Contact. Kyle Cunningham, Arkansas Forest Resources Center, UA System Division of Agriculture, UA-Monticello.501-671-2145, kcunningham@uaex.edu.
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A workshop on how to use a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit as a forestry management mapping tool will be provided at a Forestry and Wildlife Field Day June 21 at the Savoy Research Unit of the University of Arkansas System's Division of Agriculture west of Fayetteville.
Kyle Cunningham, of the Division of Agriculture's Arkansas Forest Resources Center at UA-Monticello, said the workshop will provide GPS and GIS (Geographical Information System) training that is available for a substantial fee from private firms.
"Caroll Guffey (a Division of Agriculture forester) will demonstrate how to use GPS to mark boundaries and other points and how to use a forestry based GIS mapping program that you can downloaded free from the Internet," Cunningham said.
Other tour topics include a quail habitat restoration study and demonstration project, hardwood stand rehabilitation, managing small woodlots and chainsaw use and maintenance.
The field day begins at 8 a.m. and ends with lunch at 12:45 p.m. as part of the $10 registration. Register in advance to guarantee lunch availability at www.arkforests.org or contact Kyle Cunningham, 501-671-2145, kcunningham@uaex.edu, with the Division of Agriculture's Arkansas Forest Resources Center at UA-Monticello.
The Division of Agriculture's Savoy Research Unit is on Washington County Road 845, about 1.3 miles west of County Road 31 (Harmon Road). Harmon Road intersects with Hwy. 16 from Fayetteville and Hwy. 412 from Springdale, about five miles west of I-540.