Alabama Forest Owner's Guide
to Information Resources

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Introduction

Understanding
Information

Sources of
Publications

Woodlots/Small
Forests

Forest
Resources

Plants and
Animals

Planning the
Resource

Management for
Trees

Management for
Wildlife

Management for
Alternative Uses

Business
Information

Forest Industry

Environmental
Protection

Forestry Law

Reference
Sources

Special Methods
and Practices

Background
Information

Current
Periodicals

Programs for
Landowners

Guide and
Publication Lists

Conclusion

The forest industry is a leading component of Alabama's economy. Harvesting, marketing, manufacturing, and exporting are all major activities in the state.

Alabama Timber Seller's Guide and Directory of Timber Buyers by County. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Forestry Commission, 1994. (AFC-RE-03) 44 p.
For each county, lists names and addresses of timber buyers. Indicates type of operation (logging, pulpwood).

Directory of Alabama's Forest Industries: Primary and Secondary Forest Products. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Forestry Commission., 1998. 156 p.
An important tool for marketing timber and forest products. Also an E-book. Updated every few years.

An Export Directory of Alabama Wood Products. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Forestry Commission, 1995 (?). 48 p.
List firms that supply wood products for export by product category, such as hardwood lumber, treated wood, millwork and furniture. Tables show export products and markets. Also gives general physical properties, relative working properties, and description and use of major species.

Forest Products Utilization & Marketing Assistance. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Forestry Commission, n.d. 4 p.
Describes types of assistance available from the Utilization and Marketing Section, Alabama Forestry Commission, in economic development, international trade, wood energy, and technical utilization.

Johnson, Tony G. Alabama's Timber Industry: An Assessment of Timber Product Output and Use, 1955. Asheville, N. Carolina: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, [1998], (Resource Bulletin SRS 27), 28 p.

Kenna, Karen M. Grading Hardwood Logs for Standard Lumber. Atlanta: U.S.D.A. Forest Service. Southern Region, 1981 (revised). 19 p.
Provides details on grading hardwood logs. Explains that grading is used to determine the value of a log based on quality and volume.

1994 Forest Product Production by County. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Forestry Commission with the Alabama Development Office and the Alabama Center for Commerce, 1994. 37 p.
Statistical data, by county, on volume of production of forest products, such as pine lumber, hardwood chips, cross ties, pulpwood (pine and hardwood), and hardwood lumber.

Planning Your Timber Harvest. Auburn, Ala.: Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, n.d. A video. Time: 15 min.
Outlines five steps: know your forest management objectives, decide harvesting techniques, get involved in marketing and selling, develop harvesting plan, and follow through on plan.

Southern Forest Products. Tallahassee, Fla.: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 1987.

A brochure that lists major categories of wood products, such as lumber and construction components, and identifies specific products within each category.

Calculators

Curtis, A. B., Jr. Fuel Value Calculator. Atlanta: U.S.D.A. Forest Service. Southern Region, 4th ed., 1992.
A device to show the comparative value of various types of fuel, such as wood chips, oven dry wood, and natural gas. Tables show fuel required for equivalent heat and fuel storage approximations for southern pine.

Delaski, David A. Firewood Worth Calculator. Atlanta: U.S.D.A. Forest Service. Southeastern Area. State and Private Forestry, 1981.
A device to show the value of firewood, compared to electricity, natural gas, LP gas, and fuel oil. Charts show heating value of numerous species and heating efficiencies of selected heating systems.

More details on firewood are described in Firewood: What You Should Know Before You Buy or Cut, by Bill McKee, published in 1986, (Circular ANR-476) by the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service. 10 p.

Foster, Bennett B. Southern Pine Growth Rate Dial. Atlanta: U.S.D.A. Forest Service. Southern Region. State and Private Forestry, n.d.
Used to calculate the average rate of volume increase (percent) of individual trees.