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CAPITAL IDEAS -- LIVE!
AUGUST 2008
News Conference for Forest Owners
Sponsored by the Alabama Forest Owners' Association, Inc.
This Conference was recorded on AUGUST
20, 2008.
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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.
Click Here to View & Hear Prior News Conferences.
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Dr. Rebecca L. Moore
(00:28)
Hear Conference |
Clean Water, Clean Air: What are they worth?
Rebecca
Moore is Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Economics at the
University of Georgia. Dr. Moore is heading up a project that will "quantify
the value, in monetary terms, of the non-timber benefits of forest ecosystem
services." The two-year project is funded by the
Georgia
Forestry Foundation. Foundation Executive Director Steve McWilliams
said, "Forest landowners do not get near the credit they deserve for the
contributions of their timberlands to the environment, a fact which this
research will clearly demonstrate." McWilliams continued, "Georgia's elected
officials and other policy makers are operating in a vacuum without this
information when they make decisions ... about land use, taxes, and other
forest-related issues."
Weblinks recommended by Dr. Moore:
Phone: (706)583-8932
Email: rmoore@warnell.uga.edu
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Dr. Barry D. Shiver
(02:54)
Hear Conference |
Timber Inventory -- Is it worth the expense?
Barry Shiver is a principal in
ForesTech International,
LLC, a firm that is "actively engaged in research and development of
decision making tools and information systems supporting management of
forestry investments."
"What is your current timber inventory? How
many pine sawtimber stems are currently growing on your property? Where are
they located and how much are they worth? How many pre-merchantable pine
stands do you have on your property? How old are they, how dense are they,
how much competition is growing in these stands? When do you expect your
pre-merchantable pine stands to be ready for a fertilization treatment or a
woody release treatment or a first thinning? How many stands of timber do
you have that were thinned in the past three years? Where are they, how much
timber volume do they currently contain, should they be thinned again and if
so, when? If you are in the timber growing business, these questions go on
and on, and if you cannot answer these questions, you are in the same boat
as most timberland business owners." Source:
Timber
Inventory: Managing Timberlands in the Southern U.S. The article
was originally published in Forest Landowner, a publication of the
Forest Landowners
Association.
A
Comparison of Forest Inventory Methods, September 9-10, Athens,
Georgia
Phone: (706) 534-2419
Email: bshiver@forestech.us
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Dr. James E. Henderson
(06:38)
Hear Conference |
Uneven- versus Even-Aged Management
James Henderson leads the
state-wide forestry extension education program in forest economics and
management at
Mississippi State University. As you are well aware, forest owners are
pulled and tugged in many different directions by our advisors and by users
of our land. A consultant forester may try to sell you on longleaf
management, while a paper company forester urges growing loblolly pine for
quick return on investment. Hunters want more food plots, and hikers want
less logging. One extension agent says even-aged management is the way to
go; another says uneven-aged management is best. Who do we listen to? Dr.
Henderson recently wrote an article on the latter two tugs and pulls --
Uneven-
versus Even-Aged Management -- that should help you with your
decision-making. The article was originally
published in Forest Landowner, a publication of the
Forest Landowners
Association.
Phone: (662) 325-0754
Email: jeh149@msstate.edu
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R. Kevin McIntyre
(10:25)
Hear Conference |
Stoddard-Neel Approach to Forest Management
Kevin McIntyre is Education Coordinator, at the
Joseph W. Jones Ecological
Research Center at Ichauway. The Center "seeks to understand, to
demonstrate, and to promote excellence in natural resource management and
conservation on the landscape of the southeastern coastal plain of the
United States." Leon Neel and Herbert Stoddard will be remembered for their
"approach" to forest management. "The SNA is unique not for the specific
silvicultural tools utilized, but rather for the focus on maintaining the
forest ecosystem with all its components, intact and in perpetuity."
"The SNA relies on single tree selection as its basic tool." Source:
New Jones Center 30+ page publication entitled
Multiple Value Management: The Stoddard-Neel Approach to Ecological Forestry
in Longleaf Pine Grasslands.
Read on line or contact
Kevin for a
paper copy.
A Google Search on "Stoddard-Neel
Approach" found the following:
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The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem: Ecology, Silviculture, and Restoration
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Balancing Ecosystem Values: Innovative Experiments for Sustainable Forestry
Phone: (229) 734-4706
Email:
kevin.mcintyre@jonesctr.org
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Jane Eckert
(14:04)
Hear Conference |
Successful Marketing of Agritourism
Jane Eckert, CEO of
Eckert
AgriMarketing, Inc., wants "the family farm - the backbone of our
country's heritage - to thrive and survive for future generations." Jane,
author of several
books on agritourism, has developed a web page at
www.ruralbounty.com that is
designed to help landowners and agribusinesses market their products.
Whether it's a pumpkin patch, a winery, bed & breakfast, farmers market, or
you-name-it, Rural Bounty helps put buyers and sellers together. It goes
without saying that in 2008, a tourist business without a website is doomed,
so Eckert AgriMarketing helps agritourism businesses setup their own
websites -- www.farmwebdesign.com.
Alabama landowners who have developed hunting lodges, fishing camps, and ATV
trails should consider working with Jane to open the door to a wider
audience.
Phone: (314) 862-6288
Email:
jane@eckertagrimarketing.com
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Ed Mumm
(16:20)
Hear Conference |
Dig This
Ed Mumm is the Founder and Owner
of Dig This,
an outdoor adventure and learning center for big kids in Steamboat Springs,
Colorado. From the
August 2, 2008 Wall Street Journal: "A few years ago, Ed Mumm bought a
piece of property in this stunning ski town and rented an excavator to clear
the land. Scooping dirt by the ton, tossing boulders like pebbles, Mr. Mumm
had an epiphany: This was fun. And then another:
People might
pay to do this. Three years and $500,000 later, Mr. Mumm, 42 years old,
spends his days draping orange vests around wealthy thrill-seekers at Dig
This, which he bills as the first, and only, heavy-equipment playground in
the U.S."
When AFOA read about Mumm's creation, we
thought our members would like to dig with Ed in his giant sandbox. We also
thought Mumm should expand into logging equipment such as skidders and
grapple loaders. But that's a bit out there yet...
Phone: 1-888-DIG-THIS
Email: ed@digthis.info
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Robert S. Simpson
(18:55)
Hear Conference |
Tree Farm Endorsed by PEFC
Bob Simpson is Senior Vice
President,
American Forest Foundation (AFF), Center for Family Forests. The
American Tree Farm
System (ATFS), which lives under the AFF umbrella, has been a long-time
"good forest management" recognition program since its inception in 1941.
Now the ATFS has been given the official endorsement of the
Programme for the Endorsement
of Forest Certification (PEFC), an organization that "promotes an
internationally credible framework for forest
certification schemes and initiatives in European countries. Bob will
explain how he believes the endorsement will help U.S. forest products
companies and U.S. forest landowners.
Phone: (202) 463-2458
Email:
bsimpson@forestfoundation.org
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Paul Jannke
(21:21)
Hear Conference |
Underlying Market Strong
Paul Jannke is Senior Vice
President, Wood and Timber Information at
RISI, an organization
that "provides news, prices, forecasts and analysis on the global forest
products industry, including pulp and paper, tissue, wood products and
timber." In a recent paper entitled
RISI ECONOMISTS: Are we nearing the end of the current downturn in North
American softwood lumber consumption?, Jannke concludes, "While
total North American softwood lumber consumption will remain low in 2009,
the markets will be rebounding and growth accelerating (especially towards
the end of the year). This should set 2010 up to be a good year for lumber
markets."
Phone: (781) 734-8929
Email: pjannke@risiinfo.com
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