A special thank you to Nick Stahlman for inviting me to speak about some of my favorite trees I have written about over the past two decades. And, of course, Doc, the state-permitted, non-flighted American kestrel under my care went along.
And what is UT's Forestry Club?
Nick writes, "The 'Forestry Club' is actually the Society of American Foresters Student Chapter of UTK. We are one of two student chapters in Tennessee, the other is at Sewanee.
"The SAF was created by Gifford Pinchot, the father of American Forestry, and seven other foresters. They met on November, 30 1900 and then decided to form the society. The heart of the SAF and its student chapters is to bring forestry and other natural resource professionals together to make sure they are constantly informed of relevant news. The beginnings of the the UTK chapter started in 1967 with the founding of a Forestry Club through the Association of Southern Forestry Clubs. The department itself started in 1964, so this club is almost as old as the UT Ag school. The club became an official SAF student chapter in 1971."
Thanks, Nick!
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