SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY

Industry; Loggers; Landowners
FORESTRY AESTHETICS GUIDE
Booklet illustrates voluntary guidelines that can improve the aesthetics of harvesting and other forest operations to enhance their visual quality. (1998; Booklet; 33 pages; 98-A-2)
Price: $5.00 for FRA members, $10.00 for all others (Forest Resources Association)

Industry; Landowners
FORESTRY BMPs FOR IDAHO
Explains BMPs to protect water quality, including information regarding roads, streamsides, timber harvesting, and hazardous materials. Includes color photos and drawings. ( 1993; Pamphlet; 34 pages; Order #624)
Price: $4 (University of Idaho)

Industry; Landowners
MONTANA FORESTRY BMPs
Four-color illustrated educational explanation of Montana's BMPs; currently being revised. (1991; Pamphlet; 34 pages; EB0096)
Price: $2.50 each (Montana State University Extension Service)

Industry; Landownerrs
SFI PROGRAM
Provides a general overview of the industry's Sustainable Forestry InitiativeSM, its guidelines, and its verification procedures. (1999; Booklet; 12 pages)
Price: free to AF&PA members; 25˘ apiece to all others (American Forest & Paper Association)

Industry
COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SFI VOLUNTARY VERIFICATION PROCESS
Brochure presents answers to 16 questions likely to arise about the industry's Sustainable Forestry Initiative'sSM voluntary verification option. (1999; Brochure; 4 panels)
Price: free (American Forest & Paper Association)

Industry
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVESM STANDARD: PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES
Presents the ratified text of SFI's Principles and Objectives as updated for 2000. (2000; Booklet; 8 pages)
Price: first 25 copies free (American Forest & Paper Association)

General Audience
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVESM 2000 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
Illustrated evaluation of the industry's Sustainable Forestry Initiative's progress as of 2000, in terms of on-the-ground impact. (2000; illustrated report; 28 pages)
Price: first 25 copies free (American Forest & Paper Association)

General Audience
WE GROW TREES!
Two-sided card shows two sets of pictures from the same location taken over 100 years apart. (1995; Card)
Price: Free (Associated California Loggers)

Grades 7-12; General Audience
A FOREST VISION
Video discusses how our choices about career, citizenship, and consumption of resources can help to create a sustainable society. (Video; 14 min.)
Price: $15 for 1-4, $12 for 5-9. $10 for 10 or more (Temperate Forest Foundation)

Grades 5-8
ARE WE RUNNING OUT OF TREES?
Brochure, part of the Earth Answers® series, explains how managed timberlands use sustainable forestry practices to ensure that we will never run out of trees. (1995; Brochure; PE-EARTH1)
Price: $6.25 for 25 (TAPPI)

Grades 5-8
HOW ARE TREES GROWN FOR PAPER?
Brochure, part of the Earth Answers® series, covers the ways tree farms and managed timberlands provide us with paper and paper products. (1999; Brochure; PE-EARTH2)
Price: $6.25 for 25 (TAPPI)

General Audience, Industry
SUSTAINING OUR FORESTS, SUSTAINING OUR FUTURE
Pamphlet explains goals of sustainable forestry, including increasing forest productivity, protecting water quality, enhancing wildlife habitat, and managing the forest landscape. (Pamphlet; 18 pages)
Price: Free (International Paper)

General Audience, Industry
GREEN SPIRIT - TREES ARE THE ANSWER
Book provides the reader with a positive message about forestry and the environment. Discusses how we should use more wood and plant more trees to reduce our reliance on non-renewable fuels and materials. (2000; Book)
Price: $15 for 1-9 copies, $12.50 for 10-49 copies (Green Spirit)

General Audience
FORESTRY CYCLE WEBSITE
Web site explains how sustained yield forest management enhances the natural cycle of forest growth and production. Includes a virtual forest tour. (Web site)
Price: Free online at http://www.wii.com/forstour/index.htm.

Industry, Landowners, General Audience
THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST
Lithograph print poster by photographer Mike McMurray features a clear and concise definition of "Sustainability" under the image. (Poster; 24" x 36")
Price: $27 (Temperate Forest Foundation)

General Audience
TWO SIDES OF FIRE
Video discusses how natural forces shape forest ecosystems, the dependence of some forest ecosystems on fire, and how fire may be used to manage forestlands. (Video; 15 min.)
Price: $15 for 1-4, $12 for 5-9. $10 for 10 or more (Temperate Forest Foundation)

Industry, General Audience
TOWARD SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY
Report looks at Oregon's forests at the millennium, focusing on Oregon's First Approximation Report as the first attempt in the nation for a state to undertake a massive evaluation of its forestlands according to international standards of sustainability. (2000; Special Report; 12 pages)
Price: Free (Oregon Forest Resources Institute)

Industry; General Audience
THE GREEN GUARANTEE
Explains the Green Guarantee, a Wisconsin sustainable forestry agreement, and discusses management and reforestation practices. (Pamphlet)
Price: Free online at http://www.consolidatedpapers.com/green.html or free hardcopy (Consolidated Papers, Inc.)

Landowners
TIPS TO CONSIDER WHEN SELLING YOUR TIMBER
Pamphlet offers advice about developing a management plan, working with foresters, deciding what to cut, knowing the value of timber, and creating a written contract. A glossary of forestry terms is also included. (1997; Pamphlet; 97-A-15)
Price: (Forest Resources Association)

Landowners
FOREST STEWARDSHIP PLANNING WORKBOOK
Workbooks includes information on how to develop a plan to manage, protect, and enhance your forest. Comprehensive materials cover wide range of topics from forest health to estate planning. (1995; Workbook; 60 pages; Order #984)
Price: $2.00 (University of Idaho)

Landowners
MANAGEMENT PLANNING FOR WOODLAND OWNERS: WHY AND HOW
Offers advice on how to create and implement a record keeping system, develop a management plan, and adapt the plan to future conditions. (2000; Pamphlet; 8 pages; EC 1125)
Price: Free online (http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/EC1125.pdf) $1.50 for hard copies (Oregon State University Extension Service)

Landowners
RECORD KEEPING: A HOW-TO-DO-IT GUIDE FOR SMALL WOODLAND OWNERS
Explains record keeping procedures, including information on what to report, how to record it, and how to make your record keeping system work well into the future. (1997; Pamphlet; 12 pages; EC 1187)
Price: Free online (http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/EC1187.pdf) $2.00 for hard copies (Oregon State University Extension Service)

Landowners
ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WOODLAND OWNERS
Explains the origins of ecosystem management, its key features, and how to implement management procedures. (1996; Pamphlet; 12 pages; EC 1469)
Price: Free online (http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/EC1469.pdf) $1.25 for hard copies (Oregon State University Extension Service)

Landowners
SITE PREPARATION: AN INTRODUCTION FOR THE WOODLAND OWNER
Discusses the manual, mechanical, prescribed fire, and chemical methods to reduce logging slash, reduce the habitat of unwanted wildlife, and control competing vegetation. Includes information on the legal aspects of site preparation. (1998; Pamphlet; 12 pages; EC 1188)
Price: Free online (http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/EC1188.pdf) $2.50 for hard copies (Oregon State University Extension Service)

Landowners
SUCCESSFUL REFORESTATION: AN OVERVIEW
Discusses site preparation, how to obtain and plan seedlings, plantation maintenance, and how to obtain financial assistance. (1998; Pamphlet; 8 pages; EC 1498)
Price: Free online (http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/EC1498.pdf) $1.50 for hard copies (Oregon State University Extension Service)

Landowners
WOODLAND WORKBOOK
Three-ring binder is a how-to guide for the woodland owner. Twenty-nice core publications cover the areas of management planning, forest measurements, reforestation, stand management, forest protection, logging, marketing forest products, business management, and available assistance. (Binder Workbook)
Price: $41.50 (Oregon State University Extension Service)

Landowners
MANAGEMENT PLANNING FOR YOUR SMALL WOODLAND…AN INTRODUCTION
Video introduces planning tools, terminology, and techniques; and demonstrates the basic steps in developing a useful management plan. Includes interviews with successful small woodland owners and scenes from real-life woodlots. (1996; Video; 19 minutes; Video Tape #1017)
Price: $95 for purchase, $25 for rent (Oregon State University)

General Audience
LESSONS IN APPALACHIAN FORESTRY
Handbook with information on forestry in Appalachian region and specific hardwood tree and lumber information. (1997; Handbook; 32 pages)
Price: $3 each (Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers)

Landowners
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY: A GUIDE FOR VIRGINIA LANDOWNERS
Provides information about forest management and timber harvesting practices to ensure the sustainability of forest resources. Focuses upon the importance of good planning, how to work with professional foresters and agencies available to assist landowners. (1999; Pamphlet; 27 pages; VA Sustainable Forestry Task Force; 420-139)
Price: Free (Available online at http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/forestry/420-139/420-139.html) Single hard copies available for free to VA residents and for $1.00 for non-residents. Bulk rates also available. (Virginia Cooperative Extension)

General Audience; Government; Landowners; Media; Service Clubs
FOREST FOCUS
Quarterly publication that provides information to the non-forestry person about sustainability of Westvaco forests, wildlife, biotechnology, forest science, and products. (Quarterly; Serial Publication; approximately 20 pages)
Price: Single copy is free (Westvaco Corporation-Sally Harvey)

General Audience; Landowners
SMALL WOODLOT MANAGEMENT IN KENTUCKY
Includes information on forest protection and maintenance, timber stand improvement, harvesting, selling timber, planting, assistance. (1993; Booklet; 23 pages; University of Kentucky - College of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service)
Price: Free (Kentucky Division of Forestry)

General Audience; Landowners
FOREST MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE
Information on forest management plans, forest regeneration, marking timber, timber stand improvement and protection and recreation. (1995; Pamphlet; tri-fold)
Price: Free (Kentucky Division of Forestry)

Landowners
MANAGED FORESTS FOR HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS
Describes the concept of ecosystem management, and gives examples of how landowners may apply it to their woodlands. (Pamphlet; 420-642)
Price: Free (Available online at http://www.utextension.utk.edu/pbfiles/pb1574.pdf) Single hard copies available for free to VA residents and for $1.00 for non-residents. Bulk rates also available. (Virginia Cooperative Extension)

Landowners
LANDOWNER EDUCATION PACKAGE
Comprehensive landowner education package including sustainable forestry, wildlife, timber harvesting, educational and other general information. (1999; 2 pocket folder with inserts; Canal Industries, AF&PA, NC Agricultural Extension)
Price: Free (Canal Industries Inc.)

General Audience; Industry; Landowners
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY FOR KENTUCKY
General description and introductory guide to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) program for Kentucky. (1997; Pamphlet; Tri-Fold Brochure)
Price: Free (Kentucky Forest Industries Association)

General Audience; Industry; Landowners
MANAGING SUSTAINABLE FORESTS IN KENTUCKY
A guide to sustainable forest management practices in Kentucky. (1996; Serial Publication; 27 pages; KFIA/Westvaco Corporation)
Price: Free (Kentucky Forest Industries Association)

Landowners; Teachers; High School
FOREST STEWARDSHIP: MANAGEMENT CHOICES
Managing forests for aesthetic, timber, wildlife, recreation, soil and water benefits. (1998; CD-ROM)
Price: Free to appropriate South Carolina users or schools, forestry agencies/organizations out of state. (South Carolina Forestry Commission)

General Audience; Government; Media; Service Clubs; Industry; Landowners; Teachers; Grades 4-12
WESTVACO'S ECOSYSTEM-BASED MULTIPLE USE FOREST MANAGEMENT
Video explains Westvaco's ecosystem forest management and uses schematics to demonstrate how the six zones (water quality, special areas, non-forest, habitat diversity, timber production and visual quality) fit together in the management of the entire landscape. (1999; VHS; 8:50 minutes)
Price: Free Loan (Westvaco Corporation-Don Dadisman)

Industry; Landowners; Loggers
SUSTAINABLE FOREST POLICY
Contains the NHLA definition of sustainable forestry and includes implementation guidelines and performance measures for NHLA companies to achieve sustainable forestry practices. (POLICY)
Price: $1.50 each (National Hardwood Lumber Association)

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