Please try this at home - How much is your tree worth?

Due to research that was conducted by the U.S. Forest Service there is now a quantifiable value that can be applied to the services provided by trees that are located next to your home or business. You can visit arborday.org/calculator to easily determine the dollar value of the economic and environmental benefits provided by any tree in your yard.

At this new site, enter your zip code, find your tree from the dropdown list, then enter the diameter of your tree and the type of property (residential or commercial).

The results show the overall annual contribution of your tree in dollars. There is also a pie chart breaking this amount into the various services provided such as stormwater retention, energy savings, air quality improvement, CO2 sequestration and property value enhancement. There are also individual tabs that take you to any of these values for additional explanation.

This is only one of the great tools that is provided at the Arbor Day website!

Walker County Selling Your Timber and Timber Tax Seminar

The Walker County Selling Your Timber and Timber Tax Seminar will be held Thursday, August 26, 2010, at The Alabama Cooperative Extension System Building located at 1501North Airport Road, Jasper, AL 35504. There will be 2.0 PLM credit hours for Professional Logging Managers and 2.0 CFE continuing education units for Registered Foresters for attending the seminar. This seminar is being sponsored by: The Walker County Forestry Planning Committee, Alabama Farmers Federation, Alabama Forestry Commission, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Walker County Soil and Water Conservation District and The Natural Resource Conservation Service.

Registration & meal will be held from 5:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
Timber Tax will be from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Selling Your Timber will be from 7:15 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.

For more information and to register please call Katherine at (205) 387-1879.