Date:	 05/13/04
Contact: Erik Flemming  (864) 656-0606; erikf@clemson.edu  
Writer:	 Susan Bedingfield (864) 656-3876; sbeding@clemson.edu

Clemson will offer 
forestry/harvesting workshops 

	CLEMSON - Timber harvesting professionals and landowners in South Carolina will have the opportunity to attend educational
workshops.
	Clemson Extension is offering the South Carolina Forestry Association Timber Operations Professional (TOP) Refresher workshop in
conjunction with the Streamside Management workshop.
	Both programs will be held June 2-3 on the Clemson campus. Registration is required for both programs. The fee for each workshop
is $125, which includes lunch and classroom materials.
	The TOP refresher workshop is one day and will cover a variety
of topics from sustainable forestry updates to trends in business
management. The workshop starts at 8 a.m. and runs until 4 p.m.
	The Streamside Management Zones (SMZs) workshop is also one day
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
	SMZs are areas of vegetation adjacent to both sides of a stream
or surrounding other areas of open water. It is the cornerstone of
South Carolina's Best Management Practices for Forestry, used to
improve water quality from harvesting operations located in one of the
eight priority watersheds in the state.
	The SMZs workshop is part of collaboration with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and the South Carolina Department of
Health and Environmental Control. The workshop is funded through the
Section 319 grant from the Clean Water Act.
	Forest industries in South Carolina require that loggers meet
the American Forest and Paper Association's Sustainable Forestry
Initiative (SFI) training guidelines.
	To be recognized as fully SFI Trained, you must complete all
three days of the TOP Program, the Refresher workshop, and maintain 12
hours of SFI approved continuing education every three years.
	For more information, contact Erik Flemming at (864) 656-0606
or erikf@clemson.edu. Register online at http://www.clemson.edu/extfor/
and take the continuing education link.
	Clemson University serves the state's citizens, communities and businesses through Public Service Activities that include research,
Extension and regulatory services. For more information, check out
www.clemson.edu/public/.

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