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NORTHERN FORESTRY AESTHETICS CD
RELEASE: June 25, 2008
CONTACT: Neil Ward (301/838-9385)
nward@forestresources.org
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 principles for improving
the visual impact of forest operations in Northern settings.
Designed for a non-expert discussion leader to present in an interactive
setting, the 69-slide presentation provides material for a full-day
Workshop. A ten-page Discussion Leader’s Guide, with tips and points to
cue the facilitator through the session, is included along with the
PowerPoint CD.
FRA President Richard Lewis noted that FRA’s Forestry Aesthetics Video,
released in 1999, is a persistently popular training piece but that its
details and examples are directed mostly to Southern situations. “The
basic principles are the same,” comments Lewis. “Planning tree harvesting
with sensitivity to visual impact, whether in road layout or design of
cutting blocks, can make a difference in retaining our social license to
harvest timber and pulpwood. Our Lake States Region has developed a fine
set of materials to adapt those principles.”
The Workshop introduces and defines forestry aesthetics, then moves into
modules on planning, roads, landings, skid trails, and discussion of
specific visual quality points. The Guide also provides recommendations on
Workshop logistics and set-up.
FRA members may order the CD and Guide at $50 per set, domestic shipping
included; the price is $100 per set for non-members. Please enclose
payment with order, checks payable to “FRA”; charge orders may be faxed to
301/838-9481. Direct orders to Forest Resources Association Inc., 600
Jefferson Plaza, Suite 350, Rockville, MD 20852, and refer to stock number
08-A-1.
The Forest Resources Association Inc. is a nonprofit trade association
concerned with the safe, efficient, and sustainable harvest of forest
products and their transport from woods to mill. FRA represents wood
consumers, independent logging contractors, and wood dealers, as well as
businesses providing products and services to the forest resource-based
industries.
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