Appalachian Hardwood Sawmill Residual Chip Availability: A Dual Perspective from Fiber-Based Mills and Hardwood Sawmills 08-A-3
Curt Hassler and Tim Pahl of West Virginia University’s Appalachian Hardwood Center assess current and future sustainability of hardwood sawmill residue chips as a resource for Appalachian pulp mills, in view of changing market dynamics in the region, including the development of biomass markets, to produce a strategic assessment for fiber-based manufacturers. With 19 tables.
Price to FRA members: $20, others $40.

Fourteenth Report on the Status of Logger Training & Education Programs in 33 Forested States and Two Provinces 08-A-2
Annual update of curriculum information and tallies of workshops and workshop participation for logger and logging worker skills enhancement in each region. The 87-page document also provides full contact information for state and provincial LT&E program coordinators.
Price to FRA members: $20, others $40.

FRA Members’ Needs for Various Insurance Products 07-A-6
In August, FRA surveyed its members on their interest in various insurance and financial products. This report summarizes data on degree of interest expressed in each of five products—term life insurance, 401K retirement plans, long-term care insurance, limited benefit health insurance, and disability income insurance—broken out by respondents’ business-type categories, along with presentation of extensive write-in comments.
Price to FRA members: $10, others $20.

FRA 2007-2008 Membership Directory 07-A-5
Ring-bound, 123-page listing of FRA’s Board and National and Regional Committee membership, as well as a comprehensive alphabetized list of approximately 2,500 FRA member personnel, including full contact information.
Price to FRA members: $25, others $125.

FRA 2007-2008 Strategic Plan 07-A-1
FRA’s newest revision of its central guidance document, posted in the “members area” of the FRA web site at www.forestresources.org/MEMBERS/strat-plan/stratplan.htm, is also available in print. The Plan consists of Vision and Mission Statements, 2 General Goals, 6 Projects, and 16 “baseline activities.”
Price to FRA members: $5, others $10.

Annual Pulpwood Statistics 2005 06-A-7
Latest edition of the annual report presents data on pulpwood receipts, consumption, and inventories for pulp mills in the U.S. during calendar year 2005, broken out by region, species, form in which it was received, and method of delivery. FRA’s annual survey finds that receipts for the 151 pulpwood-consuming mills declined slightly from 2004, totaling 230,783,421 green tons in 2005.
Price to FRA members: $100, others $200.

(English-Spanish) Timber Harvesting Safety Manual 06-A-4
FRA’s most popular general logging safety handbook, the Timber Harvesting Safety Manual (01-A-9), is now available in a bilingual edition, with a Spanish-language translation following the English text, paragraph-by-paragraph. The result is not pocket-sized anymore but a 109-page spiral-bound text, designed to assist an English-speaking safety-meeting leader or crew supervisor convey essential safety information to Spanish-speaking logging workers.
Price to FRA members: $20, others $40.

Summary Report: Logging Equipment Maintenance Surveys 06-A-3
Sixteen-page Report presents the results of FRA’s Appalachian Region Policy and Operations Committee’s survey of logging contractors and equipment dealers on points of success and deficiency in equipment maintenance, with many constructive comments from both sides on areas for improvement in this mutually dependent relationship. With tablulated data and extensive comments from the 41 loggers and 21 equipment dealers who completed the survey.
Price to FRA members: $20, others $40.

So Now You’re the Chair of a Forest Resources Association Committee 06-A-1
Sixteen-page backgrounder on how to lead an FRA committee effectively.
Price to FRA members: $5, others $10.

Best Business Practices for Loggers 05-A-4
Twelve-page report comprises FRA Northeastern Regional Division Forester Patrick Hackley’s report to the Maine Governor’s Council on the Sustainability of the Forest Products Industry, comprising the results of his investigations into the factors that tend to increase the likelihood of survival and success for the state’s logging contractors.
Price to FRA members: $5, others $10.

Transportation Regulations Booklet for the Forest Products Industry 05-A-3
Twenty-nine page booklet presents information on the basic provisions of federal transportation regulations, as they affect trucking of forest products, in a simple question-and-answer format, including compliance information about hiring drivers, equipping the vehicle itself, hazardous materials, employer responsibilities, hours-of-service rules, and truck inspections. It is directed to trucking and logging contractors, drivers, and mill transportation people.
Price to FRA members: $20, others $40.

FRA New Zealand Forest Operations Tour 05-A-1
Twenty-seven-page report of FRA’s week-long study tour of forest operations and industry in New Zealand in October 2004, profusely illustrated with photos. The report examines the history and characteristics of the resource, prevailing harvesting and reforestation techniques and trends, industrial policy, export market structure, and the strong institutional research programs, while noting current challenges facing New Zealand industry and resource managers.
Price to FRA members: $20, others $40.

Garage Site Safety Manual 04-A-3
44-page, illustrated, uni-coil bound manual highlights general safety precautions for a modern logger's garage, focusing on the maintenance and repair activities most frequently associated with injuries and describing how to maintain a safe and professional garage workplace.
Price to FRA members: $15, others $30

Planning and Communication: State of the Forest Industry and Opportunities for Improvement in the Wood Supply Chain 03-A-3
26-page, illustrated report presenting the results of a Wood Supply Research Institute study finds that current planning in the wood supply process is primarily reactive rather than proactive, as a result of the extremely short planning horizons for many key segments of the supply chain. It details many opportunities for improvement in communication and planning, available both to consumers and suppliers of wood.
Price to FRA members: $25, others $50.

In-Woods Delimbing: Operational & Silvicultural Observations 03-A-1
Major 21-page study by FRA's Northeastern Region Production Efficiency Committee on the effects of in-woods delimbing on operator safety, machine productivity, residual stand damage, ground disturbance, and trail width in Northeastern conditions. Illustrated with graphs.
Price to FRA members: $20, others $40.

Voluntary Pine Bareroot Seedling Planting Guidelines for the Southern United States 02-A-6
Drafted by the FRA Ad Hoc Tree Planting Task Force and reviewed by broad treeplanting interests throughout the South, the Guidelines are a suggested reference source and may serve as a tree planting contract addendum by landowners and tree planting contractors. The five-page document is an effective and practical set of directions for planting bareroot pine seedlings and is intended to supplement other technical sources of information.
Price to FRA members: $15, others $30.

Causes and Costs of Unused Wood Capacity in the Southern USA and Maine 02-A-5
27-page presentation of the results of the Wood Supply Research Institute's comprehensive investigation of factors implicated in preventing wood suppliers from utilizing their full capacity. Illustrated with graphs and tables.
Price to FRA members: $25, others $50.

In-Woods Processing: Analysis of Machine Delays 02-A-1
15-page study evaluates reasons for “in-shift” delays, or wasted capacity, associated with drive-to-tree and swing-to-tree processors in Northeastern conditions.
Price to FRA members: $15, others $30.

Financial Health of Logging Industry Survey 01-A-10
36-page report presents and analyses data from 311 wood suppliers on the business conditions affecting their survival.
Price to FRA members: $10, others $20.

Timber Harvesting Safety 01-A-9
56-page, illustrated booklet presents concise summaries of accident and injury prevention measures for all timber harvesting tasks.
Price to FRA members: $4, others $8.

The Michigan Association of Timbermen’s Self-Insured Fund 01-A-6
19-page report details the elements of a highly successful comprehensive loss-control program in Michigan.
Price to FRA members: $10, others $20.

Analysis of Skill Survey Responses Collected from Logging Truck Drivers 01-A-5
19-page report correlates log truck drivers’ self-assessments of skills with record of exposure to training.
Price to FRA members: $10, others $20.

Safe Tree Planting Procedures for Hand and Machine Planters 00-A-11
14-page handbook provides safety guidance for planting operations, including use of personal protective equipment, equipment safety, and the responsibilities of tractor operators.
Price to FRA members: $10, others $20.

Safe Site Preparation Procedures 00-A-10
22-page handbook helps site prep contractors and employees take precautions to prevent injuries in mechanical and chemical site preparation.
Price to FRA members: $3, others $6.

Wet Site Harvesting: Operability Considerations and Imperatives 00-A-3
Ten-page report provides conceptual and practical tools foresters, loggers, and harvest planners and auditors can use to help schedule, plan, and evaluate harvesting operations on sites with high-moisture soils.
Price to FRA members: $10, others $20.

Forestry Guide for Non Foresters in the Southeast 99-A-15
61-page booklet provides basic facts and background on Southeastern forest history, forest types, tree species, and other information to orient journalists, landowners, and other non-specialists concerned about the resource. (bulk rates on request)
Price to FRA members: $4, others $8.

Wood Supplier Productivity and Cost Survey: Final Report 99-A-7
19-page report provides results of trans-regional study of operating characteristics of successful loggers.
Price to FRA members: $20, others $40.

Professional Forest Products Trucking 99-A-3
47-page illustrated manual may serve either as workshop text or reference book on safety and productivity issues surrounding log or chip trucking in Northeastern conditions. (bulk rates on request)
Price to FRA members: $15, others $30.

Forestry Aesthetics Guide 98-A-2
33-page spiral-bound manual illustrates with color photos voluntary guidelines that can improve the aesthetics of harvesting and other forest operations. (bulk rates on request)
Price to FRA members: $5, others $10.

Professional Mechanical Harvesting Practices 97-A-14
40-page educational manual looks at mechanical harvesting issues relevant to Northeastern conditions, such as basic job design, silvicultural and environmental concerns, worker safety, and appearances and public relations. (bulk rates on request)
Price to FRA members: $10, others $20.

What Is The Fair Labor Standards Act? 97-A-1
31-page examination of how FLSA applies to loggers and log truckers, including application to piece-rate employees, calculation of overtime, and prohibition of child labor; includes seven case studies.
Price to FRA members: $3, others $6.

Woodlands Safety: Learning from Close Calls 96-A-5
20-page manual presents a methodology for using “close call” accidents as ongoing learning opportunities in risk management on logging operations.
Price to FRA members: $5, others $10.

OSHA Logging Operations Regulations 96-A-3
24-page condensed-format “field guide” intended to serve as a brief on-the-job reference booklet on the 1994 OSHA Logging Standard for logging employees.
Price to FRA members: $2, others $4.

Revised Logger’s Guide to the New OSHA Logging Safety Standards 95-A-14
32-page manual is FRA’s clause-by-clause commentary on how to comply with the 1994 revision of the OSHA Logging Standard, with reprint of Regulation included as an appendix.
Price to FRA members: $5, others $10.

Companion to “Peace” 95-A-11
17-page booklet glosses major elements of independent contractor law, refering to the 271-page text How To Stay At Peace With Your Government by page number.
Price to FRA members: $5, others $10.

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