For Immediate Release

Media Contact: Randy Bowden – (800) 209-3337 or rbowden@qdma.com

QDMA Deer Steward Course Attendees to Receive CFE Credits

Bogart, Ga. – The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) will host five Deer Steward Certification Courses in 2010. The individual certification program includes three levels of potential achievement. Each course offers the most advanced level of deer management knowledge to interested foresters, property managers, wildlife biologists, and other resource professionals.

Certified foresters and other professionals can earn Continuing Forestry Education (CFE) credits through the Society of American Foresters by attending a Deer Steward course.  Level I attendees will receive 17.5 CFEs and Level II attendees will receive 15.0 CFEs.

Duane Means, a certified forester who attended Levels I and II courses in 2008, recently said, “With 15 years experience in forest and habitat management, I found the QDMA certification courses to be valuable learning experiences. They combined habitat, deer management, and deer hunting, together with organized and credible information, enabling me to better communicate with landowners about the connections between good forestry and deer management.  I learned the latest information and techniques in deer management and am using them to help meet my clients’ goals. Also, the professional instructors, QDMA staff, and fellow student managers have proven to be great colleagues in my resource network.  I would recommend QDMA certification courses to anyone practicing resource management involving deer and wildlife habitat.”            

Level I Courses:

·         February 25-28 – Kingsville, TX at Texas A&M University 

·         April 16-19 – Highland, NY at Indian Ridge Farm

·         June 4-7 – Clemson, SC at Clemson University

Level II Courses:

·         July 23-26 – Chestertown, MD at Chesapeake Farms Research Center

·         August  20-23 – Garnett, SC at Webb Wildlife Center

* Courses must be taken in succession.

To view course details or to register for a course, visit www.QDMA.com. Click “REACH Program” on the homepage followed by “REACH Certification” or call 800-209-3337.

For further information, please contact Matt Ross, QDMA Certification Programs Manager, at (603) 978-7427 or mross@qdma.com.

Each course is limited to a maximum of 50 participants, so register early to reserve a spot at the location of your choice. Registration fees for levels I and II are $800 for non-members, $750 for QDMA members and $700 for QDMA Life and Sponsor members. Receive a $50 Early Bird discount if you register by February 1.

About QDMA
Founded in 1988, QDMA is a national nonprofit wildlife conservation organization with more than 50,000 members in all 50 states and Canada, and several foreign countries. Membership in QDMA is open to anyone interested in better deer and better deer hunting, and committed to ethical hunting, sound deer management and the preservation of the deer-hunting heritage. To learn more about QDMA and why it is the future of deer hunting, call (800) 209-3337 or visit www.QDMA.com.

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