Forest and Woodland Resources
for Sustainable Community Development
Features:
Ms. Ruth McWilliams
Assistant Director for Program Operations
Cooperative Forestry Staff
USDA Forest Service
Community-Based Presentations
Ozark/Ouachita Highlands Region Assessment
Resource Panels
Poster Sessions and Displays
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Hilton Hotel
October 31-November 1, 1996
Brought to you by the
Cooperative Extension Services of
Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma
Sponsored in part by:
USDA Forest Service
Arkansas Forestry Commission
Southern Rural Development Center
Forest Resources Center
University of Arkansas at Monticello
Arkansas Office of Rural Advocacy
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4-STATE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
You are cordially invited to attend the 4-State Heartland
Community Development Conference. The theme, "Forest and Woodland
Resources for Sustainable Community Development" seeks to bring together
region-wide, long-range forest assessment and planning efforts with
community-based planning and development. The long-range goal is to
foster sustainable community development in a region-wide basis.
The 1996 conference will include:
*Informative and Inspirational Keynote Address
*Community-based Presentations
*Presentation of the Ozark/Ouachita Highlands Assessment (A joint
activity of the Mark Twain, Ozark-St. Francis, and Ouachita National
Forests)
*Panels of Resource Persons and Agencies (State Foresters, Rural
Development Councils, RC&D's, Electrical Cooperatives, etc.)
*Posters and Displays
*Special Interest Discussions
WHO SHOULD ATTEND AND WHY
*Local community people interested in community development
opportunities and in long-range forest planning.
*Community, county, and state, local and multi-county planning and
development associations.
*Groups and organizations interested in forestry issues.
*Local, state, and national elected officials.
*Community and economic development professionals.
Woodlands and forests are an important part of the resources of
the 4-State Heartland Region, and of its attractive natural environment.
Many innovative ideas are being tried to achieve sustainable community
development with these resources. The three National Forests of the
region will soon revisit their long-range forest plans, and have
launched a region-wide Assessment to prepare. This will guide the use
of these forests well into the next century. Anyone and everyone
interested in these issues should come.
Fayetteville, Arkansas is a beautiful and rapidly growing
community of 42,000 situated in the very center of the Ozark/Ouachita
Highlands region. The Hilton Hotel is at 70 North East Ave., just a
block off of Fayetteville's beautiful down-town square, a block off of
Business #71, and directly connected to the University of Arkansas
Continuing Education Center.
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Thursday, October 31
8:30-10:30.--Registration, assemble and set up displays and posters
10:30 A. M.--Welcome, Introductions, and Announcements
11:00 A. M.--Keynote Speaker.--Ruth McWilliams, Assistant Director for
Program Operations, Cooperative Forestry Staff, USDA Forest Service.
12:00-1:00 noon.--Lunch, explanation of conference organization and
logic, and view displays and posters.
OZARK/OUACHITA HIGHLANDS ASSESSMENT
AND COMMUNITY-BASED FOREST PLANNING
Mr. Bill Pell, Ozark/Ouachita Highlands Assessment Team Leader, USDA
Forest Service.
1:00-2:30.--Presentation and discussion of:
*Ozark/Ouachita Region Assessment Process and Products
*Assessment Public Involvement plan
2:30-3:00.--Facilitated Community Response
3:00-3:30.--Break and view displays and posters
3:30-4:30.--Facilitated Community Response
4:30-5:30.--Community-Based Collaborative Planning, Sam Burns, Fort
Lewis College and San Juan National Forest, Durango, Colorado.
COMMUNITY EFFORTS/RESOURCE PANELS
1:00-2:00.--Panel of Four State Foresters, John Shannon, AR; Ray Aslin,
KS; Shelby Jones representing Marvin Brown, MO; and Roger Davis, OK;
Robert G. Blackmon, Dean, University of Arkansas at Monticello,
Moderator.
2:00-3:00.--Community Presentations (Don Monk, Oden, AR; and Eddie
Huckaby, Mena, AR; Cheryl Chatham, Ouachita National Forest, Moderator)
3:00-3:30.--Break and view displays and posters
3:30-4:30.--Resource Panel (Glenn Weaver, University of Missouri.--
Recreation and Tourism; Electrical Cooperatives, RC&D's; Winrock Intl.--
Wood Products Industry; John Gulick, Associated Electrical Cooperatives,
MO, Moderator)
4:30-5:30.--Community Presentations (Dr. Walt Frey, Idabel, OK and Bill
Allen, Albion, OK; Notie Lansford, Oklahoma State University, Moderator)
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6:00-8:30.--Reception and view displays and posters (Followed by dinner
on your own)
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Friday, November 1, 1996
7:00-8:00.--Continental Breakfast and view displays and posters
OZARK/OUACHITA HIGHLANDS ASSESSMENT
AND COMMUNITY-BASED FOREST PLANNING
Mr. Bill Pell, Ozark/Ouachita Highlands Assessment Team Leader, USDA
Forest Service.
8:00-9:30.--Presentation and discussion of:
*Ozark/Ouachita Highlands Region Assessment Process and Products
*Assessment Public Involvement plan
9:30-10:00.--Facilitated Community Response
10:00-10:30.--Break and view displays and posters
10:30-11:15.--Facilitated Community Response
11:15-12:00.--Community-Based Collaborative Planning, Sam Burns, Fort
Lewis College and San Juan National Forest, Durango, Colorado.
COMMUNITY EFFORTS/RESOURCE PANELS
8:00-9:00.--State Rural Development Council Panel (Steve Bittel, KS;
Phil Watson, OK; DeAnn Ducote, Executive Director of the Missouri Rural
Opportunities Council; James Kimbrough, Director, Office of Rural
Advocacy, AR, Moderator)
9:00-10:00.--Community Presentations (Parsons, KS; and Chetopa, KS, Jack
Rowland, Moderator)
10:00-10:30.--Break
10:30-12:00.--Community Presentations (Jim Jones, Hammond Industries &
and Shelby Jones, MO Dept. of Conservation, Southwest MO RC&D; Faye
Knox, Newton County Resource Council, AR; John Tharp, Iron County, MO;
Glenn Weaver, MO, Moderator).
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12:00-1:15.--Final lunch, Summary and Challenge, and invitation to 1997
Heartland Conference in Kansas.
1:30-3:00.--Open session for networking meetings and work sessions.
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4-STATE HEARTLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
[_] $35 conference fee includes lunches, reception, breaks, and
breakfast. $45.00 after October 1
[_] $25 for one day. [_] Student registration is $25 for the entire
conference.
Make checks payable to the Heartland Conference and mail to 4-State
Heartland Community Development Conference, AERS, A227, University of
Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701.
Name_________________________ Organization ________________________
Address _____________________ Phone _______________________________
City/State/Zip ______________ Spouse name if attending______________
Hotel Reservation are made directly with the Fayetteville Hilton (501-
575-4000). When calling, please refer to the Heartland Conference. The
rate is $52.00 plus tax. A block of rooms is being held until October
17. A briefing on the status of the Assessment and information about
other events and attractions in Fayetteville Oct. 30, 31, and Nov. 1
will be sent to all early registrants.
All participants, including those who are making presentations in the
program, are encouraged to bring posters or displays. Six-foot tables
and electricity will be furnished. Displays should be set up by 10:00 A.
M. October 31, and removed by 4:00 P. M. November 1. Please plan to
attend your displays during the breaks.
Please indicate: [_] Yes, I will have a display, and [_] Yes, I will
need electricity.
To facilitate networking at the conference, please give a brief
statement of what you, your community, or your organization is doing on
the conference
theme_________________________________________________________________
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If you would like to meet with others of common interest Friday
afternoon from 1:00-3:00 P. M., please indicate your area of interest.
[_] Empowering communities to participate in NF Planning
[_] Tourism and Recreation Development
[_] Community economic development finance
[_] Wood products development
[_] Other (what? ________________________________________________)
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++ Donald E. Voth, Professor of Rural Sociology ++
++ Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology ++
++ University of Arkansas, A227 ++
++ Fayetteville, AR 72701 ++
++Tel. 501-575-2409 FAX 501-575-5306 e-mail dvoth@comp.uark.edu++
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