If you have interests or responsibilities in forest management, urban and community forestry, habitat evaluation, or timber harvesting it is very likely that Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have touched your work. This technology, old in concept but new in technique, is fast becoming a necessity in the natural resources arena. This becomes clear as GIS applications are used in decision making, planning, conflict resolution, forecasting, analyzing and many other critical areas. As our society becomes more attuned to the value and use of GIS it will become imperative that natural resource professionals be current on new applications and technologies.

The Southern Forestry GIS Conference is designed to assist you with this undertaking. The general session presentations along with the interactive question and answer periods should give you ample opportunity to sharpen your skills.