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Master Tree Farmer I

Master Tree Farmer I satellite training series.

Title	Type	Size	Last Modified	Description
Master Tree Farmer I	Document	14 K	02/14/2008	Master Tree Farmer is a satellite broadcast based workshop for southern landowners and persons considering land ownership who are interested in managing their land.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 1, Talk 1	File	160 K	08/04/2003	Tree properties, tree parts, tree growth, forest properties, forest layers, foresters, measurement.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 1, Talk 2	File	271 K	08/04/2003	Log rules, pricing, board cuts, volume, weight, site index.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 1, Talk 4	File	12 K	08/04/2003	Basal area, site index, wood products, merchantability, tree sizes.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 1, Talk 5	File	13 K	08/04/2003	Tree growth patterns, biological potential, stages of stand development.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 1, Talk 6	File	85 K	08/04/2003	Crown classes, crown/stem ratio, ecological terms, prescribed burning, management plans.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 1, Talk 7	File	103 K	08/04/2003	Harvesting and regeneration systems, single tree selection, group selection, patchcut, shelterwood, seed tree, clearcutting.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 1, Talk 9	File	195 K	08/04/2003	Low thinning, selection thinning, crown thinning, mechanical thinning.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 1, Talk 10	File	4 K	08/04/2003	Management scenarios.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 2, Talk 1	File	2.98 M	08/04/2003	Forestry as an investment: values, public and private goods, investment analysis, time value of money and compounding review, profitability, net present value, equivalent annual income, benefit/cost ratio, rate of return, tools, risk, sensitivity analysis, other investments.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 2, Talk 2	File	32 K	08/04/2003	Timber taxation: new tax bill, categories of ownership, record keeping, timber sales income, reforestation.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 2, Talk 3	File	36 K	08/04/2003	Estate planning: wills, insurance, trusts, estate taxes.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 3, Talk 1	File	509 K	08/04/2003	Pine management overview: major southern pines, species selection, regeneration methods, thinning.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 3, Talk 2	File	176 K	08/04/2003	Uneven aged management, natural regeneration, commercial thinnings, prescribed burning, pest and disease management, overall management.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 3, Talk 3	File	1.53 M	08/04/2003	Intensive pine management: growth and yield, productivity potential, modification of site resources, genetic improvement.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 3, Talk 4	File	1.64 M	08/04/2003	Intensive pine management: early rotation, mid-rotation, herbicides, fertilization.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 4, Talk 1	File	5 K	08/04/2003	Forest uses, forest structure, complexities, stand quality, high-grading, growth rates.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 4, Talk 2	File	176 K	08/04/2003	Hardwood timber products, grades, veneer, high-value tree production, straightness, bark pattern clarity, solidness, size, species, density, shade tolerance.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 4, Talk 3	File	46 K	08/04/2003	Stand evaluation, intermediate operations, thinning.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 4, Talk 4	File	108 K	08/04/2003	Natural regeneration of hardwood forests, expected post harvestproduction, regeneration potential, site preparation, herbicide application methods, commercial clearcuts, oak midstory removal treatment, group selection, shelterwood cuts.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 4, Talk 5	File	103 K	08/04/2003	Artificial regeneration/planting: spacing, site preparation, reasons, guidelines, reccomendations, species mixing; bottomland hardwoods: flooding, site-species relationships, fronts, flats, ridges.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 5, Talk 1	File	143 K	08/04/2003	Timber harvesting: sale participants, factors that affect logging, logging phases, feller bunchers, skidders, loaders, transportation, thinning pine, whole tree chippers, general logging constraints, sorting by products, cut-to-length systems, logging hardwoods, water quality.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 5, Talk 2	File	240 K	08/04/2003	Marketing: timberland revenues, management planning, market and product options, prices and trends, product price comparison, timber market description, stumpage prices.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 5, Talk 3	File	24 K	08/04/2003	Timber sale methods: sealed bid sales, negotiated sales, lump sum payments, pay-as-cut payments, single advance payments; contracts; marketing guidelines; leases; other forest products; pine straw management.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 5, Talk 4	File	0	08/04/2003	Timber security: tresspassing, timber theft, timber sale security, wildfire, controlled substances, environmental and ecological vandalism/terrorism, dumping.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 6, Talk 1	File	2.80 M	08/04/2003	Approaches to wildlife management, what forests provide for wildlife, arrangement of habitat components, forest landscape fragmentation, habitat features, forest harvest and regeneration, site preparation with regard to wildlife, intermediate stand practices, improvements for wildlife.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 6, Talk 2	File	3.45 M	08/04/2003	Recreational access and liability, landowner assistance programs for wildlife management, agencies that offer wildlife management assistance, cost-sharing and other assistance programs, Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 6, Talk 3	File	689 K	08/04/2003	Recreational access and liability, landowner assistance programs for wildlife management, agencies that offer wildlife management assistance, cost-sharing and other assistance programs, Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 7, Talk 1	File	10 K	08/04/2003	Consulting foresters: services, cost, selection; Association of Consulting Foresters.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 7, Talk 2	File	192 K	08/04/2003	Forest industry landowner assistance programs: background and history, components, benefits, services; forest management plan components.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 7, Talk 3	File	5 K	08/04/2003	Associations: local landowner associations, state forestry associations, Tree Farm System, Forest Landowners Association.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 7, Talk 6	File	0	08/04/2003	Wildlife agencies: contacting, services, landowner responsibility; divisions: game management, fisheries management, nongame management.
Handouts for Master Tree Farmer I Session 7, Talk 7	File	76 K	08/04/2003	Federal agencies: USDA Farm Service Agency, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, USDA Forest Service, USDA Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Army Corps of Engineers, USDI Fish and Wildlife Service; federal programs.
MTF Notebook Materials 1	File	37 K	12/09/2003
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