Envirothon 2009

Photos courtesy of the center for American History, UT-Austin (#DI-01295).

Forestry Overview

Area Of Virgin Forest1620

Area Of Virgin Forest1850

Area Of Virgin Forest1920

Ratcliff Lake National Forest

1938 1969 19862006

The Giving Tree

Beauty & Inspiration A Place to Climb Shade & Food House & Boat A Place to Rest

Forestry: Art, Science & Business

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Pineywoods

Post Oak Savannah

Live Oak-Juniper

East Cross Timbers

West Cross Timbers

Mountain Forests

Trees are the principal vegetative cover on about 29 million acres (12 million hectares)

Texas Forests

(12 million acres)

Growth & Removals 2003 - 2005

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Growth Removals

East Texas Average Annual Growing Stock (all species)

Stream-side Management Zones - SMZ

Best Management Practices - BMP

Aesthetic Management Zones - AMZ

Equipment…Grrr!

Feller Buncher

Log truck, loading deck & skidder

Harvesting Methods

1. Clear cut

2. Seed Tree

3. Shelter wood

4. Selection cut

Public

8%

Industry

16%

TIMOs/REITs

13%

Forestland Ownership in Texas

Individual/Family Forest Owners

61%

32%

Industry

Public

7%

Prior to 2000

Individual/Family Forest Owners

63%

Individual/Family Forest Owners

63%

2006

Public8.0%

Industry10.2%

TIMOs/REITs

18.4%

2005

Oh, the times they are a Changin’

Thank You!Angie Soldinger

Conservation Education CoordinatorTexas Forest Service

asoldinger@tfs.tamu.edu979-458-6649