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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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Michael Hardiman
starting time: (00:52) |
S.
990 - Son of CARA Returns!
Mike Hardiman
helps the American
Land Rights Association in its struggle to stop the federal
government from acquiring more and more land. ALRA's current concern is
well described in an email alert AFOA received from
Liberty Matters News Service (click here), but be sure to visit
American Land Rights
Association's web page (click here) for all details and breaking
news on their efforts. Be sure to get on ALRA's email alert system.
CARA in a nutshell.
Email note sent by Hardiman to
AFOA at 9 PM, 11/20/02:
we won. there was too
much opposition to S.990, it was not brought up for a vote or unanimous
consent , so it is killed for the year.
the enviros may bring it up next year, but it will have
to be discussed in the light of day instead of at 2:30am.
Phone: (202) 251-3473
Email: landrightsnet@aol.com
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Frank Stewart
starting time: (04:09) |
Federal Timber Tax Reform & The New 108th Congress
Frank Stewart is the
Executive Director of the
Forest Landowners Tax
Council, based in Washington, DC. The Council is "an
independent, national non-profit organization dedicated to providing an
effective and unified voice for non-industrial, private forest (NIPF)
landowners on federal tax issues." Frank reviews the accomplishments of
the second session of the 107th Congress and speculates on the
possibilities of federal timber-tax reform by the 108th. Issues listed
on FLTC's web page (www.fltc.net) are
copied and linked below. Click on them for details.
Phone: (703)549-0747
Email: info@fltc.net
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Augustine Meaher, III
starting time: (07:02) |
Protection From Lawsuits
Augustine Meaher is a respected private attorney based in
Mobile, Alabama. Mr. Meaher suggests that forest owners who sell timber
insert an "indemnity provision" in their timber sale contract. It is
included below. He also comments on the actions a forest owner should
take if a lawsuit is filed against him seeking damages for some alleged
injuries suffered on his property.
Indemnity language for
landowner protection in a timber sale contract. In the following
provision
PURCHASER refers to the timber buyer and SELLER refers to
the property owner selling the timber.
Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Seller against any loss, liability or expense of any kind incurred on
account of personal injury, death, or property damage which may arise
(or may be alleged to have arisen) from any operations hereunder by
Purchaser or Purchaser's contractors, employees, agents or
representatives; even though such injury, death, or damage may be (or
may be alleged to be) attributable to negligence or other fault on the
part of the Seller or Seller's officers, agents, employees or
contractors.
Phone: (251) 432-9971
Email:
ameaheriii@inetmail.att.net
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Dr. H. Michael Rauscher
starting time: (10:49) |
Online Forestry Encyclopedia for Northeast Alabama
Mike
Rauscher
is a research forester at the
U. S. Forest
Service's Bent Creek Experimental Forest located near Asheville,
North Carolina. Mike has organized a vast amount of information for you
and he calls it the
Encyclopedia of Southern Appalachian Forest Ecosystems (click here).
Dr. Rauscher wants you to visit the "hypertext encyclopedia," travel
around in it, and finally write to him and make suggestions on what you
liked best about it and what he might do to improve it. For owners of
hardwood forestland in northeast Alabama, the Encyclopedia is a "must
read."
Phone: (828) 667-5261 x 102
Email: mrauscher@fs.fed.us
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Charles T. Bargeron
starting time: (14:10) |
The Bugwood Network
Charles Bargeron is the Webmaster for The University of
Georgia's
Bugwood Network.
The network is a collection of photos, diagrams, and narrative
information on a wide variety of forestry and agricultural information
that will prove useful to you. Charles suggests that you visit the
following locations on the Bugwood Network.
Phone: (229) 386-3298
Email: cbargero@arches.uga.edu
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Dr. Greg K. Yarrow
starting time: (17:14) |
Master Wildlifer
Greg Yarrow is a wildlife biologist at Clemson University.
He is currently working on a project that most forest owners in the
South can participate in early next year. The Master Wildlifer short
course will be broadcast live over satellite and delivered to downlink
sites across the Southeast in seven 3-hour sessions between February 4,
2003 and March 18, 2003. Nationally known wildlife and natural resource
experts from across the Southeast will present the following short
course sessions:
Feb. 4 Introduction to Wildlife Management
Feb. 11 Biology & Management of Quail, Cottontails & Dove
Feb. 18 Biology & Management of Eastern Wild Turkey
Feb. 25 Managing Waterfowl, Wetlands and Other Aquatic
Resources
Mar. 4 Biology & Management of White-tailed
Deer
Mar. 11 Managing for Wildlife Diversity
Mar. 18 Developing Wildlife Recreational Opportunities
Links to:
Phone: (864) 656-7370
Email: gyarrow@clemson.edu
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Dr. Steven C. Blank
starting time: (21:10) |
The End of Agriculture in the American Portfolio
Steve Blank, an agricultural economist at the University of
California, Davis, was introduced to AFOA in a
Progressive Farmer magazine article (click here)
entitled Heading Overseas. He has written a book,
The End of Agriculture in the American Portfolio,
that may make you rethink your reasons for owning farm or forestland in
the U.S. He argues "that unstoppable economic forces will eventually
drive much of U.S. commodity agriculture to lesser developed parts of
the world." "...the economics of global agriculture are pushing
commodity production to the low-cost locations."
To buy the book, click here.
Phone: (530)752-0823
Email:
sblank@primal.ucdavis.edu
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Robert A. Rimer
starting time: (26:13) |
Financial Analysis: Pulpwood Unimportant
Rob Rimer is
a Certified General Real Property Appraiser and manager of Westervelt
Realty, Inc., a subsidiary of Gulf States Paper Corporation. In a
recent discussion with AFOA, Rob pointed out that the value and
quantity of pulpwood produced during a 35 year rotation of planted
pine is so low that it should be relatively unimportant in the
investment decisions of most forest owners. He discusses a discounted
cash flow analysis sheet that you should review
(click here).
Rob also suggests a visit
to the following web sites:
You
might also find the Timberland Decision Support System a useful tool in
your "what if" games.
Phone: (205) 562-5240
Email: robrimer@gulf-states.com
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David M. Kelley
starting time: (30:14) |
Stumpage Market Report
David Kelley
is president of Kelley Forestry Consulting Services, LLC, an
independent private consulting forestry firm that conducts numerous
timber sales for forest owners in Central & South Alabama. David
reflects on the affect
recent rains have on timber supply and also compares normal
timber prices and demand at this time of the year (fall & winter)
in relation to other times of the year. He recommends a visit to the
Timber Mart-South web site (click
here).
TMS 3rd Quarter 2002 Market Newsletter pdf file
Phone: (334) 263-1440
Email: dkelley@zebra.net
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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. |
- National or Federal Issues
-
EPA Proposed Water Quality Trading
- Energy Bill
- CCA Treated Southern Pine Lumber
- TMDLs
- EPA Basin Projects
- CARA
- Forest Certification
- 2002 Farm Bill
- Energy Crisis & Federal Eminent
Domain
- Red Hills Salamander
- Constitutional Revision/Tax Reform
- County Zoning
- Right to Farm & Practice Forestry
- Illegal Dumping
- Delaney Family Current-Use Case
- JeffCo Storm Water Management
Program
- Current Use Tax Assessment Rates
- Local Harvesting Restrictions &
Road Weight Limits
- Bridge Repairs & the Alabama Trust
Fund
- Dog Hunting & Hunter Trespass
- Seasonal Forest and Wildlife
Management Tips
- Southern Pine Beetle: Salvage &
Prevention
- Forest Fertilization
- Intensive Forest Management
- Long Rotation Management & Natural
Regeneration
- Palm Pilots & Forest Records
- Useful Computer Software
- Industry Consolidation & Timber
Markets
- Stumpage & Forest Product Markets
- Forestland For Sale
- Wood Buying Policies During SPB
Epidemic
- Alabama's Pine Straw Wholesale
Market
- Minerals, Gas & Oil Activity
- Recreational Businesses for Forest
Owners
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