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Logger Activist Video
This is a 45 minute video produced by the American Pulpwood Association showing loggers how they can be activists for their profession and the responsible use of forest resources.
Logger Safety Program
This is a short promo video produced by Georgia Pacific for the Logger Safety Awareness Program developed out of Mississippi Cooperative Extension. Areas emphasized are Awareness, Training, and Professionalism.
Loggers Safety Training Project B-Roll
This is a 10 minute amateur video of a logger safety training sponsored by Georgia Pacific.
Longleaf Pine-Artificial Regeneration
This video is a 45 minute video produced by the Longleaf Alliance on the importance of Longleaf as a tree species to the Southern United States. It explores the history of Longleaf and current regeneration and management techniques.
Loss Control For Professional Loggers Take-Home Video
This is a half-hour video produced by the American Pulpwood Association on the importance of logger safety.
Wayne Clatterbuck: Direct-seeding Acorns for Reforestation of Bottomland Oaks
Master Tree Farmer 2004- Session 4: Hardwood Management (Part 1)
Ben Jackson: Marketing Forest Products
Master Tree Farmer 2004- Session 5: Marketing and Harvesting (Part 1)
Managing Moisture - Module 3 - Plan It Well, Build it Right, Keep It Forever
This is the 3rd installment in the "Managing Moisture" series. It looks specifically at how to build a moisture free home--1) choosing an area that drains well, 2) detailed drawings and specifications, and 3) homeowner responsibility in home maintenance and lawn care.
Private Property Rights & Endangered Species - Kim Coder
This is a 30 minute talk given by Dr. Kim Coder of the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forest and Natural Resources on how private property rights are effected by the Endangered Species Act.
William Hubbard: Forestry as an Investment
Master Tree Farmer 2004- Session 2: Forestry as an Investment
Tree Crops
This is a 40 minute video presentation on the benefits of planting tree crops on marginal farmland. Marginal farmland can be an abandoned hay field, an overgrown pasture, or an eroded hillside for example. Common crop trees discussed in this video are pawlonia, Christmas trees, pine, and black walnut.
Trees are Treasure-Sustaining the Community Forest
This is a 20 minute video on the importance of trees in the urban landscape. It features Ed Macie from the USDA Forest Service.
Vertibrate Pests of Trees - ID of Wildlife Damage to Woody Vegetation
This is a 10 minute presentation given by Dr. Jeff Jackson of the University of Georgia on identifying vertebrate pests that attack woody material.
International Paper Company-The Story of Paper
This is a short children's video produced by International Paper on how paper is made. It takes the viewer from the harvesting of the raw material (a tree), to the digesting of wood chips into pulp, to bleaching, and finally to making a finished product.
I want to log "selectively"-A Practical Guide to Partial Timber Harvesting
This is a 40 minute video produced by Idaho Cooperative Extension. The video outlines concepts that will help forest landowners, logging operators, and thinning contractors to understand basic tree characteristics to favor and disfavor during a partial harvest.
Scientific Forestry for Informed Choices
This is a short video produced by the US Forest Service highlighting the USFS's efforts to to showcase the science behind forestry. More specifically, it looks at Bent Creek Demonstration Forest and the silvicultural projects that are going on there.
Selected Presentation on Wood Technology
This is a 45 minute collection of selected presentations on wood technology. R. Bruce Hoadley, author of the "Understanding Wood" is a featured speaker exploring basic wood characteristics. There are several other speakers that get into the basics of wood technology.
Southern Landowners Outreach Conference-Tape 2
This is an hour and a half video of landowners talking about their various experiences at the Southern Landowners Outreach Conference.
Stewards of Family Farms, Ranches, and Forests
This is 10 minute video describing the Stewards of Family Farms, Ranches, and Forests Initiative. It was put in place to help protect forest, ranch, and farm landowners from overly stringent legislation and property rights infringement.
The Hot Logging Team Feller Buncher and Grapple
This is short promotional video produced by Timberjack that highlights how well their line of feller bunchers works with their line of grapple skidders when hot logging.
Thinning Pays
This is a short video about cost share programs that support thinning in pine plantations.
Timber Harvesting Expo 1996 - Part 2
This is an hour long video of timber harvesting demonstrations taken at the 1996 Georgia Timber Harvesting Expo.
Tree Planting in the Southern United States
This is a 15 minute video on how to care for tree seedlings, correct tree seedling planting techniques, and how to protect from injury on the job.
David Moorhead: Opportunities for Fertilizing Pine Plantations
Master Tree Farmer 2004- Session 3: Pine Management (Part 2)
Storm of the Century - Hurricane Hugo Special
This is a 55 minute video on the landscape level damage caused by Hurricane Hugo a hurricane that ripped up the Atlantic Coast in September of 1989.
Street Trees-Site Selection, Planting and Maintenance in the Urban Landscape
This is a 50 minute video training program on planting trees in cities for those interested in preserving or reclaiming cities for current and future use. This video in particular looks at site selection, tree planting, and tree maintenance in urban landscapes.
Managing Moisture - Module 5 - There's No Such Thing As Dry Rot
This 20 minute video is the 5th in the managing moisture series. It looks specifically at fungi, what it takes for fungi to live, how fungi attack wood structures, and what can be done to keep the threat of fungi at bay.
Conservation Reserve Program-Growing Wildlife Benefits
This a short University of Georgia Extension video highlighting the wildlife benefits associated with crops (namely trees) planted through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). The Conservation Reserve Program provides cost share to protect highly erodible areas and water quality.
Creosote Application
This is a short training video containing information required by the EPA for any persons involved in pole framing, piling applications, or railroad tie repair.
Climate Change and Gap/Stand-level Vegetation Models
Presented at the Climate change, vegetation models and decision making in the face of uncertainty short course - Denver, Colorado
It All Begins at the Cut
This is a short promotional video produced by Timberjack on their line of Feller Bunchers.
It's Wonderful Being a Tree
This is a short children's video produced by International Paper. It describes, using relatively easy terms and simple concepts, how trees in a hardwood forest are managed for pole and saw timber.
Safety Training for on the Ground Herbicides
This is a 20 minute safety training video produced by the USFS on herbicides and herbicide use. The 5 areas explored are pesticide labeling and registration, mixing and applying herbicides, transporting herbicides, storing herbicides, and cleaning up herbicide spills.
Street Trees - Site Selection, Planting and Maintenance in the Urban Landscape
This is video produced by Alabama Cooperative Extension on how to choose the right street tree, how to plant street trees well, and how to prune street trees.
The First 50 Years
This is a 10 minute promotional video produced by Timberjack. It takes you through their product line starting in 1947 up to 1997.
The Forest Archetype-Structure of Public Perception
This is a 45 minute presentation on understanding public perception and how the public forms its perception of the forest and forest industry.
The Forest Health Crisis-A Cut-to-Length Prescription
This is a 20 minute video that looks at the cut-to-length system ( a harvester/forwarder combo) as a means of removing hazardous fuels from National Forests as well as private forest land.
The Professional Harvesting Worker
This is a 20 minute video produced by the American Pulpwood Association on professional forest workers. It asks a series of questions to a number of different forestry workers about why they got into the business, what they love about the business and how much they value professionalism.
The Sustainable Forest Initiative and It's Impact on Loggers
This is a 60 minute video conference produced by Alabama Cooperative Extension on the impacts of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative on loggers. Dr. Richard Brinker, an Extension Specialist with Auburn University hosts a panel discussion.
James M. Guldin: Management of Southern Pine Stands Using Natural Regeneration
Master Tree Farmer 2004- Session 3: Pine Management (Part 3)
Firewood Cutting Techniques for the Casual User
This is a short video produced by Stihl on firewood cutting techniques for the casual user. It features Soren Erikson.
How to Do Borate Dip Diffusion
This is a USDA Forest Service produced video on how to do Borate Dip Diffusion Treatments to wood to protect it long-term from insects and decay fungi.
Poultry Litter Application on a Pine Plantation
This is a short 20 minute video produced by Oklahoma Cooperative Extension about the benefits of applying poultry litter to pine plantations and a how to.
Firewise Landscaping - Part 3
This is the 3rd video in a series on firewise landscaping. This 10 minute video looks at maintenance of landscaping to keep it firewise.
Gulf Coast Tree Assessment Project
This is a short video on assessing hazardous trees and managing risk post Katrina and the 2005 Hurricane season. The goal of the project was to reduce hazards, manage risk, and keep as many trees standing as possible in New Orleans and Louisiana.
Hazard - A Logging Safety Video Program - Northern Wood Society
This is a 15 minute video produced by the Northern Wood Society on logging safety.
Lost River
This is a 20 minute video produced by the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency on the Hatchee River and the rich wildlife habitat it provides. This river is one of the only natural free flowing rivers left East of the Mississippi.
Greening Our Cities - Bringing Nature Into the Places We Live
This short video talks about the benefits of planting trees in urban settings.
Forest Roads - Silviculture: Best Management Practices
Forest roads represent the single greatest potential for severe, long term erosion and sedimentation from forestry activities.
Forest Investments: A Climate for Profit
This short video produced by Temple Inland outlines the advantages to investing in pine tree production and management.
Commercial Driver's License-Pre-trip Inspection Part 2
This video teaches CDL holders how to perform a pre-trip inspection of a tractor-trailer designed specifically for hauling forest products.
Cut-to-Length-A New Tool for Land Managers
This video describes the advantages and disadvantages of Cut-to-Length harvesting systems.
Great Southern Lumber Company
This is a 15 minute silent film produced by International Paper on the Great Southern Lumber Company.
Achieving Better Utilization of Our Forest Resources
This is a video of a presentation given on achieving better utilization of forest resources in Canada via mechanical harvesting. The two basic harvesting techniques explored are whole-tree harvesting and cut-to-length systems.
Herbicide Residues in Smoke
This is a short 15-minute video addressing the question of whether or not herbicides can be detected in the smoke generated during a prescribed fire.
HYDRO AX-NORCAR
This is a short promotional video produced by NORCAR on their cut to length equipment.
Research Practically Speaking Volume 6
This is the 6 video in a series produced by the International Society of Arboriculture. It discusses the USFS's database of southern trees available on CDROM and the latest research on which containers are best for growing trees and shrubs.
Southern Hardwood Forest Management
This is a 20 minute video produced by Mississippi Cooperative Extension on Southern Hardwood Forest Management. It looks at the relationship between species and site.
The Mechanism of Moisture Movement in Wood
This is a 30 minute slide presentation on the mechanics of water movement in wood.
The Miracle Resource
This is a 13 minute video produced by the Temperate Forest Foundation on the benefits of and many uses of forest resources.
The Move to Cut-to-Length Harvesting
This is a 30 minute video produced by Timberjack about the appropriateness and benefits of cut-to-length harvesting systems. It explores situations where cut-to-length systems are appropriate and the benefits of such systems to the land, to logging contractors, and to the mill.
The New Millennium - Part 2
This is the 2nd video conference in The New Millennium series on urban and community forestry. This 3 hour section focuses on urban forestry management tools.
The New Millennium - Part 3
This is the 3rd video in the series called the New Millennium on Urban and Community forestry. Topics discussed in this installment focus on public policy, local and state government, and how it effects urban and community forestry.
Donald P. Reed: Wildlife and Forestry Management The Best of Both Worlds
Master Tree Farmer 2004- Session 6: Management Opportunities (Part 2)
2600 Series Feller Bunchers-Flat Out Felling
This is a 13 minute about the Timberjack 2600 Series Feller Bunchers.
New Dimensions for the New Millennium - An Urban and Community Forestry Update for the South
This is the first video in the New Millennium Series on Urban and Community Forestry in the South. Ed Macie from the USFS, State and Private gives an overview of the changing landscape, changing issues, and changing roles of urban and community natural resource professionals. Brad Wyche from Upstate Forever gives a non-profit perspective. Danny Burbage speaks on how urban forestry can better serve the community and finally Bill Hubbard, the Southern Region Extension Forester, talks about the roles and responsibility of urban forestry partners.
Whose Lookin' After my Forest and Howse It Goin'
This is a short video geared towards children. It looks at the forest as a resource, how it is managed, and what products come from the forest.
Home Heating with Wood
This is an older video produced by SUNY and Cornell on heating your home with a wood furnace.
Oregon's Generous Forests: Managing for Wood
This is a fifteen minute video that looks at managing Oregon's various forest types for wood products.
Symposium on Urban Forest Inventory Systems
This an hour and a half recording of a symposium on urban forest inventory systems.
"Wood Friendly" - Moisture Monitoring and Management
This is a 20 minute promotional video produced by Wagner. It looks at their state of the art Wagner 680 moisture monitoring and management system.
A Closer Look at Trees- Part 2
This video is an hour long lecture that takes the viewer closer into the heart of a tree. It is the 2nd installment and explores wood physiology and the microscopic features of various types of wood. It also explores potential wounds to wood.
Controlling Wood Infesting Beetles
This is video of an hour long lecture given by Terry Amburgery on controlling wood infesting beetles. It explores both chemical and non-chemical methods.
Something In The Air: A Report on Air Quality and Forest Health
This is a 25 minute video explaining the phenomena known as acid rain or acid deposition. It looks at what makes up acid rain (sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides mixed with water) and the main causes of acid rain, coal burning power plants.
The Techniques of Lumber Yield Improvement - Part 1
This is the first in a series geared towards the wood-based industry. Produced by NC State, this hour and a half long video looks specifically at techniques employed to improve lumber yield. Make sure you download "Part 2" for the last 30 minutes of this presentation.
Timberjack - 60 Series Skidders - A New Generation
This is a 15 minute promotional video produced by Timberjack on their 60 series skidders.
Introduction - Silviculture: Best Management Practices
This manual establishes the Best Management Practices (BMPs) for silviculture operations in Florida.
Primary Zones - Silviculture: Best Management Practices
The Primary Zone applies to perennial streams, perennial lakes, sinkholes with perennial water, Outstanding Florida Waters (OFW), Outstanding National Resource Waters (ONRW), Class I Waters, and in some cases wetlands.
Wetlands - Silviculture: Best Management Practices
For regulatory purposes, wetlands are defined by the presence or absence of specific types of vegetation, soils and hydrologic conditions.
Reclaiming the Future: Reforestation in Appalachia
Since the implementation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, many opportunities have been lost for the reforestation of surface mines in the eastern United States.
Legacy of Fire - The Story of the Tillamook Burn
Experience the power of a fast-moving wildfire as you witness the story of the Tillamook Burn, told by the men and women who knew this forest when it was devastated by fire in the 1930s and 1940s.
America's Forests-A History of Resiliency and Recovery
This is a short video on the history of America's forests and forest product use.
Central Tire Inflation Tests
This is a short USDA video exploring low pressure tires and Central Tire Inflation systems.
Chainsaws and Common Sense
This is a 45 minute chainsaw safety video produced by Stihl for both amateurs and pros alike.
Constuction Damage to Trees in Wooded Lots
This video, produced by the International Society of Arboriculture, looks at various types of damage caused by construction on wooded lots.