers, USFWS, Family Forest LandownersAt-Risk & Listed Species | Markets | Regulatory Certainty
Andalusia, AlabamaUSFWS, NRCS, Family Forests LandownersAt-Risk & Listed Species
Folkston, GeorgiaUSFWS, NRCS, DNR, Family Forest LandownersAt-Risk & Listed Species
North Georgia24 CountriesBioenergy In the Southeastern US| US Wood | Markets
Upstate South Carolina24 CountriesBioenergy in the Southeastern US | US Wood | Markets
Fayetteville, ArkansasBrands; Wal-Mart & The Sustainability ConsortiumMarkets
Ashville, North CarolinaUSFWS Region IV & Southeast States; LandownersAt-Risk & Listed Species
Lake Oconee, GAUSFWS Region 4, State Wildlife Agencies, LandownersAt-Risk & Listed Species
Alexandria, LAUSFWS Region 4, Louisiana State Wildlife Agencies, Conservation NGOs, LandownersRed-cockaded woodpecker
VirtualFLA Staff, USFWS Southeast Regional Directorate Team, and DeputiesAt-Risk & Listed Species | Role of Private Forest Landowners
Williamsburg, VAUSFWS, Conservation NGOs, Supply Chain Representatives, LandownersLongleaf Pine
High Springs, FLUSFWS, FL Forest Service, FL Forestry Association, FL FWCC, FL Farm Bureau, Congressional staff, University of Florida, LandownersAt-Risk & Listed Species
Portland, MEUSFWS, Conservation NGO’s, LandownersAt-Risk & Listed Species
Atlanta, GAUSFWS, USFS, Conservation NGO’sCollaborative Conservation
Atlanta, GAUSFWS, USFS, Conservation NGO’sCollaborative Conservation
Jeffersonville, GASustainable Biomass ProgramAssurance of Sustainability
Windsor, SCUSFWS, IFCO, USFS, SC DNR, GA DNRLongleaf pine

For more information or to join our next Timber Talk or Forest Forum, contact Director of Regulatory Affairs and Stewardship Initiatives, Katie Moss at kmoss@forestlandowners.com.