Timber Tax Update for 2011 Tax Filing Season

The tax rules for timber differ significantly from the general tax rules for other activities. Learn the federal income tax laws on timber transactions that affect your 2011 tax return filing. We will explain the tax laws on timber income and deductions, provide practical tips, and answer your questions.

Introduction to the Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System - IFTDSS

What you will learn: The web-based Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System (IFTDSS) was designed to provide fire and fuels managers with a single software solution to manage the many data types, software applications, and tools available for fuels treatment planning.

Wildlife for Lunch:Factors Influencing Efficiency of Intensive Deer Management

Deer managers in Texas have a bewildering array of management tools available, ranging from supplemental feed to selective harvest and introduction of deer, and attempts to alter genetic characteristics of wild deer. New management approaches constantly surface, some of which are not biologically sound or feasible. This webinar will provide biological background and informati...

What happens when we are at the table together? A case study from Sumner County, Tennessee

The 2011 Changing Roles webinar series has a theme: Considering Natural Resources in Land-Use Decision Making Processes. Natural resource professionals often refer to "being at the table" in reference to their participation in multi-stakeholder processes such as land-use planning and therefore, this same language is used in the session titles of this series. Each session will a...

Wildlife for Lunch -Aging White-tailed Deer on the Hoof

This presentation will show participants some of the characteristics to look for in white-tailed deer to better age deer live on the hoof. Which in turn can help your overall management goals for your whitetail herd.

Changing Roles: Why we need you at the table? and How do you get to the table? Land-use planners' perspectives

This session's speakers will highlight the growing need for natural resource professionals to become active participants in local planning processes. The presentation will provide an overview of the key elements of local planning, explain how and when resource professionals can become engaged in the process, and discuss what is expected of participants. Craig and Jim will pro...

Changing Roles: Why should we be at the table? Natural resource managers' perspectives

This session will begin with an interactive exercise in which participants will explore the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with considering natural resources in land-use planning. Next, Susan Stein will discuss findings from the Forest on the Edge project including the impacts of increased development surrounding both private and public forestland...

Wildlife For Lunch - Using technology to age and score white-tailed deer in photographs

Knowledge of a buck's age and quality is critical for successful white-tailed deer management programs. In the past, deer enthusiasts have subjectively aged and scored deer "on the hoof" or have collected age and antler data from harvested animals. Although aging and scoring live deer is a skill that most hunters can develop with practice, many people don't have the experienc...