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Document Industry-specific Website Promotes Economic Development
Louisiana - Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today announced the launch of an innovative website designed to facilitate and promote forest-sector economic development in Louisiana. The website is located at www.laforestproducts.org.
Document FSC Launches New Certification Procedures for Small and Low Intensity
FSC International Center has launched its new requirements for small andlow intensity managed forests seeking FSC forest certification.
Document 2003 National Urban Forest Conference Proceedings Are Here!
The latest edition of the Proceedings of the National Urban Forest Conference has just been published.
Document Request for Proposals from the Southern Roundtable on Sustainable Forests
Proposals must be received by September 3, 2004 at 5pm.
Document Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society
This is the Final Call for Abstracts for "Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society," an international conference being held March 13-16, 2005 at the Atlanta Hilton.
Document Wood Education and Resource Center Partners Grant Opportunity
The Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC) is accepting applications for cost-share demonstration projects that assist the WERC in meeting its mission of facilitating interaction and information exchange with the forest products industry that will enhance opportunities for sustained forest products production in the eastern hardwood forest region.
Document Scholarships for Minority and Underrepresented Individuals
The USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry program offers scholarship funds for registration to attend the National Conference on Urban Ecosystems on November 17-18, 2005 in Charlotte, North Carolina. This opportunity is available to individuals from minority and underrepresented groups. The application form asks the applicant to indicate the ethnic minority group they belong to (African American, American Indian, Asian, Hispanic, Pacific Islander) or other, if they belong to another underrepresented group, which could include individuals with disabilities qualified under the ADA or Americans with Disabilities Act (impaired vision, hearing, speaking, walking, breathing and other).
Document Live Forestry Satellite & Internet Program Announced
November 30, 2006, Athens, GA/Clemson, SC -- Cooperative Extension Service foresters in the Southern Region have recently completed coordinating the development of the 2007 Master Tree Farmer Satellite & Internet Mini-Series program.
Document Investing Globally in Forestland Summit - A World Forest Institute Conference
September 10-12, 2007 in Portland, Oregon. Early registration ends August 10!
File CityGreen for ArcGIS
American Forests is pleased to announce the release of CITYgreen for ArcGIS. Contact Mike Lehman mlehman@amfor.org or 202-737-1944x212 for more information and to order a copy or update from a previous version of CITYgreen.
File Funding Application for Regionally Significant Project
Projects will be selected that will satisfy identified priorities in the Southern Region Urban and Community Forestry Program Emphasis Areas Guide. These projects must be regional in scope and produce products that may duplicated and/or utilized in other states or, appropriate and relevant to technology transfer. Research projects will be considered but emphasis will be placed on practical or field-test research.
File 2005 Awards for Excellence: Southern Extension Forest Resource Specialists
These awards are presented by the Southern Extension Forest Resource Specialists annually to recognize colleagues for outstanding achievements and activities in a particular area of Extension work over a three year period prior to nomination. Nominations are requested from any Extension Specialist in any of the specific program or accomplishments areas listed on the attached page.
File The Southern Perspective - SGSF Newsletter
The "Southern Perspective" is a Southern Group of State Foresters (SGSF) publication. The SGSF is comprised of 13 Southern State Forestry agencies, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and USDA Forest Service, Southern Region and Southern Research Station. Collectively, they provide leadership for the souths forests.
File 2005 Energy Bill Provisions of Relevance to Forestry
On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 at New Mexico's Sandia National Laboratories. The Act is 1,724 pages and contains 18 titles. I have identified 18 items that are germane to the woody biomass industry's production of biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts. These items have been organized into 7 categories based upon the type of financial incentives provided.
File Southern Group of State Foresters September Newsletter
The Southern Group of State Foresters monthly newsletter is now available.
File Advances in Threat Assessment and their Application to Forest and Rangeland Management
A conference will be held July 18-20, 2006, in Boulder, Colorado, to explore the latest information on environmental threat assessment and management. The conference will include scientific and case study sessions, oral and poster presentations, and panel discussions.
File Mississippi Request for Trees Announced
The Mississippi Forestry Commission requests tree donations to assist with Hurricane releaf efforts.
File IUFRO 3.08 Small-scale Forestry International Symposium
In the past decades, there has been a marked shift in the nature of small-scale forestry. This symposium explores the evolving nature of small-scale forestry and the challenges and opportunities this evolution presents to sustainable rural development.
File Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2005 Tax Year
Here is some information to keep in mind when you prepare your Federal income tax return for the 2005 tax year. This discussion is necessarily brief, and you should consult other sources for a more comprehensive treatment of the issues. This information is current as of December 1, 2005, and supersedes Management Bulletin R8-MB 121.
File Southern Forestry GIS Conference Call for Papers Deadline Extended!
The 5th SOFOR GIS Conference will encompass topics related to the use of GIS and other geospatial technologies in forestry and natural resource management. We welcome contributions in the following areas, as well as related topics: Digital image processing, Environmental planning, Forest inventory/management, Forest production modeling, Geodatabase management, Geospatial technology, Landscape change, Landscape ecology, Socioeconomic analysis, Urban forestry, Wildlife/Fishery management and Water resources management
File Energy from Wood: Exploring the issues and impacts for North Carolina
This conference will: Present much of the known information about potential impacts and opportunities on North Carolina's forests from a wood biomass economy; Offer an opportunity for diverse stakeholders to explore issues surrounding woody biomass; and Prepare stakeholders for the future policy discussions surrounding the use of woody biomass for energy. Who Should Attend:The conference will be useful for policy makers, regulatory agency staff, industry (energy, foresters, forest landowners, manufacturing), scientists, environmental interests, and local or regional biomass energy users. Conference Goals: Review of the current opportunities and issues related to incorporating woody biomass in North Carolina's pending Renewable Portfolio Standard; Learn from successful users and efforts underway across the nation to deploy woody biomass energy or technologies; Explore the potential impacts (favorable or not) of increasing the use of woody biomass for energy in North Carolina and across the southern region; Explore the net effects on conventional air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions from increased use of wood-based fuels; Explore the potential for increased carbon dioxide sequestration by forests in North Carolina; Foster communication among potential users of biomass-energy and stakeholders of renewable energy in North Carolina
File 4th Latin American Congress on Agroforestry for Sustainable Animal Production
The Latin American Congress on Agroforestry for Sustainable Animal Production is the right opportunity for scientific and technological discussion among Latin-American specialists, as well as scientists from other continents, who work on the topics of agroforestry systems for sustainable animal production, an initiative that started in 1999 in Colombia, being continued in 2001, in Costa Rica, and in Mexico in 2004.
File 8th IUFRO Extension Working Party Symposium
This symposium will explore networks in Forestry Extension and different methods of knowledge transfer to end users through invited lectures, volunteered papers, posters, tours and discussions. Under the overall topic "Networks in Forestry Extension and Knowledge Transfer - Achievements, Emerging issues and Future Action" the presentations may refer to:- Creating and managing extension and knowledge transfer networks- Research approaches and results on forestry extension incl. evaluation - Processes for identifying future issues and developing appropriate programs - Forest owner education, information and training needs and preferences- Institutional developments and support schemes- Communication program achievements - And other topics related to the symposium theme
File Time to Register - 5th Natural Resources Extension Professionals Conference
Register today for this exciting conference by visiting the conference web site at http://www.ANREP2006.org and clicking on Registration. The web site includes the preliminary program schedule, speakers, and presentation titles. Registration also can be arranged by phone or mail by calling 800-538-2663. Register by April 1, 2006 for the early registration rate of $285. Non-ANREP members pay $25 more, so join ANREP first. ANREP membership information is available at http://anrep.org.
File Smallwood 2006 Moves East
Smallwood 2006 will provide current up-to-date information on woody biomass and small tree utilization and will foster peer-to-peer learning. Enormous quantities of biomass are being generated from thinning operations, land clearing, and hurricane disasters. These issues drive the need to create solutions for using low-value and waste wood. The conference will include an international slate of speakers, including researchers, material and equipment suppliers, manufacturers, and end-users. Smallwood 2006 will feature technical and poster presentations, discussions, and tabletop displays. The conference will also include tours on Thursday, May 18, in the surrounding Richmond area of mill sites, biomass energy facilities, and small forest products businesses, a state-of-the-art small log sawmill, and related forest products businesses. Topics include:Community Partnerships Forest Health Restoration Supply and Availability Harvesting Systems Processing and Manufacturing Markets for Products Energy from Woody Biomass Workforce Training
File Call for Abstracts - Challenges of Natural Resource Economics & Policy
The 2nd National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systems is planned for May 20-23, 2007 in New Orleans, LA. See below for full conference information and the call for abstracts.
File Forest Biomass Utilization Workshop May 14 - 25, 2007
Dr. Kurt Mackes at Colorado State University and Susan Gray from the Forest Service, Region 2 are offering an indepth workshop that will cover a wide but focused set of woody biomass utilization issues. Sponsored by the US Forest Service, the Colorado State Forest Service, and the CSU Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, the workshop is very timely and should be a good source of information for not only the Intermountain West but all forest land managers. Attached is the Workshop flyer.
File "Redcedar: Challenge or Opportunity?" Workshop
This workshop will be devoted to the management, utilization and marketing of the redcedar resource. The planning committee has been working diligently on arrangements, and it should be an outstanding meeting.
File Outreach Notice - S&PF Forest Legacy Program Manager, Region 8, GS-00460-12/13
The Cooperative Forestry Unit, S&PF, Region 8, Regional Office, will soon advertise the Forest Legacy Program Manager, Region 8, GS-0460-12/13 position. Please disseminate Outreach Notice and advise by filling out attached outreach response form and desire in receiving a copy of the Vacancy Announcement.
File Speak Up, Plan, and Protect - June 6, 2007
Catastophic storms and the urban forest
File The Michigan Working Forest Carbon Offset Program
Michigan has launched an interesting Pilot project to develop a protocol to allow private forest landowners to trade their carbon credits on the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX). Under this Pilot, the Delta Institute will serve as an aggregator (compiler/seller) of those credits. Attached is a brochure that describe the pilot effort.
File Bioenergy 2007
International Bioenergy Conference and Exhibition
File Family Forestry article from The New York Times
Contributed by Stephen Whitfield of NCWoodlands
File Arborist Certification Training offered
Five weekly classes beginning September 20, 2007 in Seffner, FL. Please see the attached file for more information.
File The 3rd annual conference of the Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach & Service Programs (ANROSP):Best Practices for Master Naturalist Programs & More
About the Annual Conference:This interactive conference provides a forum for coordinators, administrators, & managers of established & developing adult natural resource volunteer & education programs to exchange ideas, resources, & best practices for all aspects of program development, implementation, & evolution. Look for more details soon on the ANROSP web site at www.nralliance.org!
File NUFAC 2008 request for pre-proposals due date Extended
The 2008 request for pre-proposals for the U&CF NUCFACCCS grants has been extended to October 12, 2007. Attached is an electroniccopy of the RFP.
File Second Announcement and Call for Papers: "Fire in the Southwest: Integrating Fire into Management of Changing Ecosystems"
The Association for Fire Ecology (AFE), Geological Society of America, the University of Arizona, and Humboldt State University invite you to attend "Fire in the Southwest: Integrating Fire into Management of Changing Ecosystems" in Tucson, Arizona, January 28-31, 2008. The Fire in the Southwest conference offers some extraordinary benefits- outstanding speakers, FOUR fieldtrips, and the most sought-after wintertime location in the United States. Please note: the deadline for Abstract submission is October 19, 2007.
File Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2007 Tax Year
Linda Wang, Forest Service taxation specialist, has provided this handy two-page fact sheet for forest landowners.
File Second Announcement and Call for Papers for Small-scale Rural Forest Use and Management: Global Policies Versus Local Knowledge
Attached is the Second Announcement and Call for Papers for Small-scale Rural Forest Use and Management: Global Policies Versus Local Knowledge to be held in Gérardmer, France, 23-27 June 2008. Since the first announcement, the IUFRO Task Force on Traditional Forest Knowledge led by John Parrotta has joined as a co-organiser of the conference. The other groups involved are IUFRO 3.08 Small-scale Forestry, IUFRO 6.12 Analysis and evaluation of forest policies and programmes and the European Forest Institute.Deadline for abstracts to be submitted for the 1st Call for Papers is 15 November, 2007. Presentation slots are very limited and potential participants are strongly encouraged to submit abstracts in response to the first call to have the maximum chance of receiving one of the available slots. A second call will be made in January but abstracts for that call will only be accepted on a space available basis.The conference website has been established at http://www.uq.edu.au/forestry/index.html and will be progressively updated as new information becomes available.
File Working Paper: A Regional Comparison of Scholarship and Service in Cooperative Extension
In this study, U.S. Extension professionals were surveyed on their employment experiences and personal perceptions about scholarship and service. Please click on the link to view the paper.
File Southern Forest Futures Project Status Report
The Southern Forest Futures Project is closing out its organizing phase. We are laying out plans through discussions with our partners and have recruited team leaders for undertaking the analysis. We are beginning plans for a series of 15 public meetings to be held around the region in February and March 2008.
File "Economic Opportunitites in Forest Medicinal Plants and Mushrooms" Workshop Planned
Please click on the link for more information.
File Eastern Forest Environmental Threats Center Publishes Winter Newsletter
This issue includes a letter from the Center Director, an introduction to the new Southern Research Station Director, an article concerning carbon sequestration and other news from the Center.
File 4th Annual ANROSP Conference: Call for Presentations
Attached you will find the first call for presentations for the 2008 Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach and Service Programs annual meeting, September 9-11th, New Braunfels, Texas. This dynamic conference is for professionals who coordinate or administer training and volunteer programs in natural resource conservation, education, and outreach and for those interested in developing such a program. Enjoy a beautiful Texas Hill Country setting as you learn from a diverse range of programs, network with colleagues, and obtain valuable tools to enhance your existing program or develop anew one. ANROSP is a national alliance of adult natural resource education and stewardship programs, including Master Naturalists, Master Watershed Stewards, Coverts, Wildlife Stewards, Master Woodland Managers, and more. ANROSP facilitates networking and exchange of resources and information among coordinators of citizen-based environmental programs across the United States, helping create healthy ecosystems andcommunities through citizens who learn, teach, and practice natural resource stewardship. Details on the organization can be found at www.nralliance.org.
File Forest Utiliz. Committee Annual Meeting
The 2008 NAASF Forest Utilization Committee Meeting will be held in Blacksburg, VA June 2-5, 2008. Organizers have put together an agenda that should be interesting, fun and informative. For more information, please see the attached file.
File SREF Awards Announced
Athens, GA - Congratulations are in order to several Extension Specialists for recently receiving recognition in the annual Southern Regional Extension Forestry Awards Program. Overall, 21 winning Extension pieces were chosen from numerous entries from the Southern region. The attached document provides more information on the winning projects. A certificate has been provided to the recipients as well as letters of recognition.Links to these publications and websites will be available on the Southern Regional Extension Forestry website shortly. Please contact the Southern Regional Extension Forestry office if you would like more information about these outstanding educational products or the Awards Program.Congratulations again to everyone involved! Look for the 2008 nomination packet in your e-mail soon!
File Bradley/Murphy Trust Announces Grant Availability
The Bradley/Murphy Forestry and Natural Resources Extension Trust wishes to encourage, promote and develop through education and the free market system the stewardship of forest and related natural resources in the private sector. There are also grants available for postage to send invitations to landowners for educational events that involve consulting foresters and landowners.
File Timber Casualty Loss Tax Information
The attached casualty loss tax information from Linda Wang can be used to assist landowners, foresters, loggers and timber businesses who suffered timber property loss from fire, hurricane, tornado, earthquake and other storms affecting many states.
File 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry Announced
Make plans to be at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, 23-28 August 2009, Nairobi, Kenya. To view the conference brochure, please click on the link below.
File Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2008 Tax Year
Click below for the 2008 Timber Tax Tips from Linda Wang and John Greene for forest landowners, loggers, and timber businesses to assist in preparing their 2008 tax return.
File 31st Southeastern Recreation Research Conference Announcement & Call for Proposals
The 31st Southeastern Recreation Research Conference will be held in Athens, GA February 22 - 24, 2009. Please click on the file below to see the call for proposals for all the details. For the past 31 years research professionals, public land managers and students from diverse backgrounds have come together to address critical issues and share advancements in the art and science of delivering and sustaining recreation and other amenity services to the American public of the Southeast and throughout the nation. This conference offers a unique venue for learning and exchange of ideas and research findings regarding some of the most pressing recreation and public and management challenges of the region.
File American Forest Foundation 2008 Research Grant RFP Announced
The American Forest Foundation (AFF) is a 501c3 non-profit organization committed to creating a future where North American forests are sustained by a public that understands and values the social, economic, and environmental benefits that private family forests provide to our communities, our nation, and our world.The American Forest Foundation is launching a new research grants program that aims to fill gaps in our understanding of forest ecology, the socio-economic dimensions of forest ownership and management, and the impact of public policies on forest sustainability, with an emphasis on family forests. The findings of this grants program will help develop and advance policies that improve the sustainability of America's family forests. For details, please click on the file below.
File Georgia Forestry Commission 2008 Timber Estate Planning and Income Tax Conference
Education is the most powerful tool when it comes to fighting the frustration and fear of dealing with tax issues. As you encounteryour timber tax situations, let us help you. Our workshop has trained thousands of foresters, landowners, CPAs and logging professionals. Keeping up with current tax laws help protect your investment. Please click on the file below for more information about the conference.
File Southern Group of State Foresters Newsletter
To read "The Southern Perspective," the newsletter of the SGSF, please click on the link below.
File Endowment Announces Selection of Forest Investment Zones
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today announced the selection of three areas as "Forest Investment Zones" under a multi-million dollar initiative designed to advance healthy working forests and vibrant forest-reliant communities across America. Please see the link below for details.
File Endowment Releases Second Report on Conservation Easements
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities today released a report entitled, "Considerations for Creating a National Conservation Easement Database."The report is a follow-up to a meeting the Endowment hosted in early 2008 and a report, "Forest Conservation Easements: Whos Keeping Track?" that served to scope interest and the potential for a national database of conservation easements to enhance conservation and economic planning and investment. "We are very pleased to release information on this phase of work which we hope will ultimately lead to a truly comprehensive means to maintain and view conservation easements," said Endowment President Carlton Owen. "This is an iterative process, so we encourage comments or feedback on the report and its recommendations. Those should be directed to the Endowment at my attention, carlton@usendowment.org," he continued. Cooperators in the project included the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, USDA Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The Nature Conservancy, Land Trust Alliance, Ducks Unlimited and National Fish & Wildlife Foundation. The next phase of the project will be a Request for Proposals to determine the methods, costs and options for developing a national conservation easement database.
File IUFRO Conference Second Call for Papers
Below please find a file regarding the IUFRO International Symposium to be held in Nancy, France, June 21 - 24, 2009, "Change in Governance as Collective Learning Process: Management, Politics and Ethics in Forestry."
File 11th North American Agroforestry Conference Announced
The 11th North American Agroforestry Conference of the Association for Temperate Agroforestry (AFTA), "Agroforestry Comes of Age: Putting Science into Practice", will be held May 31-June 3, 2009 at the Stoney Creek Inn and Conference Center located in Columbia, Missouri. The conference will be hosted by the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry (UMCA) and the Association for Temperate Agroforestry (AFTA). Please visit the UMCA website www.centerforagroforestry.org for more information about the conference and field tours, and instructions to authors who have oral and poster presentation abstracts accepted for the conference. The conference registration form is located on the UMCA website. To see the flyer, please click on the link below.
File New Publication: Virginia Landowner's Guide to the Carbon Market
For the foreseeable future, the United States and other nations will continue to debate new policies on climate change. Currently, the CCX represents one opportunity for Virginians to enter the carbon market. Economics, new policies, and research will likely continue to evolve as the world seeks innovative, effective, and practical ways to better understand and manage climate change. Virginia landowners have an opportunity to receive payments for adopting practices that increase the carbon content of their soils and of their forests--all of which is good for business.
File "Bioenergy - Opportunities, Challenges, and Connections" Seminar Offered by Virginia Department of Forestry
Exploring Municipal Solid Waste & Wood for energy production in urban & exurban areas of Virginia's north.
File Marketing Your Forest Products Workshop - May 28, 2009 - Jasper Florida
Attached is an announcement for a landowner workshop being held by the Florida Division of Forestry in conjunction with the Hamilton County Extension Service to be held in Jasper on May 28, 2009. It will be held in the County Extension Office as shown on the map. A free meal is being furnished by Dow Agrichemicals and BASF for all participants that pre-register by May 25.
News Item Request for Proposals
National Web-Based Learning Center for Private Forest and Range Landowners wants your ideas!
News Item Regional Extension Forestry releases new website
Site contains information on current news, events, hot topics and a wealth of resource information for the natural resource educational professional.
News Item Washington Tree Farmers Bob & Lynette Falkner Named 2003 National Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year
The American Tree Farm System (ATFS), a program of the American Forest Foundation, named Bob and Lynette Falkner, of Raymond, Wash. as the 2003 National Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year.
News Item Virginia Tech offers Online Woodland Management Course
Virginia Tech, in cooperation with NC State University, will be offering the award-winning Woodland Options for Landowners online course this spring.
News Item ACF AND FLTC Sponsor Timber Tax Seminar for Congressional Staffers
Washington, D.C. On November 14, the Association of Consulting Foresters of America, Inc. was joined by the Forest Landowners Tax Council to sponsor a seminar for congressional staff entitled, the "Forest Tax Impact on Non-Industrial Forestland Owners."
News Item Healthy Forests Bill an Important First Step
The nation's largest professional forestry organization says that today's Congressional approval of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HR 1904) is a significant action in efforts to improve the health of both public and private forestlands.
News Item One year Utilization & Marketing Strategic Planning Project
USDA FS and Southern Group of State Foresters have begun a 12 month project focused upon developing a strategic action plan addressing the gap between availability of capacity and existing need for the utilization and marketing of southern timber resources.
News Item Distance Education: Achieving Sustainable Forest Management in the Southeast U.S.
This course will present a practical, applied view of the elements involved in meeting present and evolving requirements for achieving sustainable forest management (SFM) and forest certification in the Southeast.
News Item Bradley/Murphy Forestry & Natural Resources Extension Trust announces grant program
Two programs available for educational activities
News Item S.C. Tree Farmer of the Year
Denmark, South Carolina man transforms farmland into showplace of good forestry practices
News Item Sustainable Forestry and Biodiversity: 2003 Request for Proposals
The National Commission for Science on Sustainable Forestry (NCSSF) is soliciting Letters of Intent (Due February 2, 2004) for our annual competitive awards process.
News Item American Tree Farm System® Awards First Group Certification of Forestry Association
Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine (SWOAM) has been certified under a new group certification program developed by ATFS.
News Item Guidebook to Forest Management Certification Released by Pinchot Institute
The overall purpose of the guidebook is to inform private forest landowners about certification, to help them decide if it is a path worth pursuing, and to highlight the steps and considerations involved in the process of becoming certified.
News Item Estate Planning videos available
Two videos on estate planning are available from the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, on CD format. The contents of the videos are listed below.
News Item CSREES launches a new Agency Web Site
CSREES advances knowledge for agriculture, the environment, human health and well-being, and communities through national program leadership and federal assistance. Their new and improved website can be found at www.csrees.usda.gov.
News Item Virginia Tech forest products professor assists international research center
Tom Hammett of Blacksburg, associate professor of forest products marketing, is serving as the new scientific liaison officer to CIFOR.
News Item Next NAPFSC Newsletter Out in September
The NAPFSC Newsletter is now being produced in an electronic-only format.
News Item First National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration
FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
News Item Master Tree Farmer/Master Wildlifer Program Receive USDA Secretary of Agriculture Honor Award
The Master Tree Farmer/Master Wildlifer Program, the regional satellite video shortcourse was recently recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture.
News Item First World Congress on Agroforestry Well Attended
Close to 500 participants from over 80 countries attended the recent World Congress on Agroforestry in Orlando, Florida.
News Item Healthy Forest Initiative and Healthy Forest Restoration Act Update
The governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee was on hand to welcome Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman and other high-ranking officials to the National Forest Health Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas recently.
News Item TREESEARCH is now online
Announcing TREESEARCH, a new database that allows access to Forest Service research publications online.
News Item First Announcement & Call For Papers:
Ninth North American Agroforestry Conference -- 2005 "Moving Agroforestry into the Mainstream"
News Item The Working Forests in the Tropics: Policy and Market
Hosted by the University of Florida/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation, will be held at the University of Florida, J. Wayne Reitz Union in Gainesville, Florida.
News Item Foresters Testify in Support of Family Forests
The Society of American Foresters (SAF) testified today before the House Agriculture Committee in support of continuing the Forest Land Enhancement Program (FLEP), a program designed to help family forestland owners manage their forests.
News Item Request for Proposals for Developing and Implementing National Wood Manufacturing Industry Skills Standards
The USDA Forest Service Wood Education and Resource Center in Princeton, West Virginia is soliciting proposals from qualified organizations to assess the potential for developing and implementing National Wood Manufacturing Industry Skills Standards.
News Item A Study on Changing Industrial Forest Ownership
New study designed to document the extent, cause and potential implications of accelerated changes in forest industry ownership in the southern region from 2002-2004.
News Item Southern Roundtable Sustainable Forests' New Website Activated
Find links to the national Roundtable, information on Southern Roundtable Sustainable Forests' RFP, the final product of the Crosswalk project, and links to other sustainability related items.
News Item 1890 Agroforestry Consortium (1890 AFCO) Launched
A team of 1890 Land Grant professionals formed the 1890 Agroforestry Consortium at the 1st World Congress of Agroforestry in Orlando June 27-July 2, 2004.
News Item 2005 Human Factors in Wildfire Workshop
In April 1995, less than 12 months after 14 firefighters died on the South Canyon Fire in Colorado, the US Forest Service Technology & Development Center in Missoula, Montana USA hosted a "first-of-a-kind" gathering of diverse and incredibly talented folks to look at the "Human Factors in Wildland Firefighting".
News Item Manufacturing Competitiveness of the Forest Products Industry: Competing in Today’s Global Manufacturing and Consumer Marketplace
A critically important conference on manufacturing competitiveness of the North American forest products industry will be held Wednesday, November 3, through Friday noon, November 5, 2004 at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana.
News Item Secretary of Agriculture Veneman announces the availability of nearly $500 million in disaster assistance to restore farmland, forests.
Forests this year in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Puerto Rico all sustained damage from either hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan or Jeanne.
News Item Forest Service Announces National Strategy to Combat Invasive Species
October 28 -- The USDA Forest Service has unveiled a national strategy toprevent and control the threat of invasive species and non-native plants inthe United States.
News Item Forest Service Pledges Funding for FLEP
October 29 - In response to thousands of comments from landowners and members of forestry-related organizations, including SAF, the USDA Forest Service has agreed to release $5 million to fund the Forestland Enhancement Program (FLEP). Agency officials, however, have yet to specify a date when the funds would be released.
News Item Southern Forest Science: Past, Present, and Future
The USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station has recently released a compendium of works from the 2001 Southern Forest Science Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia.
News Item 2004-2005 Request for Proposals (RFP)
Learning Module Development for The National Learning Center for Private Forest and Range Landowners
News Item Pallet Phytosanitation
A New Web Site Titled Pallet Phytosanitation - Information for International Trade Has Recently Been Launched.
News Item Sustainable Forestry Partnership Expansion Conference
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
News Item Board-Certified Master Arborist (BCMA) Certification
International Society of Arboriculture Launches Advanced Arborist Certification -- On Track with Expanding Industry Career Path --
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