Oil and Gas Leasing WorkshopOil and Gas Leasing WorkshopEl Dorado Conference CenterEl Dorado Conference Center

June 21, 2012June 21, 2012

About Arkansas’s Forests…About Arkansas’s Forests…

• 18.5 million acres18.5 million acres• Forest ownershipForest ownership

58% Private58% Private 22% Forest industry22% Forest industry 14% U.S. Forest Service14% U.S. Forest Service 6% Other public6% Other public

• Forest types: 42 % Oak-hickory 29% Pine 16% Bottomland

hardwood 2% Cedar

How Arkansas’s Forests How Arkansas’s Forests Impact the Economy…Impact the Economy…

• 30,000+ direct and 30,000+ direct and indirect Arkansas jobsindirect Arkansas jobs

• $1.5 billion earned each $1.5 billion earned each year by working familiesyear by working families

• $2.8 billion added to the $2.8 billion added to the state’s economystate’s economy

• 120+ manufacturers Lumber Engineered wood products Paper, packaging Furniture, cabinets, flooring Pallets, boxes, crates Crossties, poles Chips, shavings

How Arkansas’s Forests How Arkansas’s Forests Benefit the Environment…Benefit the Environment…

• Voluntary Best Voluntary Best Management PracticesManagement Practices

• Protect unique ecological Protect unique ecological areas and threatened areas and threatened and endangered speciesand endangered species

• Wildlife habitat• Carbon storage• Clean air and water• Recreation

About AFA…About AFA…

ProgramsPrograms• AdvocacyAdvocacy• CommunicationsCommunications• NetworkingNetworking• Tree Farm ProgramTree Farm Program• InsuranceInsurance

• Education Foundation Project Learning Tree Teacher Conservation

Tour Landowner Outreach Log A Load For Kids

• State and Federal Representation with Lawmakers and Policymakers

• Protect Private Property Rights and Right to Practice Forestry

AdvocacyAdvocacy

• Weekly Email UpdatesWeekly Email Updates• Monthly Printed Monthly Printed

NewsletterNewsletter• Facebook, Twitter, Facebook, Twitter,

YouTubeYouTube

CommunicationCommunication

• Annual MeetingAnnual Meeting• WorkshopsWorkshops• Regional Membership Regional Membership

MeetingsMeetings• Tree Farm TrainingTree Farm Training

NetworkingNetworking

• Project Learning TreeProject Learning Tree• Teacher Conservation Teacher Conservation

TourTour• Forest Awareness DayForest Awareness Day• Landowner Education Landowner Education

and Assistanceand Assistance

Education ProgramsEducation Programs

• AFA Members OnlyAFA Members Only• Hunting Lease LiabilityHunting Lease Liability• Standing Timber Standing Timber • Timberland LiabilityTimberland Liability• Prescribed BurnPrescribed Burn• PropertyProperty• And more!And more!

Insurance ProgramInsurance Program

• Grassroots campaign in Grassroots campaign in the logging and forestry the logging and forestry communitycommunity

• Since 1993, has raised Since 1993, has raised more than $5.5 million for more than $5.5 million for ACHACH

Log A Load For KidsLog A Load For Kids

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