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Forward from the Forestry Club Advisor Dear ASFC Members and 2013 Conclave Participants:

What a weekend! I knew hosting Conclave was going to be some work, but I could not haveimagined the amount of time involved. Fortunately, the Auburn Forestry Club was up to thetask. James Robert Dearman, Russell Agnew, John Lancaster, Ocllo Parks, Nathan Hatch, TrentWilliamson, Will Leonard, Dalton Hand, Spencer Thompson, Michael Gunter, Sam Massey,Jonathan Kenney, Zalin Smith… the list goes on but I cannot name them all (sorry if I missedyou). A special thanks goes to Fern Graves for pulling all these pictures and results together forour Southern Forester.

It was not all just the Forestry Club. We had great support from our faculty, alumni, financialcontributors and facility personnel. Teresa Whitman-­‐McCall from our communicationsdepartment was instrumental in the early planning stages and keeping us “legal”. She alsoplayed a huge part in advertising and helping us show what a great place Auburn is to live, workand get a degree. Grant Bond, Glen Davis and Larry Pits from our Ag Operations Group helpedwith much of the groundwork. And many thanks to Bill Batchelor, Dean of Agriculture forallowing us to use their beautiful facilities here on Campus.

The technical events came off without any glitches because of the professional way several ofour faculty handled the contests, namely Becky Barlow, Robert Tufts, John Kush, NancyLoewenstein, Dick Martin, Mark Smith, Brian Via, and John Gilbert. We also had some outsideassistance from Dan Sitz of Osmose on pole classification and Susan Anderson from the Officeof Research Compliance. Many thanks goes to the Dean of the School of Forestry and WildlifeSciences, Jim Shepard, for giving us the support and me the time to organize such an endeavor.

Conclave does not happen without support from industry, both with in-­‐kind and financial gifts.Please see the list of supporters on a later page and remember to thank them if you cross theirpath. Stihl has become a big part of Conclave, and I have to thank Brad Sorgen for putting upwith my craziness and helping organize a great event on Friday night. We received manycompliments from the “locals” who attended the show, and we were able to raise some moremoney for Log-­‐a-­‐Load, which is always a good thing.

Lastly, I cannot say enough about all the students who attended. We did not have a single“event” that would cause any concern or pass the “newspaper test”, and for that I am veryappreciative. Conclave has truly become an event that we can showcase to the public, and Ilook forward to attending Virginia Tech and Blacksburg next year and many more after that.

War Eagle!!!

Tom Gallagher, Faculty Advisor

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Letter from the 57th ASFC Conclave Coordinator Dear all current and fellow ASFC members,

I would like to thank everyone who was involved or participated in this past years 56thAnnual ASFC Conclave at Auburn University. I believe that we had a successful weekend fullof competitive, yet safe competition. I want to give a personal shout out to my classmatesand faculty advisors within the Forestry Club that made this weekend at Auburn Universitythe best it could be. It would have been impossible for me to coordinate this event alone.

From the technical events to the physical events, each school represented themselves in aprofessional, respectable manner. Congratulations to Auburn winning first place in thetechnical events. Also, congratulations to Georgia on winning first place in the physicalevents. It is an honor to be a part of a school and organization under ASFC that representsintegrity and pride in the things that we all do. Each team was supportive of each other, andin the end that is what it’s all about.

Congratulations on ABAC becoming a part of our association. As we came together andvoted your school into the association, we ask that you take the code and honor we all havetaken to keep this association reputable as it exists today. We welcome you and hope forthe best!

Again, I want to thank everyone who was involved in this past year’s conclave. The set upand sponsorship by STIHL was great. All of the money raised through the entire weekendwas donated to Log-­‐a-­‐Load for Kids. Many blessings and wishes to the Children’s MiracleNetwork. We had many laughs and great memories that will last forever. It was a hugesuccess and I hope that everyone had a wonderful time. Looking forward to next year. Seeall of you in Blacksburg.

War Eagle!

Dalton HandForestry Conclave Coordinator 2013Auburn University Forestry Club

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Compass and Pacing

School Contestant Relative Precision Rank Louisiana Tech Michael Traylor 138.2 1 Virginia Tech John Peake 91.9 2 Alabama A & M Michael Cooper 79.0 3 Mississippi State Zack Pardue 76.1 4.5 University of Georgia Gordon Grizzle 76.1 4.5 Auburn University Garrett Shimunek 73.7 6 Louisiana State Stephen Upton 53.5 7 University of Arkansas Kody Lepard 37.7 8 University of Kentucky Luke Biscan 34.5 9 Stephen F. Austin State Courtney Williams 28.5 10 University of Florida Andrew Wyatt 26.2 11 Clemson University Travis Catchings 26.0 12 University of Tennessee Jack Lipkin 19.0 13 North Carolina State Jeb Rector 6.6 14

DBH Estimation

School Contestant Total Deviations Rank Stephen F. Austin State Grant Korbel 11.4 1 Auburn University Travis Whatley 11.7 2 Virginia Tech Donnie Reese 12.8 3 Clemson University Tyler Vinsin 13.3 4 Mississippi State Brock Davis 13.8 5 Alabama A & M Sylvia Staples 14.2 6 Louisiana Tech Jim Grant 14.9 7 North Carolina State Griff Wilson 16.5 8 University of Tennessee Tyler Nutter 17.4 9 University of Georgia Robin Studdard 17.7 10 University of Florida Brett Caudill 19.4 11 Louisiana State Jeff Sanders 20.2 12 University of Arkansas Hunter Barham 20.7 13 University of Kentucky Alex Paige 20.9 14

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Timber Estimation

School Contestant Deviation Rank Louisiana State Jeff Sanders 32.9 1 Virginia Tech Drew Cockram 46.1 2 Mississippi State Brock Davis 65.8 3 Stephen F. Austin David Robinson 86.2 4 University of Georgia Ethan Robertson 89.9 5 University of Florida Byron Love 96.2 6 Louisiana Tech Jeff Sanders 116.6 7 University of Tennessee Tyler Nutter 278.4 8 North Carolina State Josh Hussey 498.4 9 Alabama A & M Mathias Wallace 524.1 10 Clemson University John Bowers 530.4 11 University of Kentucky Davis Donnelly 533.6 12 Auburn University Will Leonard 551.4 13 University of Arkansas Tabitha Holloway 5119.3 14

Pole Classification

School Contestant Total Score Rank Auburn University Daniel Heath 74 1 Stephen F. Austin Caleb Murray 69 24/30 2 Louisiana State Stephen Upton 69 19/30 3 University of Arkansas Ozzie Young 58 18/30 4.5 Louisiana Tech Eric Clapp 58 18/30 4.5 University of Florida Michael Leonard 53 20/30 6 University of Tennessee Melany Moore 53 14/30 7 University of Kentucky Alex Campbell 49 16/30 8 Alabama A & M Matt Breedwell 49 14/30 9 University of Georgia Trey Tison 48 10 North Carolina State Travis Howell 47 11 Clemson University Travis Catchings 42 12 Mississippi State Jason Cromer 41 13 Virginia Tech Turner Crawford 40 14

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Dendrology

School Contestant Score Rank Stephen F. Austin State Scott Wahlberg 169.5 1 Auburn University James Robert Dearman 167 2 University of Georgia Robin Studdard 163 3 Mississippi State Andrew Shaman 139 4 Virginia Tech Ian Foley 125 5 Clemson University Hope Timmerman 120.5 6 University of Kentucky Hannah Angel 112.5 7 Louisiana Tech Aubrey Stogsdill 111 8 University of Tennessee Cameron Stewder 109.5 9 Alabama A & M Mark Kirk 102 10 University of Arkansas Samantha Dillard 82 11 North Carolina State Nathan Trull 70.5 12 Louisiana State Corinne Tanner 67 13 University of Florida Casey Cox 46 14

Wood Technology

School Contestant Score Rank University of Kentucky Ryan Fields 44 1 University of Arkansas Brian Clark 35 2 University of Florida Josh McCafferty 27.5 3 University of Tennessee Davy Crockett 25 4 Auburn University Russell Agnew 20.5 5 Clemson University Hope Timmerman 20 6 Mississippi State Jonathan Stoll 18.5 7 Alabama A & M Mark Kirk 17.5 8 Louisiana Tech Dani Kennedy 16.5 9.5 Virginia Tech Andrew Blevins 16.5 9.5 North Carolina State Jonathan Pierson 14 11 University of Georgia Ethan Robertson 13.5 12 Stephen F. Austin Allen Aiken 13 13 Louisiana State Dexter Courville 9 14

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Photogrammetry

School Contestant Score Rank Clemson University John Bowers 40.5 1 University of Georgia Caleb Skipper 38 2 Mississippi State Adam Bilbo 36 3 University of Florida Dan Mills 32 4 Auburn University Tyler Claxton 28.5 5 University of Arkansas Adam Foehringer 28 6 North Carolina State Elisha Parlier 27 7 University of Tennessee Cameron Stauder 26 8 Louisiana State Paige O’Malley 24 9 Virginia Tech Ian Foley 23 10 Alabama A & M Keyland Lamar 21 11 Louisiana Tech Emily Barr 20 12 University of Kentucky Brandon Myers 18 13 Stephen F. Austin Mike Hartford 13 14

Wildlife Identification

School Contestant Score Rank Stephen F. Austin Day/Lopez 34 1 Louisiana State Paige/Charles 30 2 University of Georgia Conring/McCollum 29 3 Louisiana Tech Tracy/Stelly 29 4 University of Arkansas Green/Cylwell 26 5 Auburn University Phillips 23 6 University of Tennessee Lunsford/Nipper 19 7 Mississippi State Henderson/Cromar 18 8 Alabama A & M Varian/Breedwell 17 9 University of Kentucky Staats/Johnson 11 10.5 North Carolina State Beeson/Ryan 11 10.5 University of Florida Demi/Mills 9 12 Virginia Tech Mayo 8 13.5 Clemson University Lewis/Breed 8 13.5

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2013 Conclave Financial Report

Revenues Registration Fees $23,700 Club Fees $2,800 Sponsorship and Donations $7,786 Stihl $7,500 Total $41,786 Expenditures Food $19,470 Competition Gear $3,943 Shirts $2,243 Lumber, Tools, Supplies $561 Arena $3,875 Shower Trailer $1,900 Porta-potties $640 Scaffolding $600 Plaques $2,930 Banners $881 Security $1,020 Insurance $1,500 Emergency Personnel $923 Entertainment $800 Log-A-Load $500 Total $41,786 Conclave Total $0