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Hayes D. Brown
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Moderator
Hayes D. Brown, attorney and forest owner, will moderate this news
conference. Hayes' email address is
hbrown@hayesbrown.com.
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Clint Bentz
(00:30)
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Passing on Your Heritage
Clint Bentz is an Oregon family forest landowner, a CPA, and the
Chairman of the American Tree Farm System. His family was named the 2002
National Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year. Clint will introduce us to
TIES TO THE LAND, a new DVD-based resource about succession planning for family forest
landowners and tree farmers.
Phone: (503) 769-2186
Email:
cbentz@bcsllc.com
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Doug Warrington
(04:05)
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Importance of Generic Herbicides
Doug Warrington is the National Sales Manager of
Alligare, LLC.
Alligare is the exclusive US Vegetation Management Distributor for the
world's largest post patent herbicide manufacturer, Makhteshim-Agan. With
national offices in Opelika, Alabama, Alligare services the Railroad,
Right-of-Way, Industrial, Aquatic and Forestry herbicide markets. Doug will
explain the term "post patent" and discuss the possible long term effect of
generic herbicides on the industry.
Phone: (334) 711-9393
Email:
dwarrington@alligarellc.com
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Neil S. Levinbook
(07:43)
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Cell Tower Leasing Advice
Neil Levinbook is the principal attorney of
Cell Tower Attorney,
a law firm that provides
legal services to landowners regarding all legal issues involving cell tower
leases. Cell Tower Attorney was formed out of the success of Steel in the
Air, which provides consulting for all cell tower issues. Together they
provide the expertise, experience and research that will help the landowner
know how to evaluate the fair market value of their land as a potential cell
tower site and negotiate the most favorable lease.
Although the attorneys
of Cell Tower Attorney are not licensed to practice in Alabama, their
experience, knowledge and research of cell tower issues make them a useful
resource for Alabama landowners and their attorneys.
Phone: (212)
223-3778
Email: neil@celltowerattorney.com
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Glenn T. Cook
(11:53)
Hear Conference |
Maps Made Simple!
Glenn Cook is a landowner and
vice president of AFOA's Board of Directors.
He uses Google Maps to help manage his forestland in Baldwin County. Today,
he shares with us the role this tool plays in his property management plan
and how other forest owners can get started with it.
Phone: (205) 444-9789
Email:
glentcook@bellsouth.net .
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Richard J. Oates
(16:28)
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Pulp and Paper Mills: Coping with the Drought
Rick Oates
has been on the staff of the
Alabama Forestry
Association since 1993 and currently serves as the Executive
Director of the
Alabama Pulp and Paper Council.
Forest owner's are dependent on the continuous operation of the mills to
keep pulpwood prices from collapsing.
Today
Rick will share with us how the continued drought is affecting the pulp and
paper industry and the steps that are being taken to monitor the situation.
Phone: (334) 265-8733
Email: roates@alaforestry.org
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John Stivers
(20:29)
Hear Conference |
Alabama Forms a Prescribed Fire Council
John Stivers,
Consulting Forester and President of the newly organized Alabama Prescribed
Fire Council, joins us today to introduce the APFC.
The inaugural
meeting of the APFC was just held this past October but the framework for a
unified voice representing prescribed fire in policy, legislation and
outreach is in place and moving forward. John will tell us what is planned
and the timetable for implementation.
Phone: (334) 253-2139
Email: rxburning@aol.com
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Anthony Kim
(24:33)
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The Real Key to Development
Anthony Kim is the
lead researcher for the complex research and production process by which the
Index of Economic Freedom is produced. The Index is
co-published annually with The Wall Street Journal and tracks
the march of economic freedom around the world by measuring 10 freedoms -
from property rights to entrepreneurship - in 162 countries.
Today Anthony will discuss the Index,
economic freedom, and how the U. S. stacks up.
Phone: (202) 608-6261
Email:
anthony.kim@heritage.org
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Prof. Thomas G. Harris
(27:34)
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Timber Market Report
Tom Harris is Professor of
Forest Business Management at the
Center
for Forest Business - Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. He is also the publisher of
Timber Mart-South, a quarterly market price survey and report of the major
timber products in 11 Southeastern States.
Today Tom will
give us an update of market conditions including:
- the movements of pulpwood and sawtimber prices.
- the impact of the weakening dollar
- factors helping to improve our position in world markets.
Be sure to look at the presentation prepared
especially for AFOA with information about Alabama prices. North and South
Alabama are covered and lots of history is included!
Phone: (706) 542-2832
Email:
harris@warnell.uga.edu
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