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CAPITAL IDEAS -- LIVE!
January 2005 News Conference for Forest Owners
Sponsored by Alabama Forest Owners' Association, Inc. Conference was recorded
January 19, 2005.
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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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Mike Griggs (00:26) |
Hurricane Ivan Timber Salvage Update
Mike
Griggs is with International Paper Company in Prattville, Alabama
and is currently the Executive Director of the Governor's
Hurricane Ivan Alabama Forest Recovery Task Force. Griggs explains
the mission of the Task Force and also offers an update on how the salvage
operations have been going as well as a status report on the
Reforestation Survey
that was printed on page 4 of January's Capital Ideas newsletter.
More Hurricane Ivan & Task Force
Information
Phone: (334) 361-5813
Email: mike.griggs@ipaper.com
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Dr. Char Miller
(04:27) |
First Forester a Product of 19th Century Environmental
Movement
Char Miller is a Professor of environmental, social, and cultural
history at
Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. We've asked Dr. Miller to
discuss his biography of
Gifford Pinchot in order to introduce us to the man who is
considered America's first professionally trained forester and who was the
first Chief of the United States Forest Service. Miller explains why Gifford
Pinchot created the
U.S. Forest Service and of what relevance Pinchot's conservationism
has today. Private forest owners and the foresters who work for them might
be surprised to learn that Pinchot firmly believed that forest management
decisions should be made by scientifically trained agents of the government.
He also believed that "... forestry is the perpetuation of forests by use"
and would probably disagree with the current Sierra Club policy to stop all
timber harvests on National Forests.
Phone: (210) 999-7608
Email: fmiller@trinity.edu
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Dr. Roger A. Sedjo
(07:27) |
Currency Fluctuations and Timber Markets
Roger Sedjo is a senior fellow and the Director of
Resources for the Future's
Forest Economics and Policy program. Not only are economic terms
like "currency fluctuations," "exchange rates," and "weak dollar" confusing
for most of us, but figuring out how it all fits into the larger picture of
international markets and the US forest products trade can be downright
intimidating. A January 18 Wall Street Journal
article says, "The dollar has fallen 16 percent against a basket of its
trading partners' currencies over the past three years. In theory, that
should, with time, make U.S.-made goods more competitive with those made
abroad, boosting U.S. growth and employment. But a growing chorus warns that
the U.S.'s gaping budget and trade deficits will lead to a crisis..." Sedjo
sheds some light on these economic terms and how they might affect forest
landowners.
More from Resources For the Future
In the News
Phone: (202) 328-5000
Email: sedjo@rff.org
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Dr. Richard M. Ebeling
(11:34) |
Looking Beyond Today.
Richard Ebeling is President of the
Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York
and publisher of
The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty. To help those of us who have a
mental block when it comes to economics, and to help simplify even further
Sedjo's comments, above, we've asked Ebeling to speak about a particular
book that makes economics comprehensible to everyday folks. Economics
in One Lesson by
Henry Hazlitt, which was
reviewed by FEE, is considered "Perhaps the best primer on economic
principles ever written." Ebeling explains why it is a good book on
economics for the non-economist and even one every economist ought
to read.
Phone: (914) 591-7230
Email: rebeling@fee.org
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Dr. P. K. Nair
(16:20) |
An Introduction to Agroforestry
P. K. Nair is the Director of the
Center for Subtropical Agroforestry and a Distinguished Professor of
Agroforestry & International Forestry at the University of Florida in
Gainesville. Nair recently received the Society of American Foresters’
Barrington Moore Memorial Award, which recognizes outstanding
achievement in biological research leading to the advancement of forestry.
His textbook, An Introduction to Agroforestry, has become the basis
for all college-level study on this topic. Nair defines
agroforestry, the applications of agroforestry in the Southeast, and how
one can get more information on agroforestry.
Phone: (352) 846-0880
Email: pknair@ufl.edu
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Chip Blanton
(19:09) |
Progressive Farmer
Farm Safety Day Camp Featured at AFOA Meeting
Chip Blanton is an AgriScience teacher at
Fort Payne High School. He and some of his FFA students will present
a
Progressive Farmer Farm Safety Day Camp program for children
attending
AFOA's Annual Meeting on April 16, 2005. These Camps are one-day,
hands-on workshops that teach farm children and their parents safe farm
practices. Each year, Progressive Farmer Farm Safety Day Camps reach
more than 60,000 children and adults across the country. Using comprehensive
lesson plans, coordinators like Blanton teach kids about safety issues
around tractors, animals, fires, chemicals, ATVs, and more. Blanton
describes how these programs are set up and what kids attending
AFOA's April 16, 2005 Annual Meeting can expect to learn. If you'd like
information on setting up a Program in your area, contact Susan Reynolds at
1-888-257-3529 or
farmsafetyday@aol.com.
Phone: (256) 845-0535
Email: cblanton@ftpayk12.org
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Max Burge (21:58) |
Family Manages Two Recreational Off-Road Trails
Max Burge's family runs
Red Creek Off-Road
in Perkinston, Mississippi. This family-owned off-road business also has an
additional 2,200 acres of trail located 65 miles west of Nashville called
143 Off-Road. These trails are open to the public and allow for
almost any type of off-road vehicles, including 4x4 vehicles, ATVs, MX
Bikes, ATCs, dune buggies, and go-carts. In addition to primitive camping
options, Red Creek also offers a
Lodge & Cottage, RV hookups, snack bar, and more. Red Creek requires
that participants complete a
waiver before they come to the park and that all riders follow a
list of
rules to ensure the safety of all involved as well as help prevent
liability.
WEBLINKS
Phone: (601) 945-5055
Email:
missy@redcreekoffroad.com
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J. Hudson Hines
(25:14) |
Forest Land for Sale
Hudson Hines is the
owner/broker of
Hudson Hines Real Estate in Beatrice. He's here to discuss some
property he is offering that may be of interest to someone looking for
investment-grade forestry opportunities. He's told us about one in
particular that he thinks is an especially good prospect, and he's sharing
his "insider information" exclusively for Capital Ideas - Live!
listeners.
Featured Listing
Other Listings
Phone: (251) 564-1457
Email:
jhhines@frontiernet.net
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