The Third Southern Forestry
GIS Conference (SOFOR GIS 2000) will be held October 10-12 at the University of Georgia
Center for Continuing Education in Athens, Georgia. The conference will focus on
innovative uses of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in forest resource management.
Sponsored by the Georgia
Center, UGA's Warnell School of Forest Resource, Extension Service - Southern Region, and
Forest Resources Systems Institute, the event will begin on Tuesday, October 10 with
pre-conference workshops. The SOFOR GIS 2000 conference on October 11-12 will bring
together forest industry professionals, consultants, extension specialists, forest
landowners, researchers, educators, students, public land managers, and natural resource
conservation group members to discuss the application of GIS and GIS techniques. Sessions
will provide attendees with up-to-date information for anyone using or contemplating the
use of GIS in forestry and associated natural resources management.