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CAPITAL IDEAS -- LIVE!
August 18, 2004 News Conference for Forest
Owners Sponsored by Alabama Forest Owners' Association, Inc. Conference
was recorded August 18, 2004.
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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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Darius W. Dynkowski
(00:31) |
Court
Rules in Favor of Property Rights
Darius Dynkowski is a partner with the Law Offices of
Ackerman & Ackerman in Troy, Michigan, a firm well-known for its
handling of eminent domain and condemnation proceedings. In
1981 the Michigan Supreme Court, in a ruling that upheld the taking of the
homes, churches and businesses of 4,200 Poletown residents in order to build
a car factory, set a far-reaching dangerous precedent. That ruling
has been used to justify condemnation proceedings across the U.S. by
numerous private developers and municipalities for the past two decades.
Late last month, the Michigan Supreme Court reversed the 1981 decision
and made the statement that "What's good for General Motors wasn't so good
for the people -- and it sure didn't justify violating their 'sacrosanct'
Constitutional property rights."
News & Commentary Before the Decision
News & Commentary After the Decision
Phone: (248) 537-1155x107
Email: dynkowski@sbcglobal.net
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Paula G. Best
(04:57) |
Preventing Accidents and Reducing Liability
Paula Best is the unit claims
manager for Southeastern Claims and the
Davis-Garvin Agency, Inc in Columbia, South Carolina. Davis-Garvin
provides AFOA's group hunting lease liability insurance policy and Paula is
responsible for the investigation and handling of hunting lease accident
claims covered by that policy. She shares her expertise in this area by
describing the most common accidents
that occur on hunt lease lands, what hunt clubs can do to reduce the
frequency of accidents and prevent the possibility of being named in a
lawsuit as well as what landowners can do to reduce potential liability
risks on their property.
Phone: (803) 732-0060x118
Email: pbest@davisgarvin.com
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Amanda Wood (09:57) |
Game Harvest Records Improve Management & Lease
Price
Amanda Wood is a wildlife
biologist and the owner of Woodlands & Wildlife Consultants, LLC
based in Fortson, Georgia. The firm provides wildlife and timber consulting
services to private landowners. She has an innovative and provocative idea
for landowners: require your hunting clubs to keep accurate harvest
records in order to improve habitat management and to determine the value of
the hunting experience. When we first heard it, we thought, "What a
great idea!" But then we began to wonder how a landowner could convince his
lessees to gather and share
information that might be used to raise their lease prices. Today she
answers that question and explains how the process of harvest record keeping
works.
Phone: (706) 568-8412
Email:
woodsandwildlife@bellsouth.net
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Thomas N. Urban
(13:45) |
Clonal Research Ready for Planting in Alabama
Tom Urban is the
President and CEO of
CellFor, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. "CellFor is the
world’s first independent producer of high- yield conifer seed, and a
pioneer in the commercial application of advanced seed technology [somatic
embryogenesis] in forestry. Through its proprietary methods, CellFor
can produce selected seeds more quickly, more dependably and in greater
quantities than those which are possible with traditional tree breeding
practices. CellFor’s technology is accomplished without the use of genetic
engineering."
Seedlings are available in Alabama from
Red River
Specialties, Inc.
Phone: (604) 602-9229
Email:
turban@cellfor.com
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Dr. Keith L. Belli
(17:12) |
Timber Volume Estimates: What are the tools?
Keith Belli is the Associate Dean of the
College of Forest Resources and a professor at the
Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University. Most of us
have asked a forester to visit our forestland to estimate timber volumes and
values, but few of us know what measurements he made and what tools he used
to make the measurements. Dr. Belli describes several "timber cruising"
tree measurements and the tools used to make them.
Phone: (662) 325-2778
Email: kbelli@cfr.msstate.edu
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Dr. Robert J. Ross
(20:49) |
High Tech Gadget Looks Inside Trees for Quality
Bob Ross is a Project Leader
with the
USDA Forest Service's
Forest Products Laboratory
in Madison, Wisconsin. Using his research that focused on developing
non-intrusive, field testing methods to evaluate the quality of wood
in standing timber, buildings, and historic structures, he created a device
that uses a nondestructive method of
determining tree stiffness using acoustics. Ross explains why it is
important to test wood, describes the acoustical technology, how his
newly developed tool works, and some of the benefits of using this
technology. Ross' handheld device, the Director ST 300, can be
obtained by contacting
Peter Carter at (503) 598-4708 or
peter.carter@chh.co.nz.
Phone: (608) 231-9200
Email:
rjross@fs.fed.us
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Frank Corley (23:40) |
Reforestation Contracts and Considerations
Frank Corley is president of Woodlands Specialists, Inc.,
Chapman, Alabama. The company does tree planting and site preparation work
on thousands of acres each year and is highly respected as an innovator in
the field. Frank discusses contract stipulations landowners should
consider when hiring a vendor for tree planting and site preparation
to make sure all the landowner's needs are properly met. (AFOA recommends
the use of a contract when using a vendor to plant trees)
Other requirements to make of your vendor:
- That the planting equipment be capable of creating proper planting
slits
- That the seedlings planted meet the minimum criteria
- That the seedlings be properly transported, stored and handled at
all times
- That the planting process be performed during suitable weather
conditions and that all seedlings are planted correctly
- That the planting be completed by a certain date
- That the amount of correctly planted seedlings per acre must be met
before any payment is made
Phone: (334) 376-9707
Email:
frank_corely@woodlandsspecialists.com
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Thomas G. Harris, Jr.
(26:48) |
Quality Timber Product Market Remains Steady
Tom Harris is a professor of Forest Business Management and
Forest Resource Policy at
Warnell School of Forest Resources in Athens, Georgia. Also, he is
the publisher of
Timber Mart-South, a forest products price service which provides
timber supply and market information. AFOA members should watch for Timber
Mart-South price information in the upper left corner of page 2 in our
monthly newsletter. For a thorough review of market conditions during the
second quarter of 2004, we suggest you read Tom's
Market Newsletter (pdf format).
Phone: (706) 542-2832
Email:
harris@smokey.forestry.uga.edu
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