No respect

Get a load of this: After being asked to help a landowner with a timber sale, your run-of-the-mill friendly neighborhood ACF consulting forester sent his standard service agreement for her approval and signature. Before executing the agreement, she wanted her attorney to "look it over," which he encouraged since, in addition to having nothing to hide, it had been written by his attorney. No problem so far. Her attorney made a suggestion which appeared to be a "I want you to know I'm doing my due diligence and earning my fee" sort of change. Nonetheless, it was acceptable. Now, here's the kicker: In a follow-up phone call, she told the ACFer that her attorney had said "You know you can do this yourself?" Being unusually fast on his feet that day, the ACFer told her "Yes, she could" and she should tell her attorney that she could also represent herself in legal matters. Boo-ya! Score one for the ACFer!

ACF donates to Mississippi Children’s Museum

From the March edition of The Voice of Forestry, the Mississippi Forestry Association's newsletter:

The Association of Consulting Foresters (ACF) has contributed $1000 to the Mississippi Children’s Museum, currently under construction in Jackson. A forestry exhibit is among the museum’s interactive areas and will offer excellent forestry education for our state’s children. ACF plans to consider further donations for the next two years. “This is such a great project that we want to do all we can to support it,” said Mike Mikell, Chairman of the Mississippi Chapter of ACF.

Biomass Potential in the South

The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy has issued a report on woody biomass in the South entitled "Yes We Can: Southern Solutions for a National Renewable Energy Standard." It shows there is plenty of biomass in the South to supply a renewable energy market. Many of their findings may be applicable to other regions of the nation.

To look at the report, go to: www.cleanenergy.org/images/stories/serenewables022309rev.pdf