FOREST RESOURCES

General Audience
SOUTH'S AMAZING FORESTS
Video provides a historical account of the forest industry's rags-to-riches story in the South. (Video; 25 minutes; AV20)
Price: $10 (Southern Forest Products Association)

Grades 3-12; General Audience
FORESTS OF THE SOUTH
CD-ROM is a fun and engaging way to learn about America's southern forests. Includes informative text, video clips, photographs, and graphics. (CD-ROM)
Price: $25.00 (Temperate Forest Foundation)

Forestry Students; Industry; General Audience
CONIFERS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Multimedia CD-ROM describe Pacific Northwest conifers. Includes images, information, and opportunities for practicing tree identification. (1998; CD-ROM; CD-ROM #1110)
Price: $95 (Oregon State University)

General Audience
AMERICA'S FORESTS: A HISTORY OF RESILIENCY AND RECOVERY
Book by Douglas MacCleery (basis of documentary listed below) gives an unbiased history on issues about American forests. Provides data on the extent of U.S. forests prior to European settlement, how expansion affected our forests, the uses of our forests, and efforts to conserve our forests. (1994; Book; 58 pages; ISBN 0890300488)
Price: $8.00 (Temperate Forest Foundation)

General Audience
AMERICA'S FORESTS: A HISTORY OF RESILIENCY AND RECOVERY
Video covers the changes in the forests of the United States from the time of European settlement until the resent day. (1993; Video; 23 min.; USDA Office of Public Affairs)
Price: $15 for 1-4, $12 for 5-9. $10 for 10 or more (Temperate Forest Foundation)

General Audience
CIRCLE OF LIFE
Video documentary addresses the consumption and production of natural resources. Clearly presents our options as consumers choosing between renewable and non-renewable resources to meet our needs. (Video; 28 min.)
Price: $15 for 1-4, $12 for 5-9. $10 for 10 or more (Temperate Forest Foundation)

Grades 5-8; General Audience
THE DYNAMIC FOREST
Video explains how forests constantly change through cycles of disturbance and renewal. (Video; 15 min.)
Price: $15 for 1-4, $12 for 5-9. $10 for 10 or more (Temperate Forest Foundation)

Landowners
OUR TREE FARM FAMILY PROGRAM
Tree farming program provides information, professional forester's services, and other assistance to small (10+ acres) landowners. (Program)
Price: Free membership (Consolidated Papers, Inc.)

Industry; Landowners; Service Clubs
COMMON GROUND IN TIMBER COUNTRY
Video describes how nature and business groups can join forces to create sound wildlife preservation and forestry stewardship practices. (1995; Video; 15 min.)
Price: $4 (The Nature Conservancy)

General Audience
PENNSYLVANIA FORESTS AND YOU
General information about Pennsylvania's forest resources and forest products industry in a four-color brochure. (1998; Pamphlet)
Price: Free; prefer to send in bulk; mailing costs would be the responsibility of recipient (Hardwood Lumber Manufacturers Association of Pennsylvania, Inc.)

General Audience
AN INDUSTRY COMMITTED TO THE FOREST RESOURCE
Videotape about Pennsylvania's forest resources and forest products industry. Discusses various PA-specific issues affecting the industry. (1998; VHS; 26 minutes; JPL Productions/ULMA of PA, Inc.)
Price: $10 each for members/$15 each for non-members (Hardwood Lumber Manufacturers Association of Pennsylvania, Inc.)

General Audience
FORESTS: DO WE GET WHAT WE PAY FOR?
Although hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on our federal forest lands every year, photographs illustrate that they may not be delivering what we expect. Changing the incentives of federal land managers and removing the obstacles could create healthier forests. (1999; Book; 32 pages; Public Lands II)
Price: $5 each (Political Economy Research Center)

Landowners
KENTUCKY'S FOREST STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
(Pamphlet; 4 pages)
Price: Free (Kentucky Division of Forestry)

General Audience; Landowners; Teachers
KENTUCKY'S FOREST RESOURCES
Contains forest facts, statistics, economic and environmental benefits of forest management. (1995; Handbook; 15 pages)
Price: Free (Kentucky Division of Forestry)

Landowners
THE CONTINUING FOREST IN TEXAS
Video describes how private forest landowners can help achieve future forest resource needs through good forest management practices. The management of multiple forest canopies is discussed as well as the economic returns that are possible to landowners of a well-managed forest. (Video; 15 min.; Stephen F. Austin State University and Louisiana-Pacific Corporation)
Price: Free (Texas Forestry Association)

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