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CAPITAL IDEAS -- LIVE!
February 2002 News
Conference for Forest Owners
Sponsored by Alabama Forest Owners' Association, Inc.
Conference was recorded Wednesday,
February 20, 2002.
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Conference Guest Information
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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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Andrew Hartsell
(00:39)
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Alabama
Forest Survey: Significant Growth
Andy Hartsell
is Research Forester with the Forest Inventory & Analysis, Southern
Research Station, USDA Forest Service. Andy has put together a
summary of the results of the most recent survey of Alabama's forests
that is quite remarkable.
Phone: (662) 338-3131
Email: ahartsell@fs.fed.us
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Dr. Donald W. Floyd
(05:17)
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Forest
Sustainability: The History, The Challenge, The Promise
Professor
Floyd
teaches Advanced Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and
Natural Resources and Environmental Policy at the State University
of New York at Syracuse, New York. His new book,
Forest Sustainability: The History, The Challenge, The Promise,
looks at the history of sustainability from "conservative lumbering,"
"sustained yield," "multiple-use," "ecosystem management," and finally
"sustainable forestry." If you enjoy pondering what it means to others
when we say "we want to leave our land in better shape than we found
it," then you will enjoy this book.
You may order
Forest Sustainability from the Forest History Society by
calling (919) 682-9319 or
Click Here to Order on their Website. Cost is $10.95.
Phone: (315) 685-8083
Email: dfloyd@esf.edu
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Dr. Patricia A. Frishkoff
(08:15)
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Tax Cuts
on the Web
Dr. Pat Frishkoff is the founding director of the
Austin
Family Business Program at Oregon State University. Pat has
developed a webcast entitled Tax Cuts on the Web that you
will find very useful. The program is divided into three segments:
- The New Tax Law and You--The Family
Business Owner
- Critical Decisions for Farmers and
Forest Landowners
- Impact of the New Tax Law on the Economy
You may
view a menu of the webcast segments by clicking here. If you wish
to read or print written materials that support the webcast you will
want to
register or "log in" by clicking here.
Phone: 1-800-859-7609
Email: frishkof@bus.oregonstate.edu
Website:
www.familybusinessonline.org
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Larry H. Gibson, Jr.
(11:13)
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Forest
Management Tour
Larry Gibson is
the owner of Gibson Forest Management, Inc., based in Aliceville,
Alabama. On April 12, the day before AFOA's 21st Annual Meeting, Larry
will lead members on a forest management tour that will include the
following topics:
- Pine Plantation Management
- Establishment
- Prescribed Burning
- Thinning
- Various Site Preparation Treatments
- Selective Harvesting in Bottomland
Hardwood Stands
- Hardwood Plantation Establishment and
Management
- Different types of natural pine stand
management
- Longleaf Plantation – Establishment
and Herbaceous Release
Phone: (205) 373-6168
Email: gibson@pickens.net
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Bill Bush
(13:46)
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Hunting Lodge
Business
Bill Bush[
] owns and operates Bush Creek Plantation in Southeast Alabama.
[His] successful new hunting business offers ideas for many forest
owners who are looking for a way to make their forestland pay its keep.
For the tourists among us, please note that Bush Creek Plantation Lodge
is available as a bed & breakfast during off-season months.
Click here to tour Bush
Creek Plantation.
Phone: (334) 775-9718
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Don McClain
(18:14)
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Alabama Pine
Straw Market & Demonstration
Don McClain sells pine straw balers and was a guest on Capital
Ideas - Live! back in September of 2000. We still see a lot of
Georgia pine straw being hauled into Alabama and we remain curious as to
why Alabama pine straw hasn't completely dominated the local markets.
Perhaps Don can bring us up to date with his report. To learn more about
the business, visit Don's website at
www.agriquip.com.
Phone: (706) 234-0454
Email: hayman@agriquip.com
* If you can help AFOA to be better
informed about the pine straw business in Alabama, please send an email
note to AFOA.
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Eric Pugh
(22:15)
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Timber Insurance
Available in Alabama
Eric Pugh
specializes in the development and underwriting of timber insurance with
Great American Insurance Company, based in West Des Moines, Iowa.
Great American provides a wide variety of insurance to agriculture and
forestry businesses and their new TimberGuard policy will
be of interest to many forest owners in Alabama. The policy covers
losses caused by fire, lightning, wind, ice and snow, theft and
vandalism.
Click
here for a description of the coverage.
Phone: 1-800-356-6040 or (515) 222-9975 x
140
Email: epugh@gaic.com
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Arthia W. Rye
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Stumpage Markets
Surprisingly Good
...except for pine pulpwood
Billy Rye
is the president of Forest Management
Specialists, Inc., based in Florence, Alabama. He last reported on
timber markets to us on
June 20, 2001 and
predicted a recovery for timber prices soon. According to Billy, his
recent timber sales have been receiving good bid prices and he remains
upbeat on most forest products except pine pulpwood.
Food For Thought:
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Import Tariffs on Wood Products to Be Cut - China Daily -
February 18, 2002
(link no longer works)
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Lumber Industry to Phase Out Arsenic-Treated Wood - Knight
Ridder/Tribune Business News - February 15, 2002
(link no longer works)
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Baucus Urges Administration To Resolve Softwood Lumber Dispute -
E&E Publishing - February 15, 2002
(link no longer works)
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Abitibi-Consolidated's $50 Million De-inking Plant in Thorold,
Ontario, Nears Completion, in An Advisory by Industrialinfo.com
- Business Wire - February 13, 2002
(link no longer works)
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World Paper Consumption Fell Last Year - - February 13, 2002
(link no longer works)
Phone: (256) 765-0397
Email: formgtspec@aol.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. |
- Tax Breaks for Non-Profits Unfair to
Private Forest Owners
- CCA Treated Southern Pine Lumber
- TMDLs
- EPA Basins Projects
- Constitutional Revision/Tax Reform
- CARA
- Forest Certification
- 2002 Farm Bill
- Energy Crisis & Federal Eminent Domain
- Palm Pilots & Forest Records
- Red Hills Salamander
- County Zoning
- Right to Farm & Practice Forestry
- Illegal Dumping
- 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
- JeffCo Storm Water Management Program
- Alabama's Pine Straw Wholesale Market
- Useful Computer Software
- Forest Fertilization
- Intensive Forest Management
- Long Rotation Management & Natural
Regeneration
- 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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