Envirothon 2009 Forestry Overview Photos courtesy of the
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Envirothon 2009 Forestry Overview Photos courtesy of the center for American History, UT-Austin (#DI-01295).
Area Of Virgin Forest 1620
Area Of Virgin Forest 1850
Area Of Virgin Forest 1920
Ratcliff Lake National Forest 1938 1969 2006 1986
The Giving Tree Forestry: Art, Science & Business § § § Beauty & Inspiration A Place to Climb Shade & Food House & Boat A Place to Rest The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Texas Forests Pineywoods Post Oak Savannah Live Oak-Juniper East Cross Timbers (12 million acres) West Cross Timbers Mountain Forests Trees are the principal vegetative cover on about 29 million acres (12 million hectares)
Growth & Removals 2003 - 2005
Best Management Practices - BMP Stream-side Management Zones - SMZ Aesthetic Management Zones - AMZ
Equipment…Grrr! Feller Buncher Log truck, loading deck & skidder
Harvesting Methods 1. Clear cut 2. Seed Tree 3. Shelter wood 4. Selection cut
Forestland Ownership in Texas Public 7% Public 8% Industry 16% 32% 63% 61% Individual/Family Forest Owners TIMOs/REITs Individual/Family Forest Owners 13% Public 8. 0% Prior to 2000 2005 Industry 10. 2% TIMOs/REITs 63% 18. 4% Individual/Family Forest Owners Oh, the times they are a Changin’ 2006
Thank You! Angie Soldinger Conservation Education Coordinator Texas Forest Service asoldinger@tfs. tamu. edu 979 -458 -6649
Forestry io roadmap
State forestry administration
Lidar remote sensing for forestry
La county fuel modification
Indian farm forestry development cooperative limited
Oviposition
Careers related to forestry
Close-to-nature forestry
Tending operations definition
State and private forestry
Chapter 11 forestry and resource management
Forestry tep
Mendel university fees
Ministry of agriculture, water and forestry directorates
Difference between agroforestry and community forestry
Chapter 11 forestry and resource management
