WHAT WE DO:
Annual Meeting
2011 Annual Meeting & Trade Show 
Thank you to the large turnout of members who made our Annual Meeting a huge success. The presentations from our speakers are posted below.
From all the staff and leadership we say a tree-mendous thanks to all of our members, sponsors and exhibitors. We simply could not do it without you!
PLATINUM
GOLD
SILVER
- Akerman Senterfitt
- American Forest Management
- American Renewables
- CellFor
- Natural Resource Planning Services, Inc.
- Neal Land & Timber
- Plum Creek Timber Company
- Rayonier
- Rex Lumber Company
- Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
AWARD WINNERS
LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR
State Representative Steve Crisafulli (R-Merritt Island) is this year’s recipient of the Florida Forestry Association’s Legislator of the Year Award. Each year the Association recognizes a deserving House and Senate member for their support of issues important to the growers and users of Florida’s forest resources.
News Release for Crisafulli - Legislator of the Year
LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR
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State Senator Alan Hays (R-Umatilla) is this year’s recipient of the Florida Forestry Association’s Legislator of the Year Award. Each year the Association recognizes a deserving House and Senate member for their support of issues important to the growers and users of Florida’s forest resources.
News Release for Hays - Legislator of the Year
LOGGER OF THE YEAR
A Branford logging company has been recognized as Florida's Logger of the Year by the Florida Forestry Association. T. W. Byrd’s Sons, Inc. was recognized as the state’s best logger last week in St. Augustine.
News Release for Byrd's - Logger of the Year
TREE FARMER OF THE YEAR
Ellis and Sara Smith, owners of a 99-acre tree farm east of Tallahassee have been recognized as the 2011 Florida Tree Farmer of the Year. On the eve of their 61st wedding anniversary, the Leon County couple was recognized with the awardat the Florida Forestry Association Annual Meeting on September 8th in St. Augustine.
News Release -Tree Farmer Award
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY AWARD
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Reid Hughes, Board member of Audubon of Floridahas presented this year’s Audubon Sustainable Forestry Award to Pinellas County Utilities Department for their management of the Cross Bar/Al Bar Ranches. For the first time in the award’s history, the award was presented to a government agency instead of a single person. Dave Slonena accepted the award for Pineallas County Utilities.
News Release for Pinellas County Utilities - Sustainable Forestry Award
PRESENTATIONS FROM 2011 Meeting
SEIBERT - Our Florida. Our Future.
McCRAW - Pine Pulpwood Shortage
BOYNTON - Value in Everything We Do
DOONER - Maximizing Timber income
GOULD - Legal/Policy Roundtable
Contact jdoran@forestfla.org for more information.
