Forest Facts and Information
These firms and organizations
are involved in growing, producing, manufacturing, selling, and
promoting timber and forest products, primarily in the Southern
Pine Belt. To reach their corporate or institutional websites,
click the links below
.
The National Timber Tax Website is a comprehensive resource on the tax treatment of timber, developed to be used by timberland owners, accountants, attorneys, consulting foresters, and other professionals who work closely with timberland owners. www.timbertax.org
American Forest and Paper
Association - www.afandpa.org
Headquartered in Washington, DC, AF&PA membership
consists of corporate forest landowners and forest
products manufacturers in North America. Major activities
include implementation of the industry-wide Sustainable
Forestry Initiative promoting forest management and
harvest to maintain supplies of timber, wildlife, water,
and ecological resources; lobbying for protection of
forest and manufacturing operations; promotion of
research and technology, and other issues concerning the
industry.
Southern Forest Products
Association - www.sfpa.org
Headquartered in Kenner, Louisiana, a New Orleans suburb,
SFPA is primarily a promotional organization for
development and sale of Southern Yellow Pine lumber and
wood products for domestic and export markets. Major
events include sponsorship of EXPO, a biennial forest
equipment exhibition in Atlanta.
National Association of
Conservation Districts - www.nacdnet.org Headquarters, Washington, DC, and League City,
Texas, NACD sponsors and supports a variety of
community-based projects for economic and environmental
improvement. The Association lobbies nationally and
locally on behalf of forestry and agriculture. Various
periodical and special publications from NACD, P.O. Box
855, League City TX 77574-0855, or NACD, 509 Capitol
Court NE, Washington DC 20002-4946, phone 202-547-6223;
email Laura-McNichol@nacdet.org.
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) - www.epa.gov National regulatory agency is currently
promulgating new rules affecting forestry and agriculture
under national Clean Water Act authority. Controversy
between Congress, the White House, state and regional
interests brings EPA into political and economic conflict
with forestry and agriculture. For daily posting of
proposed regulations, etc., in The Federal Register, go
to www.epa.gov/fedrgstr
For information on TMDL water quality rules go to www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/index.html
USDA Forest Service
Southern Research Station - www.srs.fs.fed.us Asheville NC. Part of USDA Forest Service
Research and Development, the nation's largest forestry
research organization, the Asheville headquarters
coordinates and publishes research information on
dynamics of tree plantations, natural stands, watershed
management, and wildlife habitats. SRS scientists work at
laboratories, experimental forests, and university
campuses throughout the South. Current publication,
Annual Report for 1999, is available from SRS, 200 Weaver
Blvd., P.O. Box 2680, Asheville NC 28802, phone
828-257-4832, FAX 828-257-4840.
Farm Service Agency (FSA) - www.fsa.usda.gov A federal agency with regional offices, FSA guarantees loans for eligible agricultural lenders for family farmers and ranchers to acquire farm ownership, make improvements, and for agriculture operations, including soil and water conservation, purchase of livestock, feed, seed, and supplies. Specific information is available from the home page, or from USDA FSA, 1400 Independence Ave SW, Stop 0522, Washington DC 20250-0522, phone 202-720-1632.
Louisiana Forestry
Association, www.laforestry.com,
based in Alexandria, Louisiana, is the professional
organization representing private and corporate forest
landowners, forest products manufacturers, and others
with interest in forestry issues. One of its main
activities is lobbying state and federal government on
issues of interest to forestry. The LFA is also the
parent organization of the Louisiana Loggers Council,
which represents professional loggers on legislative
issues, and provides continuing education training
through its Master logger program.
Louisiana School of
Renewable Natural Resources- www.agctr.lsu.edu/wwwac/ The LSU Ag Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is
part of the network of federal Land Grant College system
which operates the Agricultural Extension Service in
every parish/county in the United States. The LSU Ag
Center has developed and sponsored a series of seminars
statewide in Louisiana on water quality in forested
watersheds and wetlands, including courses for forest
landowners, loggers, foresters, and others involved in
maintaining water quality in the State's streams, rivers,
and lakes. Agencies participating in seminar development
and presentations include Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality, LSU Agricultural Experiment
Station, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and
Forestry, and Region VI, EPA, Dallas.
USDA Forest Service Forest
Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin - www.fpl.fs.fed.us is the nation's centralized wood research
laboratory. Current research is ongoing in five
categories: Wood Products; Pulp, Paper, and Composites;
Wood Protection; Timber Demand and Technology Assessment;
and Microbial and Biochemical Techology. Research is
designed to meet needs of the general public, industry,
regulatory agencies, state and private foresters,
educators, and other government agencies and
organizations.
The Nature Conservancy, www.tnc.org is an international non-profit organization
whose mission is to "protect plants, animals, and
the natural communities that represent the diversity of
life on Earth by protecting the land and waters they need
to survive." The Conservancy relies on private
donations from individuals, corporations, and
foundations, to acquire ownership to lands which are set
aside as habitat for plants and animals. Cooperative land
exchanges, donations, and acquisitions, have been made
with several major national and regional forestry
companies to achieve the Conservancy's goals of habitat
preservation.
National Drought Monitor, http://enso.unl.edu/monitor/monitor.html a weather site operated by the National Drought
Mitigation Center, P.O. Box 830749, Lincoln NE
68583-0749, phone 402-472-6707, FAX 502-472-6614.
Cooperators include the USDA and National Weather
Service, showing moisture conditions for agricultural and
other applications in the United States.
Texas Forestry
Association, www.texasforestry.org, represents landowners, loggers, manufacturers,
and others involved in the forestry industry, which is
East Texas' number one commodity. TFA is based at Lufkin,
and also operates the Texas Forestry Museum, featuring
exhibits showing historic and modern uses of forest
products.
American Loggers Council, www.americanloggers.org, P.O. Box 966, Hemphill, Texas 75948; Executive
Vice President Daniel J. Dructor. Phone 409-625-0206; Fax
409-625-0207; email americanlogger@aol.com Represents state logging associations
nationwide. Made up of a coalition of
state and regional logging associations and councils, ALC
represents more than 50,000 employees and reaches over
10,000 logging contractors.
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