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156 </div> 157 <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12" align="center"> 158 <img src="assets/images/2024-tree-farmer.webp" alt="Barry Lela Graden"><br><br> 159 2024 SC Tree Farmer of the Year<br> 160<span class="display-6">Barry & Lela Graden</span><br> 161<br><br> 162 </div> 163 <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12" align="center"> 164 <img src="assets/images/Georgia-Seabrook.webp" alt="Georgia Seabrook"><br><br> 165 2023 SC Tree Farmer of the Year<br> 166<span class="display-6">Georgia Seabrook</span><br> 167<br><br> 168 </div> 169 <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12" align="center"> 170 <img src="assets/images/award-porter.jpg" alt="Bill McCrary"><br><br> 171 2022 SC Tree Farmer of the Year<br> 172<span class="display-6">Jim & Pam Porter</span><br> 173<br><br> 174 </div> 175 <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12" align="center"> 176 <img src="assets/images/tree-farm-BILL-McCRARY_1212.jpg" alt="Bill McCrary"><br><br> 177 2021 SC Tree Farmer of the Year<br> 178<span class="display-6">Bill McCrary</span><br> 179Chapin, SC<br><br> 180 </div> 181 <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12" align="center"> 182 <img src="assets/images/tree-farm-GUERRY-BURNETT_1169.jpg" alt="Guerry Burnett"><br><br> 183 2020 SC Tree Farmer of the Year<br> 184<span class="display-6">Guerry Burnett</span><br> 185Taylors, SC<br><br> 186 </div> 187 188 189 </div> 190 </div> 191 </div> 192 193 194</section> 195 196<section class="mbr-section mbr-section-hero features4" id="features2-9" data-rv-view="43" style="background-image: url(assets/images/home-image-2-1127x557.jpg); padding-top: 80px; padding-bottom: 80px;"> 197 198 <div class="mbr-overlay" style="opacity: 0.9; background-color: rgb(80, 118, 43);"></div> 199 200 <div class="mbr-table-cell"> 201 202 <div class="container-fluid"> 203 204 205 <div class="mbr-cards-row row"> 206 <div class="mbr-cards-col col-xs-12 col-lg-6 p-y-0"> 207 <div class="container"> 208 <div class="card cart-block"> 209 <div class="card-block text-xs-center"> 210 <div class="col-xs-12"> 211 <h3 class="mbr-section-subtitle display-5">DISTRICT 1<br>TREE FARMER OF THE YEAR</h3></div> 212 <h5 class="mbr-section-subtitle">Ray Gosnell<br>Laurens, SC</h5> 213 <!-- <p class="text-white"> 214Occupation<br>Associated Hardwoodsâ Buyer for SC</p> --> 215 <hr class="btn-white-outline"> 216 <img src="assets/images/ray-gosnell-tree-farmer.webp" style="max-width: 500px; width:100%" alt="Ray Gosnell"/> 217 <div class="col-xs-12"> 218<p class="mbr-section-text lead"> 219<p class="text-white text-xs-left">Ray Gosnell - Manager of Gosnell Family Properties, has managed the land in Laurens, SC for 37 years. Total woodland acreage is 900. The land has been under a written forest management plan for 14 years and a certified Tree Farm for 14 years. Primary objectives: timber, wildlife, and to leave the working Tree Farm to the grandchildren. Gosnell is a member of the Greenville Forestry & Wildlife Society, Forestry Association of SC, and SC Tree Farm program. He has taken the Master Tree Farmer course, and attended the Tree Farm Legislative Day at the Statehouse in Columbia, SC to advocate for Tree Farming and forestry issues. He received Laurens Co. Outstanding Woodlands Manager of the Year Award 2025 from Laurens County Extension Service Advisory Committee.</p> 220 </p></div></div> 221 </div> 222 </div> 223 </div> 224 <div class="mbr-cards-col col-xs-12 col-lg-6 p-y-0"> 225 <div class="container"> 226 <div class="card cart-block"> 227 <div class="card-block text-xs-center"> 228 <div class="col-xs-12"> 229 <h3 class="mbr-section-subtitle display-5">DISTRICT 7<br>TREE FARMER OF THE YEAR</h3></div> 230 <h5 class="mbr-section-subtitle">Daniel Lee Tillman<br>Darlington, SC</h5> 231 <!-- <p class="text-white"> 232Occupation<br>Associated Hardwoodsâ Buyer for SC</p> --> 233 <hr class="btn-white-outline"> 234 <img src="assets/images/daniel-lee-tillman-tree-farmer.webp" style="max-width: 500px; width:100%" alt="Daniel Lee Tillman"/> 235 <div class="col-xs-12"> 236<p class="mbr-section-text lead"> 237<p class="text-white text-xs-left">Daniel Lee Tillman, Darlington, SC, owned 126 woodland acres since 2020 and the land has been under a written management plan since 2021. The property has been a certified Tree Farm for five years. Primary objectives: financial, recreation, and to re-establish longleaf pines. Tillman is a member of the Forestry Association of SC, the Longleaf Alliance, Quail Forever, Ducks Unlimited, and National Wild Turkey Federation. He has taken the Master Tree Farmer course, completed the Certified Prescribed Fire Manager course, and has a Stewardship Forest.</p> 238 </p></div></div> 239 </div> 240 </div> 241 </div> 242 </div> 243 244 </div> 245 </div> 246 247</section> 248 249<section class="mbr-section mbr-section-hero features4" id="features2-10" data-rv-view="43" style="background-color: rgb(221, 229, 156); padding-top: 80px; padding-bottom: 80px;"> 250 251 252 <div class="mbr-table-cell"> 253 254 <div class="container-fluid"> 255 <div class="col-xs-12 col-lg-1"></div> 256 <div class="col-xs-12 col-lg-4"> 257 <strong>National Tree Farmers of the Year</strong><br> 2582000 Dr. A. G. âSkeetâ and Gail Burris, Cummings, SC<br> 2592012 Walt & Barbara McPhail, <br><br> 260 <strong>Regional Tree Farmers of the Year From SC</strong><br> 2611996 Dr. A. G. âSkeetâ and Gail Burris, Cummings, SC<br> 2622000 Dr. A. G. âSkeetâ and Gail Burris, Cummings, SC<br> 2632003 Dr. Walter A. McPhail, Mauldin, SC<br> 2642004 John & Mary Rebecca Spearman, Lane, SC<br> 2652005 Dyches Family, Savannah, GA<br> 2662007 Johney L. Haralson, Denmark, SC<br> 2672012 Walt & Barbara McPhail, , Mauldin, SC<br><br> 268<strong>National Tree Farm Inspector of the Year</strong><br>
2692010 J. Kirk Weyman, Anderson, SC<br><br> 270<strong>Southern Regional Tree Farm Inspector of the Year Recipient</strong><br> 2712010 J. Kirk Weyman, Anderson, SC<br> 2722002 Tom W. Patton, Jr., Columbia, SC<br><br> 273<strong>George D. Kessler SC Tree Farm Inspector of the Year Recipients</strong><br> 2742000 Tom W. Patton, Jr., Columbia, SC<br> 2752003 Jeffrey G. Brown, Elgin, SC<br> 2762009 J. Kirk Weyman, Anderson, SC<br> 2772012 Robert âBobâ G. Miller, Kinards, SC<br> 2782013 McCullough Ardrey, Lancaster, SC<br> 2792021 T. J. Lyell, Florence, SC<br> 2802022 Roy Boyd, Rock Hill, SC<br> 2812023 Benjamin Ardrey, Lancaster, SC<br> 2822024 Gary Hermann, Walterboro, SC<br><br> 283<em>Note: Dr. A. G. âSkeetâ Burris, Cummings, SC, 284was instrumental in establishing the award. Burris 285named the award after Dr. George D. Kessler in 286honor of his service to the SC Tree Farm program.</em><br><br> 287<strong>National Field Leadership Award Recipient</strong><br> 2882005 Jeff Brown, Elgin, SC<br><br> 289<strong>National Leadership Award Recipient</strong><br> 2902018 Dr. George D. Kessler <br> 2912023 Eric W. Smith <br><br> 292 </div> 293 <div class="col-xs-12 col-lg-2"></div> 294 <div class="col-xs-12 col-lg-4"> 295<strong>SC Tree Farmer of the Year Winners</strong><br> 296â80-â81 S. Guerry Stukes, Summerton, SC<br> 297â81-â82 Ben S. Williamson, Darlington, SC<br> 2981982 Mary Julia Royall, Mt. Pleasant, SC<br> 299â83-â84 Rufus B. Lawrimore, Hemingway, SC<br> 300â84-â85 Brookes Lawton, Allendale, SC<br> 301â85-â86 John W. Kemp, Jr., Edgefi eld, SC<br> 302â86-â87 Charles W. Redfearn, Beaufort, SC<br> 303â87-â88 Carroll & Jane Brown, Colleton Co.<br> 304â88-â89 John Carter, Sharon, SC<br> 305â89-â90 James W. Hunt, Jr. Eastover, SC<br> 306â90-â91 Robert Cecil Gentry, Salem, SC<br> 307â91-â92 Tom Turner, Rock Hill, SC<br> 308â92-â93 Francis A. Snelgrove, Lexington, SC<br> 309â93-â94 W. R. âRoyâ Watkins, Cassatt, SC<br> 3101995 Dr. A. G. âSkeetâ Burris, Beaufort, SC<br> 3111996 Gordon E. Gale, Hardeeville, SC<br> 3121997 William E. Eutsler, Cheraw, SC<br> 3131998 Randell C. Ewing, Hartsville, SC<br> 3141999 John Spearman (Deer Hill), Lane, SC<br> 3152000 Fred Gantt, Columbia, SC<br> 3162001 Dr. Walter A. McPhail, Mauldin, SC<br> 3172002 Dyches Family, Savannah, GA<br> 3182003 John M. McPhail, Abbeville, SC<br> 3192004 Johney L. Haralson, Denmark, SC<br> 3202006 Bookman Station, LLC, Columbia, SC<br> 3212007 Ben Herlong, Saluda, SC<br> 3222008 Edward R. Drayton, Hartsville, SC<br> 3232009 Mark T. Jones, Piedmont, SC<br> 3242010 Dennis L. Bauknight, Easley, SC<br> 3252011 Wallace B. Wood, Jr., Parksville, SC<br> 3262012 Joanna Angle, Chester, SC<br> 3272013 Mike Meetze, Newberry, SC<br> 3282014 Jimmy C. Sanders, Greenwood, SC<br> 3292015 William P. Cate, Eastover, SC<br> 3302016 The McKinney Family, Clinton, SC<br> 3312017 W. Patrick âPatâ Dorn, Jr.<br> 3322018 Knowlton W. Johnson<br> 3332019 W. McLeod "Mac" Rhodes <br> 3342020 Guerry Burnett, Taylors, SC <br> 3352021 Bill McCrary, Chapin, SC<br> 3362022 Jim & Pam Porter<br> 3372023 Georgia Seabrook<br> 3382024 Barry & Lela Graden<br> 3392025 Barry Clark<br><br> 340 341 </div> 342 <div class="col-xs-12 col-lg-1"></div> 343 </div></div></section> 344 345<!-- InstanceEndEditable --> 346<footer class="mbr-small-footer mbr-section mbr-section-nopadding footer1 footer7" id="footer7-a" data-rv-view="46" style="background-color: rgb(221, 229, 156); padding-top: 1.75rem; padding-bottom: 1.75rem;"> 347 348 <div class="container-fluid"> 349 <div class="row"> 350 <div class="col-xs-12"> 351 <div class="mbr-section-subtitle display-3" align="center"> 352 South Carolina Tree Farm 4901 Broad River Road Columbia, SC 29212<br> 353 <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> 354 <a href="tel:1-803-798-4170">803-798-4170</a> 355 356 357 </div></div></div><br> 358 <div class="row"> 359 <div class="col-md-2 col-xs-12"></div> 360 <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12"> 361 <div class="mbr-section-btn text-xs-center"><a href="assets/PDF/SC%20TREE%20FARM%20APPLICATION%202026.pdf" target="_blank" class="btn btn-white">JOIN </a></div> 362 363 </div> 364 <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12"> 365 <div class="mbr-section-btn text-xs-center"><a href="TreeFarmFRIENDSANDSUPPORTERS2026.pdf" target="_blank" class="btn btn-white">SUPPORT </a></div> 366 367 </div> 368 <div class="col-md-2 col-xs-12"></div> 369 </div> 370 <div class="row"> 371 <div class="col-xs-12"> 372 373 374 <div class="col-xs-12 col-lg-8 footer-list-2 text-xs-center table-cell-lg table-cell-middle"> 375 <div class="col-xs-12"> 376 <div class="mbr-section-subtitle display-3"><a href="https://www.sctreefarm.org">Home</a> <a href="events-meetings.htm">Events & Meetings</a> <a href="tree-farm-certification-program.htm">Tree Farm Certification</a> <a href="awards-recognitions.htm">Awards & Recognitions</a> <a href="committee-resources.htm">Committee Resources</a> <a href="tree-farm-districts.htm">Tree Farm Districts</a> <a href="tree-farm-podcast.htm">Podcast</a> <a href="sitemap.htm">Sitemap</a></div> 377 </div> 378 379 380 381 382 </div> 383 </div> 384 </div></div> 385 <div class="container" align="center"> 386 <p class="mbr-section-text lead" style="color:#000">
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