Forestry Communication

The Big Piney River Stream Team Watershed Association has a new website. Please visit it at https://sites.google.com/site/bprstwa/home

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The following is a partial list of agencies and organizations that serve Missouri forest and land owners. The numbered documents are from the Forestry Writers Guild.

Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Forest Management for Missouri Landowners; www.mdc.mo.gov/landwater-care/forest-management

Missouri Forest Resources Advisory Council; www.mofrac.org

Missouri Forest Products Association, (573) 634-3252, www.MoForest.org, serves and promotes the forest products industry of Missouri; MFPA conducts Professional Timber Harvester training and Master Logger Certification

Tree Improvement and Maintenance Grant (TRIM) is a cost-share program that provides $1,000 to $10,000 to assist Missouri cities, towns and schools; Tree City USA provides direction, technical assistance, public attention, and national recognition for forestry programs; TRIM and Tree City USA can be found at www.mdc.mo.gov/landwater-care/communities/grants/community-forestry-programs

Call Before You Cut, a MDC program that encourages landowners to call 1-877-564-7483 for information before selling timber; www.callb4ucut.com

Right Tree Right Place, a anti-tree topping program that encourages wise tree choices; www.communitytrees.com/treetopping.html

Don’t Move Firewood! campaign; www.dontmovefirewood.org

Grow Native! is a joint program of MDC and the Missouri Department of Agriculture; www.grownative.org

Forest ReLeaf of Missouri provides free trees for schools and public lands; www.moreleaf.org

Missouri Forestkeepers Network offers teacher resources, workshops, and the Heritage Woods Program, which recognizes landowners who provide outstanding care for their woods; www.forestkeepers.org

Missouri Master Naturalist program; www.extension.missouri.edu/masternaturalist/training-overview.aspx

Succession Planning for Woodland Owners; www.centerforagroforestry.org/pubs/planning.pdf

The Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri is one of the world’s leading centers contributing to the science underlying agroforestry practices; www.centerforagroforestry.org

Private Land Programs, landowner assistance and cost-share programs:

USDA NRCS

*Texas County-Robert Rouse-(417) 967-2028 x 3

*Howell, Ozark, Douglas Counties-April Wilson-(417) 683-4816 x 3

MDC Private Land Conservationists

*Texas County-Lesly Holt-(417) 967-2028 x 3

*Douglas and Ozark Counties-Brad Mormann-(417) 683-4816

*Howell County-Brad McKee-(417) 256-7117

I can be contacted at 417-967-0676, 417-260-3064, or petermaki@totorcd.ord. Peter Maki, Forestry Communication Specialist

1.MO Forest History Part 1

2.MO Forest History Part 2

3.Why Forest Management 3