Woods Wise Wire
TallTimber
& Timberpad-
A System for Collecting, Processing, and Growing Forest Inventory Data
Dates
& Locations:
December
5,
Houlton Higher Education Center, 18 Military St., Houlton, Maine 04730
December
7,
Maine Forest Service Office, 87 Airport Road, Old Town, Maine
December
12,
Maine Forest Products Council, 535 Civic Center Drive, Augusta, Maine
Registration
& refreshments start at 8:30, workshop begins at 9 am.
9:00-9:15 Introduction and
overview on forest inventory, who's doing what and how. Todd Caldwell
9:15-10:25
Timberpad 2.0 -
Data collection software currently available for Android and vintage Windows
Mobile devices. Timberpad provides functionality helpful to both individual and
larger team cruise projects. We will demonstrate Timberpad concepts such as
ghost messaging, team sharing of product specs, and data exporting to Excel, MS
Access, and TallTimber. Hunter Manley and Thom Dodd presenting.
10:30-12:00
TallTimber 3.0 -
Forest inventory software developed and used by Todd Caldwell in the eastern
and central US. TallTimber processes timber cruise data into professional,
flexible inventory reports and spreadsheet ready tables. Simplifies growth
modeling with the US Forest Service's FVS model and creates growth reports
calibrated to your inventory. We will step through TallTimber with the
fictitious Deer Lake dataset for direct discussion from A to Z.
A
number of devices will be passed around during the workshop for direct contact
and experimentation. Video preview is available at (www.ttimber.com/tutorials/) and on
the ttimber YouTube channel playlist (ttimber.com/support/). Both
TallTimber and Timberpad are available for download in free demo versions at www.ttimber.com, and will be available for
help with installation after the workshop or via support@ttimber.com.
Maine
Licensed Forester Category 1 - 3 CEC's
Please
register online using the following links:
December
5, Houlton: TallTimber
& Timberpad Forester's Institute - Dec. 5 - Houlton, ME
December
7, Old Town: TallTimber
& Timberpad Forester's Institute - Dec. 7 - Old Town, ME
December
12, Augusta: TallTimber
& Timberpad Forester's Institute - Dec. 12 - Augusta, ME
Questions
about registering contact:
Kevin
D. Doran, Ed.D, Natural Science Educator, Maine Forest Service, kevin.doran@maine.gov -- 207-287-4988
Questions
about TallTimber & Timberpad contact:
Todd Caldwell,L.E. Caldwell Co. todd@lecaldwell.com -- office: (207)
377.3956, or cell (207) 713.8789
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The Maine Forest Service (MFS), under the
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, has entered into an
agreement with Forester Rene Noel which resolves a violation of the state’s
Statewide Standards for Timber Harvesting and Related Activities in Shoreland
Area on land he managed in Harpswell.
A timber
harvest supervised by Noel created a cleared opening in a shoreland area
approximately two times larger than permitted by the state’s rules. Noel
agreed to pay a $775 civil penalty for the violation.
Regional Enforcement Coordinator Jim Ecker said that Noel
told the Maine Forest Service that he did not intentionally intend to create
the violation and that he was simply applying sound forest management
principles.
“Noel was very cooperative and took full responsibility for
the violation,” Ecker said.
“These types of violations often result from inadequate
harvest planning or a failure to review the forestry rules before the harvest
begins,” Ecker continued. “When foresters or loggers fail to check local maps
or the regulations that may pertain to the area to be harvested; they can
inadvertently create violations. In this particular instance, had Noel
requested a variance to the standards prior to creating the opening, as was
recommended to him by MFS staff, he likely would have been permitted to harvest
as he did and avoid the violation.”
“Our goal is to improve the management of Maine’s forests,”
Maine Forest Service Director Doug Denico said. “Our agency focuses on
educating and informing landowners to reduce the possibility of such
violations. When violations do occur, however, we have a responsibility to uphold
the law. We take this and our other responsibilities very seriously.”
The
investigation and settlement negotiations were conducted by Regional
Enforcement Coordinator Jim Ecker with the assistance of Maine Forest Service
staff.
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The Maine Forest Service (MFS), under the
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, has entered into an
agreement with Robert Libby and Sons, Inc. which resolves a violation of the
state’s Statewide Standards for Timber Harvesting and Related Activities in
Shoreland Area on land they harvested in Sanford.
A timber harvest conducted by the company
created a cleared opening in a shoreland area approximately three times the
size permitted by the state’s rules. The company agreed to pay a $1,500 civil
penalty for the violation.
Regional Enforcement Coordinator Jim Ecker said that Bob
Libby, president of the company, told the Maine Forest Service that they did
not intend to create the violation and that they were simply following a marked
line, not knowing that they were that close to the water.
“Libby was very cooperative and took full responsibility
for the violation,” Ecker said.
“These types of violations often result from inadequate
harvest planning or a failure to review the forestry rules before the harvest
begins,” Ecker continued. “When loggers fail to check local maps or the
regulations that may pertain to the area to be harvested; they can
inadvertently create violations. In this particular instance, had Libby and
Sons checked the town zoning map the violation could easily have been avoided.”
“Our goal is to improve the management of Maine’s forests,”
Maine Forest Service Director Doug Denico said. “Our agency focuses on
educating and informing landowners to reduce the possibility of such
violations. When violations do occur, however, we have a responsibility to
uphold the law. We take this and our other responsibilities very seriously.”
The
investigation and settlement negotiations were conducted by Regional
Enforcement Coordinator Jim Ecker with the assistance of Maine Forest Service
staff.
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