ANNUAL

Indiana Woodland Owner Conference

We invite you to attend the annual Indiana Woodland Owner Conference the first weekend in November. It’s a great way to connect with other landowners around the state and learn ideas to try on your property. Come make connections with other woodland owners!

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2026 Indiana Woodland Owner Conference

November 6-7, 2026
Silos@37, Noblesville, Hamilton County 

Register online: https://Woodlandowners26.eventbrite.com

Download paper registration here

Agenda Friday, November 6

  • 9:30 – 11:00 AM Our Oak Grove Farm Tour. (Atlanta)
  • 11:00 – 12:45 Lunch on your own or bring a sack lunch @ Tipton Fairgrounds
  • 1:00 – 3:15  Rodecker property tour (Fishers)
  • 2:00 – 3:00 Concurrent alternate event- Tour of Wooly Yak Ranch and Winery
  • 5:30 – 7:00 Optional social, Conner Prairie
  • 7:00 – 8:00 Indiana Conservation History: Bill Hoover, Purdue Forestry Professor Emeritus 

Agenda Saturday, November 7

All Events at the Silos @ 37, Noblesville — Map link

  • 7:15 – 8:30AM IFWOA Board of Directors meeting (guests welcome)
  • 9:00 Registration desk and Silent Auction open
  • 9 – 9:45 Optional networking and coffee- Meet at tables by district to meet others in your area for open discussion. Or New landowner bootcamp with a professional forester for Q&A and discussion
  • 10:00 Opening/Welcome
  • 10:10 – 10:55 Keynote: Indiana DNR Division of Forestry update: John Seifert, state forester
  • 10:55 – 11:05 Rotation
  • 11:05 – 11:40 Concurrent Sessions
    Digital Forestry Tools for Landowners: Applications in Forest and Woodland Management: Erica Kronenberger, Purdue FNR
    Indiana Deer Populations and Management: Joe Caudell, Indiana DNR
  • 11:40 – 11:50 Rotation
  • 11:50 – 12:20 IFWOA and IFEF Initiatives Update
  • 12:20 – 1:25 Lunch
  • 1:25 – 2:00 Concurrent Sessions
    Biochar: Potential Forest Product for Indiana: Francis Asare, Purdue FNR
    NRCS & Farm Bill Programs Update: Daniel Shaver, Indiana NRCS forester
  • 2:00 – 2:10 Rotation
  • 2:10 – 2:45 Concurrent Sessions
    Prescribed Fire Tools for Landowners-  Danielle Howard, Purdue FNR
    Charitable Giving Options for Conservation and Environmental Nonprofits: TBD
  • 2:45 – 2:55 Rotation/break
  • 2:55 – 3:25 IFWOA and IFEF business meeting and policy updates
  • 3:20 Silent auction closes
  • 3:25 – 4:00 Keynote: Current Conditions of Indiana’s Private Forests: Indiana DNR
  • 4:00 – 4:15 Closing/pick up silent auction items
  • 4:45 – 5:15 Social time with cash bar, live auction items displayed
  • 5:15 – 7:45 PM IFWOA Awards Banquet and IFEF Live Auction

Agenda may be subject to change.

Hotel Information

Wyndham Noblesville
13500 Tegler Drive
Noblesville, IN 46060

https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/hotels/56478?checkInDate=11/05/2026&checkOutDate=11/08/2026&groupCode=110526IND

Sponsored by the Indiana Forestry & Woodland Owners Association, Indiana Forestry Educational Foundation and Indiana Tree Farm Committee with support from Purdue University Forestry & Natural Resources Extension, Indiana and National Society of American Foresters, AFTF Enterprise LLC, and Indiana Association of Consulting Foresters. This conference is funded in part by the Renewable Resources Extension Act (RREA).