7:00 am – 7:15 am

 Load Busses At Double Tree Hotel, Tallahassee, FL

7:15 am – 7:30 am

Travel to First Stop

7:30 am – 8:15 am

Conversion of Off-Site Slash Pine to Longleaf
-- Stand History Site Preparation and planting success to convert to Longleaf
-- Why is slash pine off-site?
-- Urban Interface (Private Land, Bicycle Trail, Tallahassee)
-- Quail Management Prescribed Burn Partnership

8:15 am – 8:30 am

Travel to Stop 2

8:30 am – 9:15 am

Groundcover Restoration Partnership with The Nature Conservancy
-- Program Success
-- Restoration Equipment Display
-- Hands on display of native seed mix and longleaf pine seed/cones

9:15 am – 9:35 am

Travel to Stop 3

9:35 am – 10:10 am

Longleaf Shelterwood Regeneration method
-- Stand History, Red-cockaded woodpecker
-- Growth Phases of Longleaf Pine (Germination, Seedling, Sapling, Poletimber, Sawtimber)
-- Quickest way to Uneven-aged stand

10:10 am – 10:56 am

Travel to Stop 4

10:56 am – 11:20 am

Longleaf Uneven-aged Management
-- Group Selection
-- BDQ regulation method
-- Indian Creek Sale Information (Sale Volume, Revenue, Acres, Openings)
Prescribed burning as Silviculture tool
-- ANF Prescribe Burn Program (Acres, seasonality, timing)
-- Compare Age of Rough (BU 36 and 51)

11:20 am – 12:00 am

Travel to Lunch

12:00 am – 1:00 pm

Lunch at the Beach

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Travel to Stop 6

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Tate’s Hell State Forest
-- Tate’s Hell Overview
-- Stunted Cypress description

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Travel to Stop 7

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Intensive Slash Pine Management
-- Orchid Fire Reforestation
-- Fertilization, Row Thinning, and Future Management
Savannah – Unique Ecosystem in Florida
-- Rich Biodiversity
-- Geology
Tour Wrap-up
-- Desired Future Condition
-- Ecosystem Restoration and Maintenance

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Travel back to Double Tree Hotel