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CAPITAL IDEAS -- LIVE!
October 2001 News Conference for Forest Owners
Sponsored by Alabama Forest Owners' Association, Inc.
Conference was recorded Wednesday,
October 17, 2001.
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Hayes D. Brown
starting time: (00:00) |
Moderator
Hayes D. Brown, attorney and forest owner, will moderate this
news conference. Hayes' email address is
hbrown@hayesbrown.com.
Review prior news conferences:
07/27/00 |
08/24/00 |
09/20/00 |
10/18/00 |
11/15/00 |
01/17/01 | 02/21/01 |
03/21/01
| 04/13/01 | 05/16/01
| 06/20/01 | 07/18/01
| 08/15/01 |
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Douglas W. MacCleery
(01:14) |
Lessons
of the Past - Challenges for the Future
Doug MacCleery is a professional forester who has worked in natural
resource management and policy for his entire career. Several years ago he
wrote
American Forests: A History of Resiliency and Recovery, now in
its fourth printing. MacCleery recognizes that both our forests and our
society are resilient. He writes: "Forests are resilient. It is a tribute to
this inherent quality of American forests and to the success of the policies
that were put in place in response to public concerns that forest conditions
over much of the United States have improved dramatically since 1900."
Phone: (202) 205-1745
Email: dmaccleery@fs.fed.us
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Frank M. Stewart, III
(05:34) |
Washington
Resource Report:
a new service for forest owners
Frank Stewart
wears many hats. He is Executive Director of the
Forest Landowners Tax Council,
Director of Government & External Affairs for the
Association of Consulting Foresters, and author & publisher of
Forest Industry Affairs. He will soon begin writing
Washington Resource Report, a special monthly report written
just for forest owners. Members of AFOA will begin receiving Frank's
report with their December issue of
Capital Ideas, AFOA's newsletter.
Click here to read a draft issue of Washington Resource Report.
Phone: (703) 549-0347
Email:
fms@washington-resource.com
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William C. Humphries, Jr.
(8:29) |
Forests
in The Farm Bill
Billy Humphries
is president of
Forest Resource Consultants, Inc., past president of the
Association of Consulting foresters, and a board members of the Forest
Landowners Association. Billy and his family are long time Georgia
forest landowners. He has always had a keen interest in the impact of
government activity on private forestry and free enterprise.
On October 5, the U.S. House of
Representatives voted 291-120 for a 10-year, $170 billion Farm Bill.
Humphries believes the spending and regulations buried in this huge
piece of legislation will affect the lives of nearly every forest owner
in the U.S. and he urges you to become informed, concerned and
involved. A good place to begin is to read the bill;
click here and type in the bill number, H.R. 2646. Then
click on a version
of the bill and scroll down to a linked outline that will help you find
your way around the bill.
"The Bush administration had urged Congress
to put off approving the huge spending bill until the government could
fully assess the economic situation resulting from September 11’s tragic
events, but farm-state Democrats facing re-election decided to go ahead,
hoping to favorably impress powerful farm interests." Source: Liberty
Matters News Service, 10/10/01
Phone: (478) 745-4910
Email: bandjhumphries@aol.com
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Henry Flemming
(12:21) |
Conservation
Easements: a practical perspective
Henry Flemming owns a 2000 acre farm
in Holmes County, Mississippi, in the Cruger Community. He is proud of
his farmland and forestland and proud of his sons, one a coach and the
other a med student. Several years ago he sold and gave away the
development rights on his land to the USDA Wetlands Reserve Program and
Ducks Unlimited (DU), retaining the right to farm and practice forestry
(or so he thought). For the past three years he has been trying to
obtain permission from the USDA to thin some of his timber, but the
agency has prevented him from getting the work done (DU gave him almost
immediate approval when asked). Mr. Flemming still thinks the Wetlands
Reserve Program is great, but urges caution for those who plan to use
it.
Phone: (662) 453-5091
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Erskine G. "Don" Donald,
III (16:55) |
Protect
Yourself When Leasing Hunting Rights
Don Donald takes great pleasure in finding land buyers just the
right piece of property to suit their needs and desires. He is the
qualifying broker of The
Great Southern Land Co., Inc. with offices in Camden and
Wetumpka. Don also assists many forest owners with the management of
their land and sometimes helps them lease land to hunters. He urges you
to always use a written contract.
Phone: 1-866-788-0759 (toll-free)
Email: grsouth@frontiernet.net
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Dr. Mathew Smidt
(20:01) |
A Cut Above - Auburn's Logger Education Program
Mathew Smidt is Assistant Extension Specialist in Forest Operations
at Auburn University. He travels the state teaching loggers
about safety, first aid, forest management and silviculture, harvesting
systems, and business management. The five-day course, called
Professional Logging Managers Course, allows graduates to include
the title "PLM" after their name. Because it may help you select a timber
buyer or logger who understands your interest in improving your forest and
land, AFOA has added the PLM designation to the names of all PLM graduates
in our timber buyer list, about 300 of the 1050 buyers in the list.
Phone: (334) 844-1038
Email: smidtmf@auburn.edu
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Peter J. Stewart
(23:24)
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Timber
Markets:
the good, the bad, and the ugly
Pete Stewart keeps track of timber markets across the south and
shares with us the knowledge of many experts who help him create
Forest2Market.com
price reports.
Click here to review F2M's constantly improving website. The
southwide rolling 6-month pine price graph and 30 day average prices for
pine and hardwood are easy to read and understand.
Phone: (704) 357-0110
Email:
pete.stewart@forest2market.com
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Issues and Topics AFOA is
following.
To suggest an issue or a
topic for a future news conference,
please send an email note to AFOA by clicking here. |
- 2002 Farm Bill
- Energy Crisis & Federal Eminent Domain
- Palm Pilots & Forest Records
- Red Hills Salamander
- County Zoning
- Right to Farm & Practice Forestry
- Illegal Dumping
- Constitutional Revision/Tax Reform
- Industry Consolidation & Timber Markets
- Stumpage & Forest Product Markets
- Seasonal Forest and Wildlife Management
Tips
- Forestland For Sale
- Repeal of Estate Tax
- Forest Taxation: income, estate, &
property
- Southern Pine Beetle: salvage &
prevention
- Wood Buying Policies During SPB
Epidemic
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Section 631(b) Capital Gains Tax Change
- Delaney Family Current-Use Case
- Jefferson Co. Storm Water Management
Lawsuit & Appeal
- Alabama's Pine Straw Wholesale Market
- Useful Computer Software
- Forest Fertilization
- Intensive Forest Management
- Long Rotation Management & Natural
Regeneration
- TMDL, CWA, EPA Basins, CARA, Forest
Certification
- Minerals, Gas & Oil Activity
- Recreational Businesses for Forest
Owners
- Current Use Tax Assessment Rates
- Local Harvesting Restrictions & Road
Weight Limits
- Bridge Repairs & the Alabama Trust Fund
- Dog Hunting & Hunter Trespass
- and more
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