The Ohio Chapter of the Central States Section became the Ohio Society (OSAF) in 1981.

Year Month/Day Location Theme
Ohio Society (OSAF) Effective January 1, 1981
1981 Mar. 5 Hilton Inn, Columbus (with OFA) Ohio Forest Survey
1981 Sep. 10-11 Holiday Inn, New Philadelphia Working with the Private Woodland Owners
1982 Mar. 4 Quaker Square Hilton, Akron (with OFA) Tree Planting in Ohio – Trends, Problems, & Solutions
1982 Jul. 29 Delaware Lab, USDA Forest Insect & Disease Research
1982 Sep. 19-22 Stouffer’s Towers, Cincinnati National SAF Convention. America’s Hardwoods Forests.
1982 Oct. 13-15 OARDC, Wooster 4th Central States Forest Soils Workshop
1983 Mar. 10 Marriott Inn North, Columbus (with OFA) Communications on Forestry
1983 Jul. 28-29 Lafayette Hotel, Marietta Management of the Wayne National Forest
1984 Mar. 2 University Hilton, Columbus (with OFA) Micro Computers and Even-Aged & Uneven-Aged Hardwood Management
1984 Aug. 16-17 Shawnee State Park Lodge State Forest Management
1984 Sep. 11-12 Camp NEOSA, Leesville Lake, Carroll Co. Cont. Ed. Using Soils Surveys in Forestry Seminar
1985 Feb 28-Mar 1 Marriott Inn North, Columbus (with OFA) Effect of Acid Depostion on Central Hardwood Ecosystems
1985 May 28-29 Camp NEOSA, Leesville Lake, Carroll Co. Cont. Ed. Timber Stand Improvement Workshop
1985 Aug. 15-16 Holiday Inn, New Philadelphia Consulting Forestry on Uneven-Aged Private Non-Industrial Forests
1986 Mar. 6-7 Marriott Inn North, Columbus (with OFA) Ohio’s Forest Industry: The Present Situation and Future Outlook
1986 Jul. 24-25 Das Essen Haus, Wauseon Forestry in the Great Norwest: Windbreaks, Urban Forestry, and Maumee State Forest
1985 Sep. 16-17 OSU’s Barneby Center, Fairfield Co. Cont. Ed. Logging Road Workshop
1987 Mar. 5-6 Holiday Inn North, Worthington (with OFA) Communicating Forestry to the Media and Legislators & Other Government Officials
1987 Aug. 20-21 Punderson Manor House, Newbury An Intergrated Approach to Coping with the Gypsy Moth
1987 Sep. 22-23 Lake Hope State Park & Vinton Furance Exp. Forest Cont. Ed. Hardwood Silvicultural & Natural Regeneration Workshop
1988 Mar. 11-12 Radisson Hotel North, Columbus (with OFA) Ohio’s Timber Resource: Trends & Implications for Forest Industries
1988 Aug. 25-26 Hocking Valley Quality Inn, Nelsonville Forests Are More Than Trees: Mixing Wildlife & Timber Management
1989 Mar. 10-11 Stouffers Inn, Dublin (with OFA) Tropical Deforestation: A Worldwide Problem of Local Concern
1989 Aug. 24-25 Glen Helen Lodge (Antioch College), Yellow Springs Practicing Forestry on the Rural-Urban Fringe
1989 Oct. 10-12 Chillicothe 10th Annual Central States Soils Conference
1990 Mar. 2-3 Great Southern Hotel, Columbus (with OFA) Clean Water and Timber Harveting: Can Ohio Have Both?
1990 Jun. 27-29 Springs Inn, Lexington, KY Joint meeting with KY-TN SAF Geographical Information System (GIS) & Tour of Red River Gorge, Daniel Boone National Forest
1991 Mar. 15-16 Great Southern Hotel, Columbus (with OFA) Biodiversity: The Forest for the Trees
1991 Aug. 29-30 Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp near Jackson Best Management Practices for Erosion Control
1992 Feb. 26-27 Quality Inn, Richmond, IN (Joint meeting with IN SAF) Preparation for the 1993 National SAF Convention & Forest Practices Acts in the Region & the Country
1992 Aug. 13-14 Holiday Inn, Zanesville Reforestation of Post 1972 Reclaimed Mined Lands
1993 Mar. 12-13 Ramada University Inn, Columbus (with OFA) Ohio’s Forest Future
1993 Aug. 5-6 Dawes Arboretum, Newark Managing Forest Ecosystems: Sustaining Long-Term Forest Health & Productivity
1993 Nov. 7-10 Hyatt Regency, Indianapolis, IN National SAF Convention. Foresters Together: Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges.
1994 Mar. 25-26 Deer Creek State Park (with OFA) Managing Urban Forest Ecosystems
1994 Aug. 11-12 Days Inn, New Philadelphia Riparian Corridor Management
1995 May 5-6 Deer Creek State Park (with OFA) The Impact of Deer in Ohio
1995 Oct. 10-12 Hocking Valley Quality Inn, Nelsonville With 16th Annual Central States Forest Soils Workshop
1996 May 3-4 Salt Fork State Park (with OFA) Ohio’s Forest Health & the Gypsy Moth
1996 Aug. 7-8 Lafayette Hotel, Marietta (with West Virginia Chapter) The Maturing Hardwood Resource in the Central Appalachian Region
1997 Feb. 4-5 OSU Ag. Adm. Auditorium, Columbus The Legislative Process: How It Works. With Leg. Breakfast
1997 Jul. 25-26 Cherry Valley Lodge, Newark (with OFA) Introduction to the Internet for Foresters and Natural Resource Managers
1998 Mar. 3-4 Ramada University Inn, Columbus Forest Fragmentation
1998 Aug. 26-27 Holiday Inn, Xenia Suburban Forestry – Challenges for Traditional Forest Management in Ohio
1999 Feb. 9-10 OSU Ag. Adm. Auditorium, Columbus Credentialing Foresters: Now, Never, or Later. With Leg. Breakfast
1999 Jul. 13-14 OARDC, Wooster White Pine in Ohio, Biotechnology Programs, & Endangered Species in Ohio
2000 Mar. 15-16 Hocking Valley Ramada Inn, Nelsonville Water Quality & Ohio Best Management Practices Survey Update
2000 Aug. 2-3 Lewis Family Restaurant, Jackson Forestry Research & Raccoon Ecological Management Area
2001 Feb. 13-14 OSU Ag. Adm. Auditorium, Columbus Carbon Sequestration. With Leg. Breakfast
2001 Aug. 13-14 Holiday Inn, Hudson Ohio Forestry Inventory, Forest Health, Gypsy Moth, & Cuyahoga Valley National Park
2002 Mar. 12-13 Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp near Jackson With Division of Forestry’s Forest Health Conference
2002 Oct. 15-17 Holiday Inn, Toledo With 22nd Annual Central States Forest Soils Workshop: The Great Black Swamp
2003 Feb. 21-22 Embassy Suites Hotel, Dublin (with OFA) ?
2003 Aug. 4-5 Holiday Inn, Richmond, IN (Joint Meeting with IN SAF) Invasive Species
2004 Mar. 5-6 Embassy Suites Hotel, Dublin (with OFA) Wayne National Forest Management Direction by Mary Reddan
2004 Mar. 16-18 OARDC, Wooster 14th Central Hardwood Forest Conference
2005 Mar. 3-4 OSU Ag. Adm. Auditorium, Columbus Emerald Ash Borer & Its Management
2005 Aug. 31 Scioto Trails State Forest White Oak Mortality
2006 Mar. 7-8 OSU Ag. Adm. Auditorium, Columbus Factors Affecting Silviculture in Ohio
2006 Aug. 15-16 Lafayette Hotel, Marietta (with West Virginia Chapter) Changing Ownership and Management in Ohio & West Virginia Forests
2007 Mar. 21-22 OSU Ag. Adm. Auditorium, Columbus What You Missed in Pittsburgh! A Repeat Performance of Ohio’s Speakers at National
2007 Jul. 18 Upper Arlington. Municipal Center & Thompson Park Forestry in Our Front Yards: Bringing the Forest & Forestry to Ohio’s Growing Urbanized Population.
2008 Mar. 5-6 OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus The Future is Now: How Foresters and Forestry Fit Into Some of Today’s Hottest “Green” Issues
2008 Oct. 14-16 Troyer’s Dutch Heritage Restaurant, Bellville With 28th Annual Central States Forest Soils Workshop: Change. Also Secrest Arboretum in Wooster.
2009 Mar. 18-19 OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus From Board-feet to Environmental Services
2009 Aug. 4-5 Shawnee State Park Lodge Managing Landscapes in a Public Arena. Ice storm and wildfire damage on Shawnee State Forest.
2010 Mar. 16-17 OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus Where is Forestry in Ohio? – Updates
2010 Sep. 2 Miller’s Essenplatz, Newark Keeping Forestry “Green”
2011 Mar. 8-9 OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus The “Wild” Side of Forestry
2011 Jul. 26 Hocking College, Nelsonville Plants, Insects, and Diseases: Invading Our Forests
2012 Mar. 13-14 OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus Wayne NF, Climate Change, Insects & Disease, Restoration, & Changes in SAF
2012 Aug. 28-29 Shawnee State Park & Forest Review of 2009 Wildfire at Shawnee State Forest
2013 Mar. 12-13 OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus Various topics, tour of Thompson Library, & visit of SAF President Joann Meyer Cox
2013 Jul. 30-31 Butler Co. Ext. Office, Hamilton, OH Wildlife management and Thousand Canker Disease, meeting with IN SAF
2014 Mar. 5-6 Sheraton at Capitol Square, Columbus & Fire Academy, Reynoldsburg Challenges of Forestry, Joint meeting with Ohio Forestry Association on first day
2014 Jul 15 OSU at Mansfield Broader issues impacting local forestry, Legacy Forest
2015 Mar. 12-13 OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus Insects and disease, Current Ag Use Value and Meth Lab, Matt Menashes SAF CEO
2015 Mar. 12-13 Southgate Hotel, Cambridge Challenges of reforestation on strip mines
2016 Mar. 22-23 OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus Historical forest conditions in Ohio
2016 Jul 12 Spring Valley Wildlife Area Shooting Range, Waynesville Forestry in SW Ohio
2017 Mar. 7-8 OSU, Ag. Adm. Bldg., Columbus Various topics, tour of Thompson Library
2019 Aug. 6-7 Caesar Creek Visitor Center, Waynesville Timber rattlesnakes & forest management in SW OH, Forestry ethics, other topics
2020 Mar. 10 Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, Columbus White oak, Ohio Forestry Interagency Team, Forester licensing, SAF National Update, Note-One day meeting because of COVID-19 shutdown onset
2020 Aug. 5 Virtual Meeting – COVID-19 Forest pest updates – beech leaf disease, oak wilt, hemlock wooly adelgid, spotted laternfly, Forester licensing, working with public entities, Holden Arboretum Working Woods