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ALTERNATIVE INCOME MARKETS & SALES ADVICE
COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, EVENTS
FOREST HISTORY MISCELLANEOUS
FORESTLAND FOR SALE OIL, GAS, MINERALS
FOREST MANAGEMENT & SILVICULTURE POLITICAL ISSUES & ACTIVITIES
INSECT & DISEASE INFORMATION TAXES
INSURANCE WILDLIFE
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Alternative Income

10/15/08  Selling Carbon Offsets
09/17/08  Trends in Nature-Based Outdoor Recreation
08/20/08  Dig This  - A Toy Story
08/20/08  Clean Water: What's it worth?
07/16/08  Recreation Access Fees and Quality Service
05/21/08  Carbon Offsets: Show Me The Money
05/21/08  The Ridge: Private ATV Trails & Camping
03/19/08  Life Style Changes Affect Outdoor Business
03/19/08  Natural Resource Enterprises
02/20/08  Longleaf Pine Straw
02/20/08  Longleaf Silvopasture
01/23/08  Cell Tower Leasing Advice
06/28/06  Gator Hunting is Big Game Opportunity
06/28/06  10,000,000 Forest Owners in U.S. Want Information After Storm or Fire
06/28/06  Can You Profit From a Clonal Pine Plantation?
05/17/06  Increase Current Income: CRP to Silvopasture
05/17/06  Wetlands Mitigation Banking: "New Found Money"
02/24/06  Pine Straw Biz
02/24/06  Conservation Easement + Development = Value Increase
01/18/06  Trails and Trail Systems on Private Land
09/21/05  Horse Trail Ride Business Potential Grows
08/17/05  Strength in Numbers Works in Hale County
06/15/05  Linden-Area Landowner Questions Credibility of Pulp Mill Proposal
02/16/05  ATV Club Provides Benefits for Landowner and Community
01/19/05  Family Manages Two Recreational Off-Road Trails
09/15/04  Starting a Sawmill Business from Scratch - A Success Story
06/16/04  ATV Trail Riding Club on Private Land in Lee County
06/16/04  Can You Hear Me Now?
03/17/04  Durhamtown Plantation: Family Entertainment
01/21/04  Agri-Tourism: Alternative Income Source
10/15/03  SynFuels: Is it Time?
09/17/03  Fun and Profit: Trails for Bikers & Hikers
03/19/03  Energywood Produces Commercial Power in Florida
03/19/03  Portable Wood Fueled Power Plant Tested in West
02/19/03  Ecotourism translation: new source of income
07/18/02  Water Quality Trading Rights...Income Opportunity
04/24/02  Investment Secrets Revealed in Soil Maps

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Computers & Software

09/17/08  GPS Units Continue to Improve
06/18/08  High-End GIS "Software as a Service"
03/19/08  Yahoo Web Page Building for Beginners
01/23/08  Maps Made Simple!
09/19/07  Wow! What a View!
06/27/07  New Mapping and Aerial Imagery Product for Forest Owners
06/28/06  Forest Management Easier Thanks to Computer Technology
08/17/05  Highly Rated Computer Mapping Software is Free!
03/16/05  Competing In the 21st Century
11/17/04  3D Digital Aerial Imagery: A Whole New Dimension
10/20/04  How to Get Aerial Photos of Your Property
09/15/04  Marketing Approach Lowers Cost of Aerial Imagery
02/19/03  GPS and Digital Grove Mapping
05/15/02  Landowner Uses for Affordable GPS
06/20/01  ForestHawk 2.0: On Line Management System
06/20/01  Is There a PDA in Your Future?
02/21/01  Software for Forest Owners

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Forest History

09/17/08  Remembering Forestry & Forests with Photos
08/15/07  Genetically Modified Forests

07/18/07  Forest Management Before Columbus
07/18/07  Alabama's Medicinal Plants: Historical Perspective
02/18/04  Historical Perspective on Forestry

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Forestland for Sale

01/19/05  Forest Land for Sale
07/21/04  Forest & Farmland For Sale
03/21/01  Forestland For Sale in Bibb County
02/21/01  Forestland for Sale
01/17/01  Forestland for Sale in Perry & Lowndes Counties
11/15/00  Forestland for Sale
09/20/00  Forestland for Sale
08/24/00  Forestland for Sale
07/27/00  Forestland for Sale

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Forest Management & Silviculture

09/17/08  Sweetgum is Not a Weed
08/20/08  Timber Inventory -- Why?
08/20/08  Stoddard-Neel Approach
08/20/08  Uneven- versus Even-Aged Management
07/16/08  Marked Thinning Best
06/18/08  Soils Maps with Assist from Forest*A*Syst
05/21/08  Woody Plant Seed Manual
03/19/08  Hardwood Corridor Thinning
03/19/08  14 Reasons Why Bareroot Loblolly Seedlings Die
02/20/08  What Does a Quality Tree Look Like?
02/20/08  Longleaf Silvopasture
02/20/08  Longleaf Pine Straw
01/23/08  Herbicides:  Falling Prices
01/23/08  Maps Made Simple!
09/19/07  Growing Quality Hardwoods
09/19/07  Best Management Practices Guide
08/15/07  Upland Oak Regeneration
07/18/07  Restricted Use Pesticides: License Requirements
06/27/07  When Planting Loblolly Pine Seedlings, Timing is Almost Everything
09/20/06  Current "Katrina" Assistance Programs
09/20/06  Alabama Timber Industry Assessment
06/28/06  Effects of Prescribed Burning on Soil Quality
06/28/06  Tree plantings Drop Throughout the South
05/17/06  Landowner Assistance Programs: State & Federal
03/15/06  Unintended Consequences
02/24/06  Hurricanes Damage Different Trees Differently
02/24/06  Alternatives to Intensive Forest Management
01/18/06  Producing Fully Stocked, High Value Hardwood Stands
01/18/06  “TIMBER!” What Women Need to Know
01/18/06  Packaging the Perfect Forester
10/19/05  Work with Your Neighbors to Kill Cogongrass
10/19/05  Edge Effect: The Land Between
10/19/05  Build Your Cabin in the Woods
09/21/05  Good Road Design Saves Money
09/21/05  How Much Timber is on Your Land?
08/17/05  You Control Wood Quality
08/17/05  Funds Available for CRP Mid-Rotation Forest Management
07/20/05  So, Who Works for YOU?
07/20/05  Practical Ideas on How to Kill Weeds and Brush in Your Timber Stand
07/20/05  Alabama Tree Planting Contractor Not in the News
06/15/05  Pine Plantation Thinning Crew
06/15/05  Hardwood or Longleaf Pine Management Consulting Fee Paid
06/15/05  Dressing Up the Front "40"
06/15/05  How to Value Land
05/18/05  Herbicide Use Equals Higher Financial Returns
05/18/05  Rancher's Range Burning "Chore" Sparks a New Venture
05/18/05  Tools to Support Burn Tourism
03/16/05  Oak Regeneration: Another Perspective
02/16/05  The Right Saw for the Job
02/16/05  Do-It-Yourself Timber Cruise
01/19/05  An Introduction to Agroforestry
11/17/04  Avoid Chainsaw Massacre: Pulpwood Marking Versus Operator-Select
09/15/04  Forest Management: Fourth Edition
09/15/04  Forestland Fertilization: A Primer 
08/18/04  Wood Quality Measurements Improve Value Estimates
08/18/04  Timber Volumes and Tree Measurements
08/18/04  Simple Concept, Complex Science
08/18/04  Reforestation Contracts and Considerations
07/21/04  Pre-commercial Thinning Worth the Cost
07/21/04  Renting Farmland: Some Cautions and Advice
07/21/04  Agricultural Biomass Company Fueling the Way
06/16/04  Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
01/21/04  Forest Products and Technological Improvements
03/17/04  Timely Forest Management Tips
06/16/04  Forest Fertilization Pays Big Dividends
11/20/03  Planting Pine Trees: Still a Good Idea.
11/20/03  Timber Trespass: Prevention & Recovery
10/15/03  Trends and Opportunities for Rural Land Use
10/15/03  ORV Riders Seek Land
09/17/03  Cleaning Urban Runoff: A Forest Product Worthy of Payment
09/17/03  Prescribed Burning Short Course: October 14-17, Starkville, Mississippi
08/20/03  Another New Pinestraw Buyer for Alabama
06/18/03  Wanted: Pinestraw
05/21/03  Reality Check
05/21/03  Precommercial Thinning of Planted Pine -- Is it Worth it?
05/21/03  Increasing Species Diversity with Growing Season Fire
05/21/03  Why would a forest owner need a survey?
04/23/03  Alternatives to Clear-cut and Plant
04/23/03  A Written Forest Management Plan
03/19/03  As Ye Sow So Shall Ye Reap
03/19/03  "May I Introduce You to..."
03/19/03  Growing & Using Medicinal herbs
03/19/03  Forest Biotechnology: a new horizon
03/19/03  A Unique Perspective
02/19/03  Improving Our Liquid Assets
02/19/03  Quality vs. Quantity
01/15/03  Timberland Decisions Support System
11/20/02  Online Forestry Encyclopedia for Northeast Alabama
11/20/02  The Bugwood Network
09/18/02  Management of Existing Hardwood Stands
09/18/02  Extending the Knowledge of the University: Mississippi's Better Farming Radio
09/18/02  Pine-Grasslands Restoration: Why & How
08/21/02  Regenerating Upland Hardwoods
08/21/02  Improving Existing Stands of Trees (Timber Stand Improvement)
08/21/02  Cost-Share Funds Go Unused for Timber Stand Improvement
08/21/02  America's Fires
07/18/02  Forest Fires & Forest Management
07/18/02  Turn Your Trees Into Lumber
06/19/02  Poultry Litter as Forest Fertilizer
06/19/02  Pruning Pines Improves Quality
06/19/02  Forest Research: How does it help us?
06/19/02  Older is Better
06/19/02  Trees are the Answer
05/15/02  Silvopasture: Cattle & Trees Working Together
04/24/02  Alabama Prescribed Burning Act Designed to Encourage Use of Fire
04/24/02  Nontimber Forest Products in the United States
03/20/02  What Makes You Do That?
02/20/02  Alabama Forest Survey: Significant Growth
02/20/02  Forest Sustainability: The History, The Challenge, The Promise
01/16/02  Spacing of Planted Trees Controls Income
01/16/02  New Handbook on Forest Road Construction
01/16/02  Preventing Timber Theft
11/14/01  "Practical" Gifts for the Forest Owner
10/17/01  Lessons of the Past - Challenges for the Future
08/15/01  Improve Hardwood Planting Success
08/15/01  Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
07/18/01  Big Oaks From Little Oaks Grow. Remember that!
07/18/01  Reduce Risks Through Management Diversity & Selection System
07/18/01  Farmers Improve Water Quality with Forest Filters (by cutting trees)
06/20/01  Operator Select: Consulting Forester Uses Specialized Logger
06/20/01  Hardwood Growers How-to Book
05/16/01  Room to Grow: An Invisible Resource
05/16/01  Leaves Grow Trees Resources Grow Leaves
05/16/01  Prescribed Burning Course on the Web
05/16/01  Find Forestry Publications Fast
05/16/01  Control Begins With Early and Accurate Detection
04/13/01  How Much Does It Cost to: Plant Trees, Cruise Timber, & Prescribe Burn...
04/13/01  In the springtime, a young man's fancy turns to... Killing Kudzu!
04/13/01  Rising CO2 & Global Temperatures
04/13/01  Free Market Environmentalism - Revised Edition
02/21/01  Forestry Correspondence Course
02/21/01  Research on Planted Longleaf Survival
11/15/00  Crop Tree Release Improves Hardwood Quality
10/18/00  Restoration Forestry
10/18/00  Preparing to Plant (restoration forestry?)
10/18/00  The BIG Picture
09/20/00  Natural Regeneration? Great idea, but it takes planning
08/24/00  Are My Pine Trees Ready to Thin?
08/24/00  Techniques for Longleaf Planting Success
07/27/00  Tree Seedling Availability and Nurseries


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Insect & Disease Information

09/19/07  Pine Root Rot on Sandy Soils
08/16/06  Southern Pine Beetle Update (the good, the bad, and the "bugly")
11/17/04  Sudden Oak Death: Should We Be Concerned?
05/15/02  Southern Pine Beetle Threat Can Be Reduced
03/21/01  Southern Pine Beetle & Oak Mortality in Alabama
09/20/00  Research May Lead to Southern Pine Beetle Control
07/27/00  Southern Pine Beetle Epidemic: what to do

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Insurance

08/15/07  Hunting Land Insurance
07/18/07  Preventing Hunting Accident Claims
03/16/05  Standing Timber Casualty Insurance: A Primer
10/20/04  Timber Casualty Loss Insurance is (and has been) Available
08/18/04  Preventing Accidents and Avoiding Liability
04/24/02  Vacant Land Liability Insurance
02/20/02  Timber Insurance Available in Alabama
11/14/01  Insurance Requirements Protect Timber Sellers
08/24/00  Seeking Peace of Mind During Hurricane Season

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Legal

10/15/08  Old Cemeteries & Obligations
07/16/08  Your IRA & Forestland Investment
05/21/08  Refocusing Forestry Law Enforcement in Alabama
01/23/08  Cell Tower Leasing Advice
09/20/06  Timber Theft/Trespass Laws
08/16/06  LLPs, LLCs, FLPs: Business Models For What?
03/15/06  Oregon Supreme Court Supports Property Rights
10/19/05  Settle Timber Sale Disputes Through Arbitration
08/18/04  Court Rules in Favor of Property Rights
03/17/04  The Importance of Having a Written Will
10/15/03  "Well, there you go again!"
01/15/03  "What Is A Wetland?" asks EPA
01/15/03  LandGuard: Legal Protection From Regulations
11/20/02  Protection From Lawsuits
01/17/01  U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Landowners
01/17/01  Landmark victory For Property Rights in Oregon
11/15/00  Legal Aspects of Owning and Managing Woodlands


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Markets & Sales Advice

09/17/08  Forest Resource Report 2007
09/17/08  Timber Market Report
08/20/08  Underlying Market Strong
08/20/08  Tree Farm Endorsed by PEFC
08/20/08  Marketing Agritourism
07/16/08  Recreation Premium
06/18/08  Gainesville to Build Biomass Fired Power Plant
05/21/08  Farm & Forest Land Values and Cash Rents
05/21/08  Add Value: Hire a Consulting Forester
03/19/08  Timber Market Report
01/23/08  Timber Market Report
09/19/07  Timber Market Report
08/15/07  Timber Market Report
07/18/07  Timber Market Report
07/18/07  Who are the Sellers and Buyers of Timberland?
07/18/07  Carbon Growers Update
06/27/07  Timber Market Report
06/27/07  The Role of Wood as a Biofuel
08/16/06  Hardwood Log Exports Good For Timber Growers
08/16/06  Wood Pellet Industry
08/16/06  Market Update
06/28/06  Timber Market Update
05/17/06  Alabama Timber Market Report
05/17/06  Setting Up The Books
02/24/06  Alabama Pine Timber Prices Up in Fourth Quarter 2005
02/24/06  Some see a glass half empty; some see a glass half full
10/19/05  Timber Market Report
10/19/05  Timber Buyer List Pays for Itself
09/21/05  Rebuilding Gulf Coast May Push Up Sawtimber Prices
07/20/05  $3 Million Forestry Damage From Dennis
06/15/05  International Markets: An Update
06/15/05  Small Sawmill Successfully Teams With EBay
05/18/05  "Heretical" Forest Economist Busts an Investment Doctrine
03/16/05  Big Land Sales Suggest Future Declines in Timber Supply AND Demand
02/16/05  Aging Pulp Industry Affects Our Future
02/16/05  Set the Free-Market Free!
01/19/05  Looking Beyond Today
01/19/05  Currency Fluctuations and Timber Markets
01/19/05  Hurricane Ivan Timber Salvage Update
09/15/04  Low-Cost Imported Lumber Impacts U.S. Timber Prices
08/18/04  Timber Mart-South Market Report
06/16/04  Imported Pulp: A Growing Option for Alabama Paper Mills
03/17/04  Alabama Stumpage Market Report
11/20/03  If You Grow It, They Will Come.
01/21/04  Make the Most of Your Timber Sale
01/21/04  Softwood Competition in the Global Economy
09/17/03  "Timber Prices Are Up, Especially Hardwood."
08/20/03  Stumpage Market Report
08/20/03  Survey of Forestry Expenses Aids Cash Flow Planning
06/18/03  Market Report
05/21/03  Eco-Nomics: What Everyone Should Know About Economics and the Environment
04/23/03  Stumpage Market Report
04/23/03  Carbon Offset Markets: Fiction or Fact
04/23/03  Selling the Carbon on Your Land
03/19/03  Stumpage Market Report
02/19/03  Non-timber Values Moving Small Acreage Prices
02/19/03  Stumpage Market Report
01/15/03  Management Reminders & Stumpage Market Report
11/20/02  Financial Analysis: Pulpwood Unimportant
11/20/02  Stumpage Market Report
11/20/02  The End of Agriculture in the American Portfolio
09/18/02  Stumpage Market Report: "Everything is good...except for pine and pulpwood."
08/21/02  Stumpage Markets: Any Light at the End of the Tunnel?
07/18/02  Long Range Stumpage Market Outlook
07/18/02  Cypress & Cedar: A Specialty Market
07/18/02  Low Interest Rates Bring Opportunities
06/19/02  Lumber Sales Predict Stumpage Markets
05/15/02  Alabama Stumpage Markets
04/24/02  Current Prices Have Improved Over Past 12 Months...except for pine pulpwood
03/20/02  Stumpage Markets: A Central Alabama Perspective
02/20/02  Stumpage Markets Surprisingly Good...except for pine pulpwood
01/16/02  Enviro Attack on Treated Lumber Harms Our Timber Market, But...is it safe?
11/14/01  ForestExpress, Doorway to Timber Markets
11/14/01  Timber Markets: Emphasis Hardwoods
11/14/01  Southern Forest Resource Assessment
10/17/01  A Cut Above - Auburn's Logger Education Program
10/17/01  Timber Markets: the good, the bad, and the ugly
08/15/01  Forestland and Timber Volumes UP Since 1990
08/15/01  Abundant Timber Supply Holds Down Prices
08/15/01  A Good Time to Buy
07/18/01  Selling Damaged Timber
07/18/01  Timber Market Report: Only Sell If Absolutely Necessary
07/18/01  Green Certification and Future of Family Forests
06/20/01  Strong Timber Market Recovery Predicted
05/16/01  Stumpage Markets: Current Situation
04/13/01  Who's on first? Union Camp, Hammermill & Champion are IP.  Scott is K-C is gone.  K-C is Alliance is Bowater. MacMillan-Bloedel is Weyerhaeuser.
04/13/01  Stumpage Markets: A Timber Seller's Perspective
03/21/01  Stumpage Market Outlook
02/21/01  Timber Market Report
01/17/01  Take Control of Your Next Timber Sale
01/17/01  Glut of Canadian Lumber May Soon Harm Alabama Forest Owners
11/15/00  Forest Industry Investments & Future Stumpage Markets
10/18/00  Sell Timber Lump Sum, Sealed Bid
10/18/00  "Good forest management practices, not tax law, should determine the type of timber sale contract."
10/18/00  Stumpage Markets
09/20/00  Rural Land Prices - a historic perspective
09/20/00  Stumpage Markets
09/20/00  Selling Pine Straw in Alabama
08/24/00  Southern Pine Lumber Market
07/27/00  Timber Markets -- interest rates, drought, beetles, mergers...

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Meetings, Conferences, Events

02/20/08  What Does a Quality Tree Look Like?
02/20/08  Woodland Options for Small Landowners
08/15/07  Forest Facts: New AFOA Feature
06/27/07  The ForestConnect 2007 Forestry Internet Seminar Series
09/20/06  Meet Tree Farmers From All Across America
08/16/06  4-H Team Needs Volunteers
03/15/06  The Business of Montgomery
05/18/05  New 4-H Curriculum Promotes Forest Appreciation in Kids
03/16/05  Motivating the Next Generation
01/19/05  Progressive Farmer Farm Safety Day Camp Featured at AFOA Meeting
11/17/04  Natural Resource Education Online
10/20/04  Invitation to Join Leadership Development Program
06/16/04  Can You Hear Me Now?
02/18/04  Basic Education Courses for Forest Owners -- in Mississippi
02/18/04  Forestry and Estate Taxation
02/18/04  Forestweb.com: Focused News for the Forestry Community
02/18/04  Positive Impact Forestry - A New Book
02/18/04  Forestry Tours Provide Exotic Opportunities for Landowners
01/21/04  Master Tree Farmer is Coming to Town
10/15/03  Popular Tax Classes on Horizon
03/20/02  Forest Management Short Courses
02/20/02  Forest Management Tour
02/20/02  Alabama Pine Straw Market & Demonstration
01/16/02  Master Tree Farmer Seminars Begin in February
11/14/01  Woodland Options for Landowners: Web-Based Training
04/13/01  AFOA's 20th Annual Meeting is Hot Topic
03/21/01  International Conference on Private Forestry
02/21/01  Adverse Possession and Trespass Issues
07/27/00  Longleaf Alliance Annual Conference

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Miscellaneous

10/15/08  Bio Mass Harvesting Research
10/15/08  Adapting the Farm Tractor for Logging
10/15/08  What is NAFO?
07/16/08  Preparation is 90% of the Work
02/20/08  George F Will: Thoughts on Biofuels
01/23/08  Passing On Your Heritage
01/23/08  Drought Threatens Mill
01/23/08  Prescribed Fire Advocate
09/19/07  Prescribed Burning Services
08/15/07  What Every Landowner Should Know About Easements
09/20/06  Family Business Options
09/20/06  Quality Food Plots - A New Book
03/15/06  A Wood Collector's Guide
03/15/06  The Phenomenon of Timberland Ownership Changes
02/24/06  To Reach Offspring, Speak to their Pocketbook!
01/18/06  Extreme Family Legacies
01/18/06  Network Innovations, Backlashes, and Solutions
09/21/05  Protect Your Woodland Home from Fire
08/17/05  Successful Family Meetings
11/17/04  Creating a Positive Family Legacy
10/20/04  Survey: Lack of Offspring Interest Drives Disposal of Family Lands
07/21/04  Mississippi Steps Out With "First-Ever State-Sponsored" Forest Inventory
07/21/04  Landowner Cannot Build with Home-Grown Lumber
03/17/04  Survey Reveals Our Interests
11/20/03  Christmas Gift for Your Car or Truck
11/20/03  Gift That Will Last a Lifetime
08/20/03  Succession: How to Plan and Manage the Process - a live interactive audio conference -- September 10
04/23/03  Making Sibling Teams Work: The Next Generation
04/24/02  The World Turned Upside Down
03/20/02  Play Serious "What if" Games with Alabama Forest Inventory Data
07/18/01  Coming out of the Woods: The Solitary Life of a Maverick Naturalist
11/15/00  Forestry News in the "Popular Press"
10/18/00  It IS that time of year...

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Oil, Gas, Minerals

07/16/08  Oil & Gas Exploration Update
06/27/07  Getting the Best Deal on Your Oil and Gas Lease
03/16/05  Oil & Gas in Alabama: Past and Present
10/15/03  Oil & Gas Lease Self-Help Group
02/19/03  Oil & Gas Play in West Central Alabama
03/20/02  Preparing for Oil & Gas Exploration on Your Land
11/15/00  Reduce Timber Losses When Mining Coal

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Political Issues & Activities

10/15/08  Make a Difference: Vote on November 4
10/15/08  Sound Fiscal Policy: Personal & Public
09/17/08  A Natural Resource is a Terrible Thing to Waste
07/16/08  Climate & The Prudent Forestland Investor
06/18/08  Cap & Trade -- What is it?
06/18/08  Prescribed Fire Threatened by Polar Bear ESA Listing?
02/20/08  George F Will: Thoughts on Biofuels
02/20/08  Taking Forest Landowners' Concerns to Washington
01/23/08  Economic Freedom and Forests
09/19/07  Water and Energy Bills Update
06/27/07  The Future of U.S. Energy Policy: Are We Heading in the Right Direction?
08/16/06  Redirection at Alabama Forestry Commission
05/17/06  Elected Officials & You: How To Be Heard
03/15/06  Coosa County Now Requires Logging Permits
10/19/05  Biomass: High Cost Energy Solution
09/21/05  Washington State Takes Timber and Doesn't Pay
08/17/05  Energy Bill - Another Example of Hand-outs and Subsidies...ho hum
08/17/05  Bowater Creates Problems for All Landowners
07/20/05  Attention Alabama Lawmakers: Suggestions for Effective Eminent Domain Legislation
07/20/05  ESA Reform On Hold. Now What?
06/15/05  The Endangered Species Act: Update and Strengthen
05/18/05  More at Risk Than the Bottom Line
05/18/05  No Funded OR Unfunded Mandate
02/16/05  No More Excuses
02/16/05  Farm Subsidy Interests Reap More Than They Sow
10/20/04  Jeffco Trees & Forests Worth $248 Million Per Year
09/15/04  Focusing Research on Needs of Forest Owners
07/21/04  Carbon Sequestration Registry in Alabama's Future?
06/16/04  Recreation Fees: The Fifth Question
03/17/04  Atlanta, Alabama, & Florida Water Wars: Who Owns the Water?
03/17/04  Roads, Schools, Jobs --- and Stability
02/18/04  Wetlands Rule Needs Landowner Influence: Please Help
01/21/04  Free Markets, Free People
01/21/04  State Belt Tightening May Squeeze Forestry and Wildlife Agencies
10/15/03  Eminent Domain: National Perspective
09/17/03  Smart Growth or No Growth?
09/17/03  Bio What? An Energy Bill Update
08/20/03  BE SURE TO VOTE ON SEPTEMBER 9!
08/20/03  Cut High Property Taxes with Conservation Easements?
08/20/03  Eminent Domain: Revenue Enhancement or Theft?
05/21/03  Federal Invasive Species Program
04/23/03  Alabama Legislative Report
02/19/03  Municipal & County Ordinances
11/20/02  S. 990 - Son of CARA Returns!
09/18/02  Enhance Your Voting Power
09/18/02  Energy Bill Prejudiced Against Forest Owners
08/21/02  If You Own Bottomlands, Welcome to Save Our Lake
07/18/02  Forest Property Taxes Excessive
05/15/02  Senate's Energy Bill May Create Market for Low Quality Wood
05/15/02  This Is Your Invitation: Forest Landowners Washington Fly-In June 19 & 20
05/15/02  How Will the Newly Signed Farm Bill Affect Forest Owners?
03/20/02  A Political Action Committee for Forestry Interests
10/17/01  Forests in The Farm Bill
10/17/01  Washington Resource Report: a new service for forest owners
08/15/01  Forest Legacy for Alabama: Do We Need It?
05/16/01  TreeKeepers.org Fights Eco-Extortion
03/21/01  Current Legislation in Montgomery
01/17/01  Alabama Commission on Environmental Initiatives: What's in store for forest owners?
11/15/00  "Business Owners Show Muscle at Polls"
10/18/00  Fix the Trust, Then the Bridges
09/20/00  Judicial Races Important to Forest Owners
08/24/00  Lowe's to "squeez[e] 'non-compliant' suppliers" of forest products
07/27/00  Co-Author of Facts, Not Fear -- a parent's guide...
07/27/00  National Monument: a local problem for landowners

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Taxes

10/15/08  $25,000  Write-off for SUV - More for Pickups
07/16/08  Estate Planning -- It's not too late
06/18/08  Property Tax Lawsuit
05/21/08  After the Tornado: claiming a timber casualty loss
03/19/08  Tax Deferred Property Exchanges Made Easy
03/19/08  Income Tax Updates
02/20/08  It's That "Taxing" Time on Year Again!
09/19/07  Save With Current-use Assessment
08/15/07  Drought-Related Losses: Can You Get Tax Relief?
08/15/07  Essentials of Tax Basis
08/16/06  Giving Away Farm Equipment
03/15/06  Income Averaging for Average Incomes
01/18/06  Timely Tax Tips
09/21/05  Have Hurricane Damage? Read IRS Casualty Loss FAQs
07/20/05  Hurricanes and Your Taxes (Revisited)
05/18/05  Residential Development a Revenue Generator? Think Again!
03/16/05  Trade Land to Defer Taxes
03/16/05  Estate Planning Tips
02/16/05  That Taxing Time of Year - Literally!
11/17/04  Income and Estate Tax Reform: The Possibilities
10/20/04  Tax Deduction Available for Casualty Losses
10/20/04  Improvements in Capital Gains & Expensing to Become Law
06/16/04  Forest Fertilization Now Deductible
11/20/03  Taxes, Tariffs and Tree Planting
09/17/03  Property Tax Incentives Common in U.S.
06/18/03  Federal Tax Cuts Benefit Forest Owners
06/18/03  Land and Ownership Changes if Tax Package Becomes Law
06/18/03  State Government & Personal Income: How do we rank?
06/18/03  Property & Income Tax Exemptions: Present & Proposed
06/18/03  Current-Use Assessment: On path of self-destruction
05/21/03  Property Taxes & the Billion Dollar Riley Plan
04/23/03  Expensing Tree Planting Costs: Reforestation Tax Act & Passive Loss Rules
01/15/03  Keep Timber & Land with Estate Plan
11/20/02  Federal Timber Tax Reform & The New 108th Congress
06/19/02  Judge Quashes Tax Advantages for Limited Liability Entities
05/15/02  Early Expensing of Pruning Costs on Silvopasture Is Possibility
03/20/02  Allocating Stepped Up Basis
02/20/02  Tax Cuts on the Web
01/16/02  Home Rule -- What does it mean to the forest owners?
01/16/02  Estate Planning
10/17/01  Conservation Easements: a practical perspective
08/15/01  Tax Implications of Recreational Properties
07/18/01  Conservation Easements: Book & Workshops
06/20/01  Increase Loss Deductions with "Block" Method
06/20/01  State Tax Credit Goal to Clean Water
04/13/01  Constitution Rewrite Aim is to Boost Taxes
03/21/01  Forest Landowners Guide to the Federal Income Tax Ag Handbook #718
02/21/01  Federal Issues: Death Tax Not Dead Yet
01/17/01  1099s Are Arriving from 2000 Cost Share Payments
11/15/00  Tax Help for Forest Owners
10/18/00  Forestland Property Taxes to Rise in 2001
08/24/00  IRS Ruling Allows Casualty Loss Deductions
07/27/00  Estate Tax Repeal: can we stop the veto?
07/27/00  Taxes & the Drought

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Wildlife

09/17/08  New Chestnuts and Pears for Wildlife
06/18/08  Native Food Plots
05/21/08  Fish Ponds: all you'll ever want to know
02/20/08  What You Need to Know About Deer Feeders
07/18/07  Marketing Techniques for Leasing Hunting Land
06/27/07  Hunting on Your Own Land: License Requirements
09/20/06  Hunting Camp Journal
06/28/06  Plan for Providing Ideal Turkey Poult Habitat
05/17/06  Applying Herbicides Creatively Diversifies Habitat
02/24/06  Feral Hogs: A problem or an opportunity?
01/18/06  Seasonal Game Food Plots
10/19/05  Hunting Land: Lease Prices & Practices
09/21/05  Understory Restoration Improves Wildlife Habitat
08/17/05  Timely Wildlife Tips
07/20/05  Shooting Over a Baited Field: What's the Issue?
11/17/04  Hurricane Ivan Forces Hunting Changes This Winter
10/20/04  Prescribed Burning Improves Turkey Habitat
09/15/04  Predator Control Improves Quail Populations
08/18/04  Harvest Record Keeping Supports Lease Value
07/21/04  Alabama Wildlife Series Basis of Wildlife Conservation Strategy
06/16/04  Timely Tips for Game Food Plots
03/17/04  Improving Duck Hunting in West Alabama
02/18/04  Safe Harbor Program and the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
01/21/04  Enhancing Non-game Wildlife Habitat on Your Land
11/20/03  Early Quail Release a Success
11/20/03  Improve Wildlife Habitat with BIG Oak Seedlings
09/17/03  Protect Yourself: Develop a Sound Hunting Lease
08/20/03  Many Hunting Leases Priced Below Market Potential
06/18/03  Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests: A Field Guide for Identification and Control
05/21/03  Conservation Banks
01/15/03  Alabama Quail Trail
01/15/03  North Alabama Birding Trail
01/15/03  Are Beavers Drowning Your Trees?
11/20/02  Master Wildlifer
09/18/02  Protecting Alabama's Deer Herd from Chronic Wasting Disease
09/18/02  On Becoming an Outdoors Woman
08/21/02  A Successful Method to Lease Hunting Land
08/21/02  The Management Advantage
07/18/02  Farming Found More Detrimental to Birds Than Timber Harvesting
06/19/02  Forest Structure Affects Wildlife
04/24/02  Deer Hunting With Dogs: A Problem of Trespass
04/24/02  Wild Game Cook-Offs
03/20/02  Deer Hunting With Dogs
02/20/02  Hunting Lodge Business
01/16/02  Quail Hunters and Landowners Share Interests
11/14/01  Wildlife Trends - A New Resource
11/14/01  Plant Trees Now for Wildlife
10/17/01  Protect Yourself When Leasing Hunting Rights
06/20/01  Managing for Quail
05/16/01  Quality Whitetails: The Why and How of Quality Deer Management
03/21/01  Is There a High Fence In Your Future?
03/21/01  Quality Deer Management as State or County Policy: Better Hunting & Better Leasing
02/21/01  Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses
01/17/01  Bobwhite Quail & Fire
11/15/00  Improve Hunting Success by Fertilizing Native Plants
09/20/00  Pine Beetle Prevention & Wildlife Habitat Improvement
09/20/00  A Quality Deer Herd can: improve the hunting experience improve landowner lease income
07/27/00  Game Census Improves Lease Prices

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