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News
from the Forest Resources Association
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NORTHERN FORESTRY AESTHETICS CD
(25Jun2008)
Rockville, MD – The Forest
Resources Association has developed a Northern Forestry Aesthetics
Workshop, in the form of a facilitated
PowerPoint presentation, directed to forestry and logging personnel. The
CD-based Workshop presents
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FRA RELEASES NEW SKIDDER SAFETY
VIDEO
(25Jun2008)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources
Association has released a new Skidder Safety and Efficiency Video,
designed for logging professionals
to use at employee safety training meetings. With the assistance
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WOOD SUPPLY CHAIN IMPROVEMENT SCOPING PROJECT
(30Apr2008)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources
Association and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities are
cooperating in a process to define
and implement projects that show promise of improving the U.S. wood ...
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BABINEAU LOGGING, INC.: 2008
NATIONAL OUTSTANDING LOGGER
(18Apr2008)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources Association honored David and Kurt
Babineau, owners of West Enfield, Maine’s Babineau Logging, Inc.,
as the
2008 National Outstanding Logger at its April 13 Annual ...
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BRADLEY HONORED FOR ACTIVISM
(18Apr2008)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources Association awarded its 2008 National
Outstanding Forestry Activist Award to John Bradley, of Bradley
Contractors, Inc., based in Jefferson, Texas, for his strong leadership in
...
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FRA HONORS CATHEY, GOERLICH
FOR TECHNICAL WRITING
(18Apr2008)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources Association conferred its 2008
Technical Writing Award on Joel Cathey, of Keysville, Virginia’s Ontario
Hardwood Company, and Dan Goerlich, of Virginia Cooperative Extension, at
...
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LIEBETREU TO LEAD FOREST
RESOURCES ASSOCIATION
(18Apr2008)
Rockville, MD – April 13, the Forest Resources Association elected Dave
Liebetreu, International Paper’s Vice President, Global Sourcing, to
serve
as FRA’s Chairman for ...
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LOG A LOAD FOR KIDS® RAISES OVER $2 MILLION IN
2007
(13Feb2008)
Rockville, MD -- Loggers from 26 states, working in
coalition with forest products businesses and forestry equipment dealers,
raised over $2
million for local Children’s Miracle Network (CMN)
hospitals...
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NEW GROUP PUSHES FOR FARM AND
FOREST TRANSPORT REFORM
(08Feb2008)
On February 8, a broad coalition of agriculture and forestry transportation
interests launched a campaign to reform rules for hauling unprocessed
farm
and forest products in the U.S. The Mission ...
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FRA
2008 ANNUAL MEETING & BIO-ENERGY CONFERENCE: “NEW OPPORTUNITIES, NEW ISSUES”
(30Jan2008)
The Forest Resources
Association is ready to take your registration to attend FRA’s 74th Annual
Meeting, followed by a two-day “Bio-Energy
Wood Supply Chain Conference,” at
the Marriott Hotel at ...
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FRA LAUNCHES ON-LINE “JOB BOARD”
(08Jan2008)
The Forest Resources Association has launched an on-line service to connect
employers and job seekers in industrial forestry and wood supply,
as well as
in relevant association and academic ...
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DATES SET FOR IN-WOODS EXPO 2011
(16July2007)
Rockville, MD - The Arkansas Timber Producers Association and the Forest Resources Association have looked ahead four years
to reserve the dates April 28-30, 2011 to hold In-Woods Expo 2011, once again on a managed forest in western Arkansas.
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IDEAL LOGGING, INC.: 2007
NATIONAL OUTSTANDING LOGGER
(9March2007)
The Forest Resources Association honored Tommy Barnes and David Cox,
owners of Edgemoor, South Carolina’s Ideal Logging, Inc.,
as the 2007 National Outstanding Logger at its March 4 Awards Dinner in
San Antonio, Texas
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WESSON HONORED FOR ACTIVISM
(9March2007)
The Forest Resources Association awarded its 2007 National Outstanding
Forestry Activist Award to Don Wesson, National Chairman of the
Pulp and Paperworkers’ Resource Council
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FRA HONORS EASON, GREENE FOR
TECHNICAL WRITING (9March2007)
The Forest Resources Association conferred its 2007 Technical Writing
Award on the University of Georgia’s Ken Eason
and Dale Greene at FRA’s March 4 Annual Awards Dinner in San Antonio,
Texas.
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CHUCK
LEAVELL TO HEADLINE ARKANSAS LOG A LOAD EVENT
(14February2007)
Famed Rolling Stones keyboardist and Georgia Tree Farmer
Chuck Leavell will perform at a major Log A Load For Kids®
fundraising dinner, Thursday evening, April 26 at the Hot Springs,
Arkansas Convention Center, on In-Woods Expo 2007’s opening day.
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IN-WOODS EXPO 2007 HOSTS
PRENTICE LOADER CHAMPIONSHIP (5February2007)
In-Woods Expo 2007 will host the
first of this year’s Prentice Loader Championships April 26-28 at its
in-woods fairground near
Hot Springs, Arkansas.
- IN-WOODS EXPO 2007 – THIS APRIL IN ARKANSAS!
(1January 2007)
In-Woods Expo 2007, following up on the very successful 2004 event, will come back to Hot Springs, Arkansas, April 26 through 28,
this time on a 300-acre managed forest owned by Weyerhaeuser. Join 5,000 forestry professionals—-loggers, foresters,
and landowners—-to interact with manufacturer and dealer representatives in a situation in which equipment can be
demonstrated, in action, in a full-scale harvesting situation.
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WSRI LEADS MAJOR LOG
TRUCKING EFFICIENCY PILOT
(27November2006)
The Wood Supply Research Institute is
launching a major pilot project in two Southern states to develop and
evaluate centralized log
truck dispatching systems, as well as the
latest technology and methodology, as a model for increased wood fiber
hauling efficiency.
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FRA RELEASES “TIMBER HARVESTING DECK SAFETY” VIDEO
(17November2006)
The Forest Resources
Association has released a new safety training video, Timber
Harvesting Deck Safety, produced by the
Southwide Safety Committee and the Forestry Mutual Insurance Company,
with funding from FRA’s Timber Harvesting and
Transportation
Safety Foundation ...
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FRA Urges Support for
Tennessee Logger's Off-Road Diesel Fight
(14July2006)
The Forest Resources Association has taken
up the cause of a logger unfairly being denied Tennessee’s agricultural
exemption for tax on
diesel fuel used off-road. FRA has joined the
Tennessee Forestry Association in raising ...
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FRA Announces Chilean Forest
Operations Tour
(12June2006)
The Forest Resources Association will host a week-long tour of forest
operations in Chile, November 4-12, 2006, and is now taking
registrations. This intensive field tour will provide foresters,
loggers, and others interested in sustainable forest management...
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Brody To Lead Forest
Resources Association
(06June2006)
On June 2, the Forest
Resources Association elected Jim Brody, Vice President - Forest for
Temple Inland Inc., to serve as FRA’s Chairman
for the coming
two-year...
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FRA Honors Southeastern Security
Group For Technical Writing
(06June2006)
The Forest Resources Association conferred its 2006 Technical Writing
Award on its Southeastern Security Alert Advisory Committee
at FRA’s
June 3 Annual Awards Dinner in Orlando, Florida. The Committee...
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Branch Honored for Activism
(06June2006)
The Forest Resources Association awarded its
2006 National Outstanding Forestry Activist Award to Mike Branch, of
Smurfit-Stone
Container Corporation, in Fernandina Beach, Florida, for
his strong campaigning, nationally and locally, on behalf...
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Bishop Forest Products: 2006
National Outstanding Logger
(06June2006)
The Forest Resources Association honored
Adrian Bishop, owner of Walterboro, South Carolina’s Bishop Forest
Products, as the 2006 National
Outstanding Logger at its June 3 Awards
Dinner in Orlando, Florida. FRA Chairman Jim Brody presented Adrian with
an axe plaque and
commented, “on behalf...
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FRA’S “Harvesting Safetty”
Manual in Spanish, On-Line
(01May2006)
The Forest Resources Association has
posted a Spanish-language version of its most popular logging safety
manual, Timber Harvesting
Safety, at its www.loggingsafety.com web site. Access and...
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FRA Annual Meeting: “The Road
Ahead” In Orlando
(17Mar2006)
The Forest Resources Association is ready to take your registration to
attend FRA’s 72nd Annual Meeting, focused on “The Road Ahead:
Breaking New Boundaries,” at Disney’s Swan & Dolphin Hotel, Orlando,
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FRA Publicizes 2006 In-Woods Teachers
Tours (17Feb2006)
The Forest Resources
Association has enlarged its on-line directory of in-woods Teachers Tour
programs and updated it for 2006. The
directory--listing information about
33 tours-- is posted at
www.forestresources.org/tt/home.html.
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Log A Load For Kids®
Raises Nearly $2 Million In 2005
(Feb. 3, 2006)
(Rockville, MD) -- Loggers from
26 states, working in coalition with forest products businesses and
forestry equipment dealers, raised nearly
$2 million for local Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) hospitals ...
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FRA Releases Latest Pulpwood
Statistics Summary
(Oct. 28, 2005)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources Association has published its updated
Annual Pulpwood Statistics Summary Report: 2000-2004, a
compilation
of reports submitted to FRA’s annual pulpwood statistic program from the
nation’s 156....
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Georgia Logger Wins Log A Load
Ford Drawing
(July 8,
2005)
Rockville, MD – Georgia logger John
Bunn’s ticket came first out of a drum at the March 7 national Log A
Load For Kids drawing in New
Orleans—-making him the very lucky winner
of a new 2005 Ford Super Duty Pickup...
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THATS Publishes
Transportation Regs Guidebook
(June 17, 2005)
Rockville, MD – The National Timber Harvesting and Transportation
Safety (THATS) Foundation has published a 29-page booklet explaining
the basic provisions of federal transportation regulations, as they
affect the trucking of forest
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FRA Launches Spill Prevention
And Control Initiative (May 23,2005)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources
Association has launched a new initiative to sharpen forest operators’
response to accidental spills of
hazardous substances in the woods or at
the landing, through an orientation workshop and a ...
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THATS Launches "New Logging
Employee Safety" Web Site
(April 29, 2005)
Rockville, MD – The National Timber Harvesting and Transportation
Safety Foundation (THATS) has launched a new section of its
www.loggingsafety.com web site
to help loggers orient new employees to logging safety, complete with
free...
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FRA Promotes Teachers' Tours
(April 15, 2005)
The Forest Resources Association proposes to put more focus on helping
schoolteachers understand forestry and the forest industry. That
means
getting them into the woods. FRA has identified 27 fully developed
“Teachers Tour” programs...
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Conradie And Greene Honored
For Technical Writing (March 11, 2005)
Rockville, MD –
The Forest Resources Association honored Ian Conradie and Dale
Greene of the University of Georgia at FRA’s March 7
Annual Awards
Dinner in New Orleans, Louisiana, for authoring the Association’s best
technical publication for...
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Wigley Honored For Activism
(March 11, 2005)
Rockville,
MD – The Forest Resources Association awarded its 2005 National
Outstanding Forestry Activist Award to Tim Wigley, of
PAC/West
Communications, in Wilsonville, Oregon, for his leading role in building
support for the President’s Healthy Forests Initiative with the
public
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Mid-Star Timber Harvesting:
2005 National Outstanding Logger
(March 11, 2005)
Rockville, MD –
The Forest Resources Association honored Mitchell and Wanda Presley,
owners of Toxey, Alabama’s Mid-Star Timber
Harvesting, as the
2005 National Outstanding Logger at its March 7 Awards Dinner in New
Orleans, Louisiana.
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FRA Annual Meeting To Focus On
“Supply Chain Relationships” (December 17, 2004)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources Association is ready to take
your registration to attend FRA’s 71st Annual Meeting, focused on
“Wood
Fiber Supply Chain Relationships,” at the Hotel Inter-Continental in
New Orleans, March 5-7.
- ELMIA WOOD FAIR – “The
Big One” Is Set For June 1-4
(December 10, 2004)
Rockville, MD – The
Elmia Wood Fair—-the largest and most comprehensive in-woods logging and forestry technology exposition in the world—-
is set for June 1-4, 2005 in a 371-acre forested site near Jönköping
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Log A Load Challenge From Ragsdale (December 8, 2004)
Rockville, Maryland – George Ragsdale, whose steady support for
Log A Load For Kids® through 15 years won him a special Log A
Load
“Lifetime Champion” award in 2003, has put out a new challenge to
state Log A Load programs...
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Releases Latest Pulpwood Statistics Summary
(November 8, 2004)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources Association has published its updated Annual Pulpwood Statistics Summary Report: 1999-2003, a
compilation of reports submitted to FRA’s
annual pulpwood statistic program from the nation’s 157...
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Expo Set For April 2007 (October 29, 2004)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources
Association and the Arkansas Timber Producers Association have announced
the dates and place for the
next In-Woods Expo, following the success of
its premiere edition, held last spring. In-Woods Expo...
- FRA, ALC
Beat Back Mobile Machinery Excise Tax
(October 11, 2004)
Rockville, MD – On October 8, the “Jumpstart Our Business Strength”
(JOBS) bill passed both the House and the Senate—including an important
provision denying the Internal Revenue Service the authority to assess
new excise taxes...
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Arkansas Logger Wins Log A
Load Ford Drawing (June 14, 2004)
Rockville, MD – On April 30, logger Steve Richardson’s ticket came first
out of a drum—making him the very lucky winner of a new 2004 Ford
F-150 pickup, culminating a year-long national fundraising push...
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In-Woods Expo Draws 3,000 to Hot
Springs! (May 28, 2004)
Rockville, MD – Nearly 3,000 loggers, foresters, landowners, teachers,
kids, and others curious about the future of forestry and logging met
April 30
and May 1 in a managed forest near Hot Springs, Arkansas to view today’s
and...
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FRA Publishes “Garage Site Safety”
Manual (May 10, 2004)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources
Association’s Northeastern Region’s Safety & Training
Committee has developed an
important manual addressing what has become
an increasingly prominent concern in logging safety: the risks...
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FRA Releases “Coaching the Professional
Logger” Video (May 10, 2004)
The Forest Resources Association has
released a new safety training video, Coaching the Professional Logger,
produced by the South
Carolina Timber Producers Association and Alabama
Loggers Council, with funding provided by FRA’s...
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FRA Announces New Zealand Tour for
October 2004 (April 26, 2004)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources Association will host a week-long
Tour of forest operations on the North and South islands of New
Zealand,
October 8-17, 2004, to provide foresters, loggers, and others with a
detailed exposure to the...
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Frost to Lead Forest Resources
Association (April 6, 2004)
Rockville, MD – On March 29, the Forest
Resources Association elected Rick Frost, Executive Vice President of LP,
to serve as FRA’s Chairman for
the coming two-year period...
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Bunn Logging: 2004 National Outstanding
Logger (April 6, 2004)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources Association
honored Nipper and John Bunn, owners of Forsyth, Georgia’s Bunn Logging,
Inc., as the
National Outstanding Logger for 2004 at its annual Awards Dinner, March
28 in New Orleans...
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Blomberg Honored for Activism (April 6,
2004)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources
Association awarded its 2004 National Forestry Activist Award to Debby
Blomberg, of Ogema, Wisconsin, for
her leading role in supporting
grassroots pro-forestry activism in the Lake States and nationally...
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Singleton Honored for Technical Writing
(April 6, 2004)
Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources
Association honored Alex Singleton, of MeadWestvaco, at FRA’s March 28
Annual Awards Dinner in
New Orleans, Louisiana, for authoring the
Association’s best technical publication for the preceding year...
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Wood Honored for Safety
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Rockville, MD – On March 28, the Forest
Resources Association conferred its 2004 H.H. Jefferson Memorial Safety
Award on Andy Wood, of the
Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Company, in
recognition of his leading role in developing and...
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