The Ohio Chapter of the Central States Section became the Ohio Society (OSAF) in 1981.
Year | Month/Day | Location | Theme |
Ohio Society (OSAF) Effective January 1, 1981 | |||
1981 | Mar. 5 | Hilton Inn, Columbus (with OFA) | Ohio Forest Survey |
1981 | Sep. 10-11 | Holiday Inn, New Philadelphia | Working with the Private Woodland Owners |
1982 | Mar. 4 | Quaker Square Hilton, Akron (with OFA) | Tree Planting in Ohio – Trends, Problems, & Solutions |
1982 | Jul. 29 | Delaware Lab, USDA | Forest Insect & Disease Research |
1982 | Sep. 19-22 | Stouffer’s Towers, Cincinnati | National SAF Convention. America’s Hardwoods Forests. |
1982 | Oct. 13-15 | OARDC, Wooster | 4th Central States Forest Soils Workshop |
1983 | Mar. 10 | Marriott Inn North, Columbus (with OFA) | Communications on Forestry |
1983 | Jul. 28-29 | Lafayette Hotel, Marietta | Management of the Wayne National Forest |
1984 | Mar. 2 | University Hilton, Columbus (with OFA) | Micro Computers and Even-Aged & Uneven-Aged Hardwood Management |
1984 | Aug. 16-17 | Shawnee State Park Lodge | State Forest Management |
1984 | Sep. 11-12 | Camp NEOSA, Leesville Lake, Carroll Co. | Cont. Ed. Using Soils Surveys in Forestry Seminar |
1985 | Feb 28-Mar 1 | Marriott Inn North, Columbus (with OFA) | Effect of Acid Depostion on Central Hardwood Ecosystems |
1985 | May 28-29 | Camp NEOSA, Leesville Lake, Carroll Co. | Cont. Ed. Timber Stand Improvement Workshop |
1985 | Aug. 15-16 | Holiday Inn, New Philadelphia | Consulting Forestry on Uneven-Aged Private Non-Industrial Forests |
1986 | Mar. 6-7 | Marriott Inn North, Columbus (with OFA) | Ohio’s Forest Industry: The Present Situation and Future Outlook |
1986 | Jul. 24-25 | Das Essen Haus, Wauseon | Forestry in the Great Norwest: Windbreaks, Urban Forestry, and Maumee State Forest |
1985 | Sep. 16-17 | OSU’s Barneby Center, Fairfield Co. | Cont. Ed. Logging Road Workshop |
1987 | Mar. 5-6 | Holiday Inn North, Worthington (with OFA) | Communicating Forestry to the Media and Legislators & Other Government Officials |
1987 | Aug. 20-21 | Punderson Manor House, Newbury | An Intergrated Approach to Coping with the Gypsy Moth |
1987 | Sep. 22-23 | Lake Hope State Park & Vinton Furance Exp. Forest | Cont. Ed. Hardwood Silvicultural & Natural Regeneration Workshop |
1988 | Mar. 11-12 | Radisson Hotel North, Columbus (with OFA) | Ohio’s Timber Resource: Trends & Implications for Forest Industries |
1988 | Aug. 25-26 | Hocking Valley Quality Inn, Nelsonville | Forests Are More Than Trees: Mixing Wildlife & Timber Management |
1989 | Mar. 10-11 | Stouffers Inn, Dublin (with OFA) | Tropical Deforestation: A Worldwide Problem of Local Concern |
1989 | Aug. 24-25 | Glen Helen Lodge (Antioch College), Yellow Springs | Practicing Forestry on the Rural-Urban Fringe |
1989 | Oct. 10-12 | Chillicothe | 10th Annual Central States Soils Conference |
1990 | Mar. 2-3 | Great Southern Hotel, Columbus (with OFA) | Clean Water and Timber Harveting: Can Ohio Have Both? |
1990 | Jun. 27-29 | Springs Inn, Lexington, KY Joint meeting with KY-TN SAF | Geographical Information System (GIS) & Tour of Red River Gorge, Daniel Boone National Forest |
1991 | Mar. 15-16 | Great Southern Hotel, Columbus (with OFA) | Biodiversity: The Forest for the Trees |
1991 | Aug. 29-30 | Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp near Jackson | Best Management Practices for Erosion Control |
1992 | Feb. 26-27 | Quality Inn, Richmond, IN (Joint meeting with IN SAF) | Preparation for the 1993 National SAF Convention & Forest Practices Acts in the Region & the Country |
1992 | Aug. 13-14 | Holiday Inn, Zanesville | Reforestation of Post 1972 Reclaimed Mined Lands |
1993 | Mar. 12-13 | Ramada University Inn, Columbus (with OFA) | Ohio’s Forest Future |
1993 | Aug. 5-6 | Dawes Arboretum, Newark | Managing Forest Ecosystems: Sustaining Long-Term Forest Health & Productivity |
1993 | Nov. 7-10 | Hyatt Regency, Indianapolis, IN | National SAF Convention. Foresters Together: Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges. |
1994 | Mar. 25-26 | Deer Creek State Park (with OFA) | Managing Urban Forest Ecosystems |
1994 | Aug. 11-12 | Days Inn, New Philadelphia | Riparian Corridor Management |
1995 | May 5-6 | Deer Creek State Park (with OFA) | The Impact of Deer in Ohio |
1995 | Oct. 10-12 | Hocking Valley Quality Inn, Nelsonville | With 16th Annual Central States Forest Soils Workshop |
1996 | May 3-4 | Salt Fork State Park (with OFA) | Ohio’s Forest Health & the Gypsy Moth |
1996 | Aug. 7-8 | Lafayette Hotel, Marietta (with West Virginia Chapter) | The Maturing Hardwood Resource in the Central Appalachian Region |
1997 | Feb. 4-5 | OSU Ag. Adm. Auditorium, Columbus | The Legislative Process: How It Works. With Leg. Breakfast |
1997 | Jul. 25-26 | Cherry Valley Lodge, Newark (with OFA) | Introduction to the Internet for Foresters and Natural Resource Managers |
1998 | Mar. 3-4 | Ramada University Inn, Columbus | Forest Fragmentation |
1998 | Aug. 26-27 | Holiday Inn, Xenia | Suburban Forestry – Challenges for Traditional Forest Management in Ohio |
1999 | Feb. 9-10 | OSU Ag. Adm. Auditorium, Columbus | Credentialing Foresters: Now, Never, or Later. With Leg. Breakfast |
1999 | Jul. 13-14 | OARDC, Wooster | White Pine in Ohio, Biotechnology Programs, & Endangered Species in Ohio |
2000 | Mar. 15-16 | Hocking Valley Ramada Inn, Nelsonville | Water Quality & Ohio Best Management Practices Survey Update |
2000 | Aug. 2-3 | Lewis Family Restaurant, Jackson | Forestry Research & Raccoon Ecological Management Area |
2001 | Feb. 13-14 | OSU Ag. Adm. Auditorium, Columbus | Carbon Sequestration. With Leg. Breakfast |
2001 | Aug. 13-14 | Holiday Inn, Hudson | Ohio Forestry Inventory, Forest Health, Gypsy Moth, & Cuyahoga Valley National Park |
2002 | Mar. 12-13 | Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp near Jackson | With Division of Forestry’s Forest Health Conference |
2002 | Oct. 15-17 | Holiday Inn, Toledo | With 22nd Annual Central States Forest Soils Workshop: The Great Black Swamp |
2003 | Feb. 21-22 | Embassy Suites Hotel, Dublin (with OFA) | ? |
2003 | Aug. 4-5 | Holiday Inn, Richmond, IN (Joint Meeting with IN SAF) | Invasive Species |
2004 | Mar. 5-6 | Embassy Suites Hotel, Dublin (with OFA) | Wayne National Forest Management Direction by Mary Reddan |
2004 | Mar. 16-18 | OARDC, Wooster | 14th Central Hardwood Forest Conference |
2005 | Mar. 3-4 | OSU Ag. Adm. Auditorium, Columbus | Emerald Ash Borer & Its Management |
2005 | Aug. 31 | Scioto Trails State Forest | White Oak Mortality |
2006 | Mar. 7-8 | OSU Ag. Adm. Auditorium, Columbus | Factors Affecting Silviculture in Ohio |
2006 | Aug. 15-16 | Lafayette Hotel, Marietta (with West Virginia Chapter) | Changing Ownership and Management in Ohio & West Virginia Forests |
2007 | Mar. 21-22 | OSU Ag. Adm. Auditorium, Columbus | What You Missed in Pittsburgh! A Repeat Performance of Ohio’s Speakers at National |
2007 | Jul. 18 | Upper Arlington. Municipal Center & Thompson Park | Forestry in Our Front Yards: Bringing the Forest & Forestry to Ohio’s Growing Urbanized Population. |
2008 | Mar. 5-6 | OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus | The Future is Now: How Foresters and Forestry Fit Into Some of Today’s Hottest “Green” Issues |
2008 | Oct. 14-16 | Troyer’s Dutch Heritage Restaurant, Bellville | With 28th Annual Central States Forest Soils Workshop: Change. Also Secrest Arboretum in Wooster. |
2009 | Mar. 18-19 | OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus | From Board-feet to Environmental Services |
2009 | Aug. 4-5 | Shawnee State Park Lodge | Managing Landscapes in a Public Arena. Ice storm and wildfire damage on Shawnee State Forest. |
2010 | Mar. 16-17 | OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus | Where is Forestry in Ohio? – Updates |
2010 | Sep. 2 | Miller’s Essenplatz, Newark | Keeping Forestry “Green” |
2011 | Mar. 8-9 | OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus | The “Wild” Side of Forestry |
2011 | Jul. 26 | Hocking College, Nelsonville | Plants, Insects, and Diseases: Invading Our Forests |
2012 | Mar. 13-14 | OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus | Wayne NF, Climate Change, Insects & Disease, Restoration, & Changes in SAF |
2012 | Aug. 28-29 | Shawnee State Park & Forest | Review of 2009 Wildfire at Shawnee State Forest |
2013 | Mar. 12-13 | OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus | Various topics, tour of Thompson Library, & visit of SAF President Joann Meyer Cox |
2013 | Jul. 30-31 | Butler Co. Ext. Office, Hamilton, OH | Wildlife management and Thousand Canker Disease, meeting with IN SAF |
2014 | Mar. 5-6 | Sheraton at Capitol Square, Columbus & Fire Academy, Reynoldsburg | Challenges of Forestry, Joint meeting with Ohio Forestry Association on first day |
2014 | Jul 15 | OSU at Mansfield | Broader issues impacting local forestry, Legacy Forest |
2015 | Mar. 12-13 | OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus | Insects and disease, Current Ag Use Value and Meth Lab, Matt Menashes SAF CEO |
2015 | Mar. 12-13 | Southgate Hotel, Cambridge | Challenges of reforestation on strip mines |
2016 | Mar. 22-23 | OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus | Historical forest conditions in Ohio |
2016 | Jul 12 | Spring Valley Wildlife Area Shooting Range, Waynesville | Forestry in SW Ohio |
2017 | Mar. 7-8 | OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus | Various topics, tour of Thompson Library |
2019 | Aug. 6-7 | Caesar Creek Visitor Center, Waynesville | Timber rattlesnakes & forest management in SW OH, Forestry ethics, other topics |
2020 | Mar. 10 | Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, Columbus | White oak, Ohio Forestry Interagency Team, Forester licensing, SAF National Update, Note-One day meeting because of COVID-19 shutdown onset |
2020 | Aug. 5 | Virtual Meeting – COVID-19 | Forest pest updates – beech leaf disease, oak wilt, hemlock wooly adelgid, spotted laternfly, Forester licensing, working with public entities, Holden Arboretum Working Woods |