el dorado landowner worshop presentation
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Oil and Gas Leasing WorkshopOil and Gas Leasing WorkshopEl Dorado Conference CenterEl Dorado Conference Center
June 21, 2012June 21, 2012
About Arkansas’s Forests…About Arkansas’s Forests…
• 18.5 million acres18.5 million acres• Forest ownershipForest ownership
58% Private58% Private 22% Forest industry22% Forest industry 14% U.S. Forest Service14% U.S. Forest Service 6% Other public6% Other public
• Forest types: 42 % Oak-hickory 29% Pine 16% Bottomland
hardwood 2% Cedar
How Arkansas’s Forests How Arkansas’s Forests Impact the Economy…Impact the Economy…
• 30,000+ direct and 30,000+ direct and indirect Arkansas jobsindirect Arkansas jobs
• $1.5 billion earned each $1.5 billion earned each year by working familiesyear by working families
• $2.8 billion added to the $2.8 billion added to the state’s economystate’s economy
• 120+ manufacturers Lumber Engineered wood products Paper, packaging Furniture, cabinets, flooring Pallets, boxes, crates Crossties, poles Chips, shavings
How Arkansas’s Forests How Arkansas’s Forests Benefit the Environment…Benefit the Environment…
• Voluntary Best Voluntary Best Management PracticesManagement Practices
• Protect unique ecological Protect unique ecological areas and threatened areas and threatened and endangered speciesand endangered species
• Wildlife habitat• Carbon storage• Clean air and water• Recreation
About AFA…About AFA…
ProgramsPrograms• AdvocacyAdvocacy• CommunicationsCommunications• NetworkingNetworking• Tree Farm ProgramTree Farm Program• InsuranceInsurance
• Education Foundation Project Learning Tree Teacher Conservation
Tour Landowner Outreach Log A Load For Kids
• State and Federal Representation with Lawmakers and Policymakers
• Protect Private Property Rights and Right to Practice Forestry
AdvocacyAdvocacy
• Weekly Email UpdatesWeekly Email Updates• Monthly Printed Monthly Printed
NewsletterNewsletter• Facebook, Twitter, Facebook, Twitter,
YouTubeYouTube
CommunicationCommunication
• Annual MeetingAnnual Meeting• WorkshopsWorkshops• Regional Membership Regional Membership
MeetingsMeetings• Tree Farm TrainingTree Farm Training
NetworkingNetworking
• Project Learning TreeProject Learning Tree• Teacher Conservation Teacher Conservation
TourTour• Forest Awareness DayForest Awareness Day• Landowner Education Landowner Education
and Assistanceand Assistance
Education ProgramsEducation Programs
• AFA Members OnlyAFA Members Only• Hunting Lease LiabilityHunting Lease Liability• Standing Timber Standing Timber • Timberland LiabilityTimberland Liability• Prescribed BurnPrescribed Burn• PropertyProperty• And more!And more!
Insurance ProgramInsurance Program
• Grassroots campaign in Grassroots campaign in the logging and forestry the logging and forestry communitycommunity
• Since 1993, has raised Since 1993, has raised more than $5.5 million for more than $5.5 million for ACHACH
Log A Load For KidsLog A Load For Kids
arkforests.orgarkforests.org
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Twitter @arkforestsTwitter @arkforests