Woodlot Wisdom, 2017 Issue 2

Blending Recreational and Income Production Objectives: It Can Be Done By: Ben Myers, Tree Farm Committee Chairman, Owner Panther Creek Forestry, Sixth Generation Forest Owner in McMinnville

The American Tree Farm System just last year celebrated its 75th anniversary. That’s 75 years of recognizing forest land owners, like yourselves, for their contribu-tion to managing the forest that we all depend upon. We depend on your forest for the provision of multiple renewable and sustainable resources. One of these resources is, of course, the trees growing in our forest. Consumers create the de-mand and forest land owners provide the supply of raw materials or wood from their forest. Our forest industries use this wood and convert it into the many prod-ucts that we rely upon in our day to day lives. It is the availability, sustainability, and certifiability of this forest resource that makes the Tree Farmer very impor-tant to our forest industries as well as so-ciety as a whole. Our forest industry rec-ognizes this value through its’ support of

the Tree Farm program and Tree Farmers.

The availability of the wood used by the forest industry is in part due to the Ameri-can Tree Farmer. The American Tree Farm System (ATFS) web site (www.treefarmsystem.org) is a great source of information about the Tree Farm System and the private landowners in the system. I will use some of the infor-mation from the web site to help illustrate the importance of these Tree Farms to our forest industry. If we look at forest land in the US we find that more than half of this is in private ownership. 95 % of this pri-vate forest land is owned by individuals and families, again like you all. More im-portantly when we consider that of all the wood harvested in the US, approximately 90% comes from private forest lands such

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

TN Tree Farmers Encouraged to Partner with AG IN THE CLASSROOM.……............….2

Seedling Program for Trees………….......…....2

A Foresters Guide to Managing Land-owner’s Expectations........................……....3

Private Lands: How to Obtain Management Guidance......................……………........….…...3

Update on Federal Farm Bill.......................4

Tree Farmers Share Your TN Magic Moments………......................................…...4

Tree Farmers Please Plan to Attend TFA’s Annual Convention.....................................5

National Wild Turkey Joins TN Tree Farm Committee, TN SFI Committee in Spotlight-ing TN Tree Farmers!!!...............................6

TN Tree Farm Committee Gift Request.…...7

Contact Information Request Form….........7

Attention: TN Tree Farm Inspectors ………..8

Tree Farmers Importance to the Forest Industry By: Dwayne Turner, WestRock

By being clear about your goals, identi-fying why you own the property, and what sacrifices you are willing to make; you can manage your forest for both recreation and income. When a landowner says, “Income is my #1 objective,” some questions must be asked. “Are you willing to liquidate the timber investment once it matures? Are you willing to kill trees through activities such as timber stand improvement to improve high value timber growth?” I had to ask these questions when plan-ning forest management with my father. He used to believe that timber income was his number one objective across the entire farm. He asked me to layout sev-eral mature timber sales for him be-cause, first and foremost, he wanted income. That meant including the big-

gest and most valuable trees in the sale. Secondly, I wanted to have quality tim-ber growing on the property for my chil-dren and their cousins as a financial in-vestment for their future, so that led to adding the undesirable species and poorly formed trees into the sale as well. After including these two timber types, there was insufficient acceptable growing stock to warrant leaving the remaining trees, which leads to the logical conclusion of a clearcut harvest. So, I laid out the sale, had it ready to bid out, and gave the bid package to my dad to review. He got to the part where it said, “clearcut,” and panicked. He went on a tirade about how, “good (i.e. his-torical) hardwood timber management in Tennessee does not include clearcut-ting!” Once I explained the reasons based on the species composition and form of trees in our forest, he under-

stood the logic (but still did not agree). At that point, we realized that our ob-jectives differed for each stand. For stands near the river, homeplace, and the viewsheds of those locations we shifted the objectives toward recreation and aesthetics, and then identified our core timber production areas that were more akin to industrial forestland. In the core timber “production” areas we were more careful to setup the system for timber, and not place our long-term trails, mineral licks, perennial food plots, etc. through them or in the middle of regularly used loading decks. In the rec-reational and aesthetic areas, we now have timber management as a secon-dary goal; however, our definition of acceptable growing stock in these stands is different than in our produc-tion areas. For instance, in the produc-

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NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Depart-ment of Agriculture Division of Forestry and Huber Engineered Woods LLC (HEW) are teaming up to initiate the Trees for Tennessee Seedling Program.

The program aims to provide an avenue for the establishment of as many as 1 million pine seedlings on at least 400 acres throughout the greater Tennessee Valley and Cumberland Plateau.

“The goal this first year is to get 232,000 loblolly pine seedlings onto family forest owner properties located in the eastern half of the state,” State Forester Jere Jeter said. “These seedlings will be 1.5 generation loblolly pine, which is a genetically improved seedling selected for superior growth characteristics.”

Loblolly pine is the most important softwood species in Tennessee and is used primarily in the manufacture of paper, oriented strand board (OSB), plywood and construction lumber. Although loblolly pine is important and significant as a timber species, it accounts for only about 4 percent of Tennessee’s 14 million forested acres, far below hardwood forest competitors such as oak, hickory and maple.

“As a leader in the engineered wood industry, we rely on the sustainable growth of natural resources," said Bryan Little, plant manager for the HEW mill located in Spring City, Tenn. "We are committed to the communities we serve, so conserving and protecting the environment we all share is a major focus in Tennessee and throughout our organization.

"HEW is purchasing the seedlings from the Division of Forestry’s East Tennes-see Nursery in Delano, Tenn. as a cost-share incentive to provide the seedlings to qualified Tennessee landowners at no additional cost. Interested landowners must meet certain requirements to qualify for the program and work with their local area forester to develop a tree planting prescription plan. The planting area must be at least 20 acres and the timber must be managed. Con-tact your local Division of Forestry office and visit www.PlantTNTrees.org for more information.

Six hundred third graders and one hundred teachers and par-ents learn about Tree Farm each year at the UT Plateau Re-search and Education Center located near Crossville, Tennes-see. The Cumberland County Farm Bureau started AG IN THE CLASSROOM twenty-five years ago at the UT Plateau Re-search Center in a partnership with the University of Tennes-see and the Cumberland County School System. Tree Farm was also invited to participate along with other agriculture organizations in a program which has been presented to over fourteen thousand third grade students during the past twenty-five years, and the event has been supported by the Tennessee Forestry Association and the Tennessee Division of Forestry. Students from the eleven elementary schools in Cumberland County spent their school day on the Research Station learn-ing about forestry, cattle, hogs, sheep, chickens, fruits and vegetables, bees and other areas of agriculture. The instructors for the Tree Farm portion are Charles Daugherty, 2002 Tennessee Tree Farmer of the Year, and Area Forester Brad Canfield, 2016 Tennessee Tree Farm in-spector of the Year. The Cumberland County Farm Bureau Women chaired by Linda Daugherty, sponsor the program along with some sixty

volunteers from Farm Bureau and Cumberland County. These folks pro-vide a safe and effective educational program for the seven hundred stu-dents, teachers and par-ents on a working farm. The UT Plateau Research Center has also included forestry education as part of their STEAK and PO-TATO FIELD DAY held each August for the last twelve years. The Tennes-see Forestry Association and Tree Farm have been sponsors of the event since 2005. Speakers for the forestry portion of the Field Day come from UT, Tennessee State, the Tennessee Division of Forestry and TWRA. The average attendance of the Forestry Sessions has been between seventy five and eighty with eighty-three attending this year's sessions. Thanks to our partnership with Farm Bureau and UT, Tree Farm is teaching over seven hundred seventy-five people on the Cumberland Plateau each year about the important role forests play in their everyday lives.

TN Tree Farmers Encouraged to Partner with AG IN THE CLASSROOM. By: Charles & Linda Daugherty, Charlin Hollow Tree Farm, Crossville

Seedling Program Produces Trees for Tennessee By: Tim Phelps, TN Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry

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Private Lands: How to Obtain Management Guidance By: Clint Borum, TWRA, Private Lands Biologist

First and foremost, a landowner needs to determine what the limiting factors for the wildlife species they intend to manage for, are on this particular piece of property. Use the “zoom out” approach. You should use aerial photography to zoom out from your property and determine what is happening on the surrounding landscape at 1, 5, and 10 miles out from your particular site. Ask yourself what practices could I do to “hold” game on my property. Remember, in Tennessee, food is usually not the most limiting factor for wildlife, but typically the lack of good usable cover. Managed correctly, good nesting and protective cover can also provide native food sources through much of the year.

Layout and design can be critical during this process. As a wildlife manager you want to take into account the fact that areas will be fenced out from cattle or that areas will not be used as turn rows for planting operations. With a little forethought and planning you can permanently exclude your wildlife areas from the disturbances of daily farming activities, or allow tem-porary use at appropriate times, if disturbance needs to be applied to manage the vegetation.

Now it’s time to finalize and implement that plan. This is where your TWRA or NRCS Biologist can help you out. These biolo-gists can guide you through the maze of cost share programs that are available to private landowners through the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture and help you develop a well written management plan that can be modified as needed over time. These biologists can work with you on your open land acres and your forested acres. They can help you obtain the recom-mendations you need to promote wildlife and forest health and vigor. There are many professionals available to assist you in your county. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has Private Lands Biologists that will assist you in developing a man-agement plan for your property and a strategy to implement it. See www.TWRAprivatelands.org for who to contact for tech-nical assistance and other useful information on habitat management and programs in your county.

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“Helping Landowners and Wildlife Through Habitat Enhancement”

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has Private Lands Biologists that will assist you in developing a management plan for your property and a strategy to implement it. See www.TWRAprivatelands.org for who to contact for technical assistance and other useful information on habitat management and programs.

A Forester’s Guide to Managing Landowner Expectations By: Ben Myers, Tree Farm Committee Chairman, Owner Panther Creek Forestry, Sixth Generation Forest Owner in McMinnville

1. Clearly identify your role, the product you will deliver, and when the project is complete.

Often foresters will fall into the trap of wanting to wear too many hats, and will end up being “attorney, tax advisor, sur-veyor, historian, ornithologist, etc.,” and never truly get to be “the forester.” Foresters are, by nature, more likely to listen and let the landowner guide the conversation. This can lead to being easily sidetracked, and talking about everything ex-cept our specialty. Be clear about when the forest manage-ment planning, or timber sale, etc. is complete, then respect your time. Be sure to separate unassociated activities from the singular contracted service.

2. Key components in Forest Management, or Timber Sales Planning.

Building off item #1, the forester’s initial duty is to create an achievable action plan (forest management plan) that esti-mates current volumes and species composition, then details the activities that lead up to the landowner’s desired forest condition (guided by the objectives laid out in the plan). If the current composition will not lead to the perceived goals, it is the forester’s responsibility to make that clear to the landowner. At that point objectives for the stand should be updated to meet a future condition that is honestly desired,

and can be achieved. It is also the forester’s duty to be clear to a landowner when a desired future condition does not include respect for the land or cannot be achieved using sound management activities. After the plan is completed, leave room for the landowner to make notes on activities, so that they will continue to be engaged in the document and not merely use it as a paperweight.

3. Be upfront about volumes and value when discussing a po-tential timber sale or other forest products.

A desired future condition for a landowner may include con-verting standing trees to money. At the beginning of the process it is important to show and explain to the landowner how the industry measures volume in both sawtimber and pulpwood. The landowner can then see how much timber it takes to get a “load” of logs or a “load” of pulpwood, and how little each individual tree is worth. At that point, the landowner may change their objective to mast production or recreation for a given stand--especially in our smaller tracts or urban counties. Foresters are often not clear about the lack of volume or value until too late in the process, and this wastes everyone’s time and efforts. This is especially critical in managing landowner expectations on values and available

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Whenever it comes up for renewal, the Farm Bill is a hot topic for conversation—especially among those in forestry. In ad-dition to federal policy surrounding agricul-ture and nutrition programs, the Farm Bill is also an important part of federal forestry and conservation programs. Many family forest owners are able to take advantage of these conservation programs, like the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) or the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), to help relieve some of the technical and financial burdens posed by managing for threats from invasive species and wildfires, as well as revitalizing the soil and endangered species populations. The Forests in the Farm Bill (FIFB) Coalition recently released a set of forest-related recommendations that would improve the Farm Bill’s ability to support private and family-owned forests and the benefits they provide. The FIFB Coalition is co-chaired by the American Forest Foundation, National Association of State Foresters, National Wild Turkey Federation, and The Nature Conservancy and includes over a hundred organizations (including forestry associa-tions, wildlife groups, timber companies,

and more). These groups all contributed to a platform that promotes programs to help landowners and improve efficiency in the Department of Agriculture. A copy of the full FIFB Coalition platform is available at the AFF website, https://www.forestfoundation.org/download-the-FIFB-report . Please freely share this proposal, and these recommenda-tions, with your congressional delegation. To find your Member of Congress, click https://ziplook.house.gov/htbin/findrep?ZIP= . Special Note to TN Tree Farmers: Con-gressman Scott DeJarlais (R) Tennessee is on the target list of Congressional repre-sentatives that American Forest Founda-tion states is important to have in support of the Farm Bill passage out of commit-tees. Congressman DesJarlais may be con-tacted at his website: https://desjarlais.house.gov/. Congressman DesJarlais represents Tennessee’s 4th Congressional district and lives in the Sherwood community of Frank-lin County.

Federal Farm Bill Update By: Tristan Daedalus, American Forest Foundation, Policy Director

Tree Farmers Share Your TN Magic Moments!

You now can share your “Magic Moments” regarding your Tree Farm via social media. The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) has initiated a social media hashtag campaign to highlight your farm and for-estry story. Next time you post a photo of Tree Farm on your Twitter or In-stagram account include hashtag #tnmagicmoments in your caption. On Facebook, the UTIA Communications staff suggests posting directly to TN Magic Moments Page or tag TN Magic Moments in the photo. Also, the UTIA Communications Dept. posts monthly podcasts. UTIA’s staff says they are always looking for great conversation topics for the podcasts so please send Lauren Vath ideas about your Tree Farm which would be an interesting story to tell on a future podcast. Podcasts can be subscribed to on ITunes or other podcast outlets. (Lauren’s contact info is included below)

Finally, the UTIA staff encourages Tree Farmers to subscribe to the TN Magic Moments newsletter. Please just send a request to team@tnmagicmoments.com. Friends and family members are encouraged to subscribe also. If you have stories about your Tree Farm and just good forestry related information to include in the TN Magic Moments newsletter, please contact Lauren at UTIA, lvath@utfi.org, 865-974-5720.

TN Magic Moments is a great tool to share photos of Tree Farmers along with family and friends enjoying all the benefits of their family forest. Check out TN Magic Moments on twitter, Facebook instagram and other social media. Show the world photos of your Tree Farm and the meaningful and successful work our Tree Farmers do to ensure wood, wildlife and clean water for today and future generations of Tennesseans.

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markets for low-grade products versus the impact and per-ceived damage by removing those low-grade products. For example, I’ve heard loggers tell landowners, “It’s going to look like a bomb went off.” Whereas foresters are prone to use words like, “structure, residual damage, variable reten-tion, logging slash, etc.” Most of those words are not pretty, aesthetically speaking, and don’t adequately convey what a landowner will perceive following a harvest. A landowner needs to understand the trade-off of the estimated “cash” for the end result of a harvest operation. For some landowners, the trade-off will not be worth it. If this is the case, it’s best for the forester and landowner to know on the front end, and manage for something other than the “cash.”

Additionally, many foresters (myself included) encourage management of non-timber forest products such as ginseng, pawpaw, poplar bark, mushrooms, maple syrup, etc. Those products are benefits of a working forest, but available in-come and regular markets are very limited. So those activi-ties should be limited to small areas until a landowner is able to develop the relationships in those markets before expand-ing production to larger acreages. Again, this is about being clear about expectations and financial returns.

4. Be clear about industry standards.

Foresters must be clear in identifying potential deal breakers for converting standing trees into marketable wood products. This includes explaining industry standards for residual dam-age, brush piles, log landings, rutting, etc. The landowner needs to understand that moving away from industry stan-dards in these areas will reduce income, or worse, make the

project infeasible. In addition, strict contract stipulations regarding brush cleanup, log landing cleanup, harvesting of non-merchantable stems, etc. will cause the same issues, and may become deal breakers. Reserving money out of the sale for the aesthetic clean-up beyond the standard, “Forestry Best Management Practices,” is recommended. 5. Give landowners referrals to professionals who are experi-enced in the forestry industry.

When involving other specialists, such as attorneys or ac-countants, ensure they have experience in forestry or the timber industry since there is often a significant learning curve for specific concerns, policies, legislation, or regula-tions. Establish and review contract requirements on the front end. No one benefits from back and forth negotiations between a lawyer and a timber buyer after the fact. Sec-ondly, ensure the landowner is aware of places to get proper tax advice. You will get many more referrals from the ac-countant and a happy landowner when you do a good job setting up the timber basis in the property. The benefits of depleting the timber sale out of the property’s basis, or long-term capital gains treatment, can be quite significant. 6. Closing thoughts.

After all those points are discussed, one can see how a for-ester can fall into the trap of wearing too many hats. That is why it is critical to identify your role and the product you will deliver, and adequately value your time. Overall, ensure that discussions regarding the delivered product are tied off be-fore moving on to other topics. With that done, you can focus on delivering the highest quality product, and meeting (or exceeding) the expectations of your client.

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Tree Farmers Please Plan to Attend Tennessee Forestry Association Annual Convention

October 25-27, 2017 Downtown Doubletree Hotel-Memphis, TN Room Rate: $113.00 + $25.00 valet parking Check the TFA Website for Program, Activities & Registration Information www.tnforestry.com/2017_Annual_Meeting/

The Tennessee Tree Farm Committee is also looking for donations to include in the Silent Auction held during the TFA convention. Proceeds from the Silent Auction are earmarked for the Tree Farm Committee to support land-owner education programs, inspector recognition, etc. Please bring items for the Silent Auction to the TFA conven-tion or send to TFA and staff will make sure your item(s) are transported to the annual meeting. Great selling items include forestry tools, household items, handmade specialties, anything that can be used in the woods or in the home or hunting trips. Any type of donations always makes the Tree Farm Silent Auction successful. For more infor-mation, please contact the TFA office.

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as your Tree Farms, it is easy to identify the source of the wood used to meet our needs.

Not only is the Tree Farmer, and other privately owned forest lands, the major source of our industries raw material, this forest land is also sustainable. We have all heard a great deal about sustainability and rightly so. We are stewards of this forest resource and have a responsibility to society to ensure its availability for future generations. Properly managed forest lands are key to ensuring the sustainability of our forest resource. Sustainability is a core value of the Tree Farm System. It is equally important to our forest industry. Many of the forest products companies that exist today have been in business for over 50 years. No doubt you have one of these companies in your community. A future supply of this valuable, renewable, and sustainable forest resource is equally important to the small sawmill as it is to the larger forest products corporations. After all they need wood to help meet societies demands today as well as tomorrow.

Your Tree Farm offers another important benefit to forest industry. You provide the wood. You help to ensure the sustainability of our forest. You also provide a source of certified wood to meet industry needs. What does forest certification mean? The ATFS web site explains “Certification is a way to validate and recognize that you are committed to doing the best for your land,“ forest lands to be specific.

What does this mean to the forest industry? We talked about how our forest industries provide products to meet the demands of society. Society’s consumers not only demand these products but they have become increasingly concerned about where the wood comes from that is used to make these forest products. They want products made from wood from certified sources. The Tree Farm Program is one of three certification systems commonly used in Tennessee to certify forest lands and wood sources. Tree Farms help to provide this important source of certified wood. There are some good articles on certified forest in previous Woodlot Wisdom editions. Check out the article by Chris Anderson, 2016 Tree Farmer of the Year, in 2017 Edition, Page 2, and the Tennessee Tree Farm Certification Assessment for 2011 in the 2011 Edition, Volume 12, Page 2.

Your Tree Farm is a very valuable resource to the forest in-dustry in Tennessee, our Nation, and the World. Your Tree Farms provide for the availability, sustainability, and certifiability of the wood used by our forest industry. Forest industry will continue to need you and will continue to contribute to the support and recognition of your efforts to manage your forest lands. Industry foresters serve you as Tree Farm Inspectors, State Tree Farm Committee Members and various forest products companies contribute financially to the support the Tree Farm Program and its members. The Tree Farmer is and will continue to be important to the future of the forest products industry in Tennessee and the US.

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Tree Farmers Importance to the Forest Industry

The TN Tree Farm Committee along with the TN Sustainable Forestry Initiative Committee has partnered with the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) to spotlight Tennessee Tree Farmers on the Pursuit Network. This will be an exciting event and must-see programming for our Tree Farmers. There will be two shows, on the Pursuit Network (http://pursuit.channel.com). The first show will highlight well-recognized Tennessee folks involved with the Tree Farm program who will discuss ongoing forestry programs and opportunities for Tree Farmers to manage their forestlands. The second show will feature Briar Patch Family Tree Farm in Middle Tennessee owned by Mr. John Burch and his family. Briar Patch Tree Farm was Tennessee Tree Farm of the Year in 2015. See note below for planned weeks for airing the shows:

First Show Will Air on the Pursuit Network 3 times during the week of August 28 (Specific dates & times TBD) Second Show Will Air on the Pursuit Network 3 times during the week of September 4 (Specific dates & times TBD).

Check the Pursuit Network website at http://pursuit.channel.com or the Tennessee Forestry Association website at www.tnforestry.com for more specific airing times. These should be available soon. Also, the shows will be shown on the NWTF website (http://www.nwtf.org/) following airing on the Pursuit Network. After the shows are featured on the Pursuit Network and the shows are posted to the NWTF website, there will be DVDs of the shows available for Tree Farmers to show at various meetings of local civic organizations, educational programs, etc. Just call the TFA office and staff will send you a DVD to use to promote Tree Farming in your area.

Domtar and Outdoor Underwriters also helped underwrite the production costs of these shows and the TN Tree Farm Committee appreciates these companies help and support very much!

National Wild Turkey Federation Joins TN Tree Farm Committee, TN Sustainable Forestry Initiative Committees in Spotlighting TN Tree Farmers!!! Watch the Pursuit Network….Take Pride in being a Tennessee Tree Farmer!!!

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Tennessee Tree Farm Committee Gift Request By: Christina Anderson, 2016 Tree Farmer of the Year, CRC Stewardship Ridge

Family run tree farms are vital to our environment and forest industry. The Tennessee Tree Farm committee understands and knows you need the latest news in research, updates in the wood industry, wildlife habitat building, invasive species concerns, tax tips, estate and trust planning tips, latest certification standards, and more to be a successful Tennessee Family Forest for future generations to come. Your Tennessee ATFS committee is there to help!

The committee of volunteers, consisting of dedicated forestry professionals and active Family Forest landowners. Tennessee’s ATFS Committee serves as your liaison between you and your forest, the state, and the national American Tree Farm System with relevant news and updates affecting your forestland. Recently the ATFS is asking each state’s committee to pay $10 per tree farm. Therefore we are asking each tree farm to show their support of forest stewardship by donating $10. Chris and I have made our $10 pledge to the ATFS TN Committee. We know that you care too, and thank you in advance on behalf of the TFA and Tennessee ATFS Committee Please help us fund your voice to the national American Tree Farm System by a small donation of $10. Check payable to TFA, and in the memo line please note “ATFS TN Committee membership.” In efforts to improve our communications, please make sure we have your current mailing address and email, and your preferred method to receive helpful Tree Farm information by filling out the Contact Information Request Form and mailing it back with your AFTS TN Committee membership to: TFA, PO Box 290693, Nashville, TN, 37229. If you have any further questions, please call or email the TFA office.

CONTACT INFORMATION REQUEST FORM Provided by: Tennessee Tree Farm Committee

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ATTN TN TREE FARMERS INSPECTORS: If you have not completed an inspection within the past two years, please plan to attend the up-coming Tree Farm Inspector training to remain an ac-tive Tree Farm Inspector. Please see training loca-tions and dates listed below. There is no charge to attend, but it will be helpful to know your participa-tion plans. Please contact Stephen Peairs, TDF at 615-336-8484, st.peairs1@gmail.com or Candace Dinwiddie, TFA at 615-883-3832, cdinwiddie@tnforestry.com. Thank you for your sup-port and time to the Tree Farm Program and the com-munity.

Knoxville Training Thursday, August 24 UT Biotech Building, Rooms 156-157 Starts: 9:30 am ET

Nashville Training Friday, August 25 Location: TFA Office 2605 Elm Hill Pike #G Starts: 9:30 am CT

tion areas Beech and Buckeye are identified as unacceptable growing stock (undesirable species) due to their traditional lower values. Whereas in our recreational areas we identify them as acceptable growing stock due to the high aesthetic and mast (nut and fruit) production potential. We will still remove a percentage of the poorly formed or hollow stems so that we will be growing an acceptable percentage of solid and straight timber, even though those species are tradition-ally low value. You may ask, why care about the quality of the low value species? Well as we all know, markets and consumer appetites change, and generally, as long as trees are straight and sound, markets for those solid wood prod-ucts will eventually emerge (i.e. Hickory and Red maple have soared in value in recent years). So, with some thought and honest evaluation of short and long-term objectives, and what sacrifices can be made to reach those objectives, it is possible to manage a property for both income from timber production and recreational enjoy-ment. But to realize the gain, you eventually have to sell the product.

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Blending Recreational and Income Production Objectives: It Can Be Done