By Lee Laechelt
To Members and Friends of the Alabama Forest Owners’ Association —
Every time we head to the woods, we check our property maps to see what son Billy has updated on the HuntStand Pro App. He has marked and shared property corners, locations of recently cleared old logging roads, and mud holes that need to be drained and filled. So, needless to say, we are looking forward to learning more about the App’s features from HuntStand’s Brian Murphy on Saturday morning, April 9. Brian will kick off the morning program of our 41st Annual Meeting at the Pelham, Alabama, Civic Complex.
Then, ugh, taxes. Dr. Tamara Cushing, one of the top forestry tax experts in the United States will highlight Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2021 Tax Year. Tammy is one of the three co-authors of the publication and was a leader in coordinating and presenting the excellent, just-published, five-part webinar series, Forestry Taxes – Learn, Plan & Save Money. Be sure to ask Tammy how to handle Carbon Credit Income, because next on the program is…
How to Earn Income from the Carbon Market. Alex Macintosh has been traveling all over the U.S. lately, trying to explain how forest landowners can get paid by delaying the harvest of their timber for a year. NCX: no strings, no long-term commitment. We placed Alex on the program just before the coffee break, so you’ll be able to ask lots of questions. Of course, Brian and Tammy will both be ready to answer questions during the break, too.
After the coffee break, Mississippi State’s Daryl Jones will tell us about the many businesses mom & pop forest landowners have created in his specialty, Natural Resource Enterprises. Alabama Forest Owners’ Association members are not beginners here, since more than four thousand AFOA members lease their land to hunters. Even so, we know Daryl will share a few bits of information that will make us all better land managers.
There will be a wealth of information in the audience on Saturday morning. To help us see and understand just a little bit of it, we have asked Consulting Forester Billy Rye to lead a panel of forest owners to discuss Managing Land in the Midst of Disruptions. We’ve all faced disruptions in our lives – in the plans we’ve made for our land, for ourselves, for our businesses, and for our families. I’m looking forward to this discussion. Just before we leave the Pelham Civic Complex for lunch and the afternoon program at Oak Mountain State Park, we’ll pull names out of a hat to see who wins the door prizes. This year a chain saw — a Husqvarna 450 Rancher with Carrying Case – will top the list. Good luck!
Register now online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/41st-annual-meeting-of-the-alabama-forest-owners-association-registration-244679020537.
