The annual test of technical and physical forestry schools brought competitors from UAM, Georgia, North Carolina State, Auburn, Florida, Clemson, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Alabama A&M, Louisiana Tech, Stephen F. Austin, and Abraham Baldwin. Students competed in 14 physical events, including axe throwing, cross cut sawing and pole climbing, and eight technical events, such as compass and pacing, tree estimation, pole classification and photogrammetry.
Stephen F. Austin won the overall competition for the 14th time with Virginia Tech second and UAM third. UAM students have dominated the competition since it began in 1958, winning 31 times, 17 more than SFA.
In the technical competition, Tyler Raines of Warren won both the dendrology (tree and shrub identification) and wood identification events. In the physical events, UAM students placed in the top three in multiple categories. Justin Ballard of Camden was second in the axe throw and represented UAM in the Stihl Timbersports competition.
Greg Craig of Mena finished first in birling and, along with his teammate John Marcus McDowell of Crosby, Miss., placed first in the chain throw. McDowell also took third place in pole felling. Mikaela Farmer of Randolph Center, Vt., and teammate Taylor Gydesen, from Elwood, Neb., finished second in the women’s crosscut competition. Farmer also finished third in women’s bowsaw, an individual event, and, along with her teammate Caleb Wilson of Elwood, Neb., placed third in Jack-and-Jill crosscut.
For more information, contact the School of Forestry and Natural Resources at (870) 460-1052.
PHOTO CAPTION
Members of the UAM Forestry Club display their awards from the recent Conclave competition. Pictured from left are (first row) Tyler Raines, a junior forestry major from Warren, Kaitlyn Barnes, a sophomore education major from Warren, Mikaela Farmer, a junior agriculture business major from Randolph Center, Vt., Melissa Butler, a junior agriculture major from Horatio, (second row, from left) Taylor Gydesen, a junior nursing major from Elwood, Neb., Caleb Wilson, a junior forestry major from Elwood, Neb., Zach Abbott, a sophomore forestry major from El Dorado, Greg Craig, a junior forestry major from Mena, Justin Ballard, a senior land surveying major from Camden, and Brody Nosal, a junior forestry major from Sherwood.
PAST WINNERS / Association of Southern Forestry Clubs Conclave
1958 University of Georgia (1)
1959 University of Georgia (2)
1960 UAM (1)
1961 University of Georgia (3)
1962 University of Georgia (4)
1963 University of Georgia (5)
1964 North Carolina State (1)
1965 North Carolina State (2)
1966 Oklahoma State (1)
1967 UAM (2)
1968 UAM (3)
1969 UAM (4)
1970 North Carolina State (3)
1971 UAM (5)
1972 North Carolina State (4)
1973 UAM (6)
1974 UAM (7)
1975 UAM (8)
1976 UAM (9)
1977 Stephen F. Austin (1)
1978 UAM (10)
1979 UAM (11)
1980 Virginia Tech (1)
1981 Texas A&M (1)
1982 Virginia Tech (2)
1983 Virginia Tech (3)
1984 UAM (12)
1985 UAM (13)
1986 Stephen F. Austin (2)
1987 UAM (14)
1988 UAM (15)
1989 UAM (16)
1990 UAM (17)
1991 UAM (18)
1992 UAM (19)
1993 UAM (20)
1994 Stephen F. Austin (3)
1995 Stephen F. Austin (4)
1996 UAM (21)
1997 UAM (22)
1998 UAM (23)
1999 UAM (24)
2000 UAM (25)
2001 Stephen F. Austin (5)
2002 Stephen F. Austin (6)
2003 UAM (26)
2004 UAM (27)
2005 UAM (28)
2006 Stephen F. Austin (7)
2007 Stephen F. Austin (8)
2008 Stephen F. Austin (9)
2009 UAM (29)
2010 UAM (30)
2011 UAM (31)
2012 Georgia (6)
2013 Stephen F. Austin (10)
2014 Stephen F. Austin (11)
2015 Stephen F. Austin (12)
2016 Clemson (1)
2017 Stephen F. Austin (13)
2018 Stephen F. Austin (14)
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