According to

Guerry Doolittle, vice president of marketing and business development

for Forest Technology Group, the seminar is designed to help nontechnical

managers understand the concepts and terminology associated with information

systems and planning, as well as the value of integrated systems.

"Most

conferences on information technology are designed for technologists,

not oriented toward managers who may not have strong technical backgrounds,"

said Doolittle. "This conference will help managers understand technical

concepts and terminology, as well as the strengths and limitations of

different information system designs. Managers need this understanding

to join in the discussions and provide effective leadership to their organizations."

The "Information

Technology for Forest Managers" seminar will feature both classroom

and field presentations on Web-based geographic information systems (GIS)

and mobile computing technology and will offer instruction on applying

theses technologies to forest management planning, remote sensing, harvest

scheduling, and field data collection with geographic positioning systems.

Seminar participants

will use Web-based GIS land management applications to map forestland;

edit databases; evaluate and track stand history; perform transaction-based

silvicultural and timber sale planning; perform forest implementation

and tracking; and run database queries and reports.

Attendees earn

up to 12 Continuing Forestry Education credits. Cost of the seminar, including

meals and lodging, is $375 for members of SAF and the American Tree Farm

System; $420 for nonmembers.

For information

on the SAF Field Seminar Series, contact Terry Clark, SAF's science and

education manager, 5400 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814-2198; (301)

897-8720, ext. 123; fax (301) 897-3690; send an e-mail to [email protected],

or visit https://www.safnet.org/meetings/fsspmg.htm.

The Society

of American Foresters is a nonprofit organization that represents more

than 17,000 professional foresters and natural resource professionals.

It is the scientific and educational association representing the profession

of forestry in the United States. The Society's primary objective is to

advance the science, technology, education, and practice of professional

forestry for the benefit of society.

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