Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association Incorporated

Programs: The organization held a 4 day annual membership meeting with 217 members in attendance. Meeting included tours of members woodlands, school forest, wood utilizing industries, historical buildings of wood, and nature centers. Keynote on the wi dnr inventories for land and trends in land ownership and forest types. Formal presentations by natural resource professionals and woodland owners on managing small woodlands, managing your woods for the future, cost share and property tax programs, invasive and endangered species, pollinators, and ground water and forest management. A field day was held on a member's property with field stations on wetland restoration, forest succession, converting ash stands, invasives, forest and prairie and pond indentification, chain saw safety, deer impacts on forests and forest health issues.

the organization publishes a 44 page, quarterly magazine with educational articles on sustainable forest management techniques, managing wisconsin's forest timber types, timber harvesting, forest insects/diseases/invasives, wildlife habitat, forest regeneration & tree planting, tax tips and estate planning, and online resources for woodland owners.

the organization's 12 local chapters reached hundreds of members by holding spring and fall field days in addition to membership meetings or annual picnics. Topics covered at these field days raptors tree nurseries, pollinators, red pine forest management, oak and northern hardwood management, invasive plants and treatments, lyme disease, tour of a school forest, creating wild habitat, natural regeneration, emerald ash borer, and estate planning and taxes.

created the growing your legacy brochure in engaging their next generation in caring for the family woodlands. Updated website regularly and added constant contact marketing to keep members better informed of educational opportunities. Co-sponsored 6 regional winter woodland owner conferences with total attendance of more than 700 people. Held two statewide women of wwoa gatherings reaching more than 60 women with information to help them manage their woodlands.