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, FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS W«dn»»d«y, December 2,1998
PAGE 20A
Timber Company renews commitment to wildlife
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and The Timber
Company, a separate operating
group of Georgia-Pacific Corp.,
have agreed to extend for 10 years
their landmark 1993 agreement
fdr conserving the habitat of
endangered red-cockaded wood
peckers on company-owned and
managed forestland.
At its inception, the memoran
dum of agreement (MOA) was the
first of its kind between a private
timberland owner and the princi
pal federal agency charged with
protecting and recovering endan
gered species in the United States.
The MOA provides for protecting
red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW)
habitat where found on The
Timber Company’s 4 million
acres of southeastern timberlands.
“Georgia-Pacific’s innovative
move in committing to protect the
woodpecker on its lands paved the
way for many new partnership
agreements between the Service
and private timberland owners,”
said Secretary of the Interior
Bruce Babbitt, who announced
the initial trend-setting agreement
five years ago. “These agreements
are proof that the Endangered
Species Act works, that
Americans can protect endan
gered species and continue robust
economic development.”
Service Southeast Regional
Director Sam D. Hamilton noted
that The Timber Company’s
objective of sustaining active
woodpecker clusters that exist in
viable populations on its southern
timberlands has been achieved.
He said the RCW population on
company forests in Arkansas and
Louisiana has remained stable,
fluctuating between 91 and 97
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association to hold expo
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association’s
51st Annual International Poultry
Exposition will again feature the
Poultry Products Export
Showcase. Bigger and better in
1999, the showcase is an excellent
way to link buyers ant sellers in an
expanding global marketplace.
Whether you elect to exhibit or
simply to attend, this is one poultry
industry event you shouldn’t miss!
New for 1999 are several organi
zational improvements. The
Export Showcase will be more eas
ily accessible from the main show
floor. In addition, international reg
istration will be relocated to rooms
313 and 314 in the East/Red Hall,
closer to the Poultry Products
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active clusters. The MOA protects
the largest RCW population in
Arkansas.
“This agreement has withstood
the test of time and clearly
demonstrates the benefits of coop
erative involvement in environ
mental protection,” said A. D.
“Pete” Correll, chairman and
chief executive officer of Georgia-
Pacific Corp. “Renewing the
MOA for 10 years signals our
long-term commitment to achiev
ing balance between sound eco
nomics and environmental stew
ardship.”
The renewed MOA closely mir
rors the original plan, combining
forest management activities and
protection of the bird’s habitat
areas. Company foresters locate
and mark all active clusters and
maintain and protect buffer
zones, prohibit new roads and
provide adequate foraging habitat
for each group of woodpeckers.
Company foresters also work
closely with biologists from the
Service and academia to conduct
ongoing studies into the bird’s
behaviors and habitat prefer
ences.
“Over the past five years, our
organizations have learned more
about the bird’s habits and the
forest structure required to sus
tain it,” said Donald L. Glass,
president and chief executive offi
cer of The Timber Company.
“Under the MOA, this research
will continue, ensuring that our
plan is supported by the best
available science.”
The red-cockaded woodpecker
is unique among woodpecker
species in southern forests
because it nests exclusively in liv
ing pine trees and is a cooperative
International Visitors Center, also
located nearby, will feature transla
tors and complimentary beverages,
allowing you to interact with your
peers from throughout the world.
“Sponsoring the Export
Showcase helps us link poultry and
egg exporters with buyers from
around the world,” said Delvin R.
Barrett, USPOULTRY board
chairman, Feather Crest
Companies.
Attendees will be able to sample
fresh and processes products at the
showcase and view the world’s
largest display of technology,
equipment, supplies, and services
for the poultry and egg trade.
Companies expected to exhibit at
the showcase are processors, egg
breeder, living in family units
called groups. Groups typically
consist of a breeding pair and up
to four helpers, which usually are
male offspring from previous
breeding seasons.
AIL company employees work
ing in RCW areas have been thor
oughly trained in the MOA’s
requirements and in identifying
active red-cockaded woodpecker
clusters.
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service is the principal federal
agency responsible for conserv
ing, protecting and enhancing fish
and wildlife and their habitats for
the continuing benefit of the
American people. The Service
manages the 93-million-acre
National Wildlife Refuge System,
comprised of more than 500
national wildlife refuges, thou
sands of small wetlands, and other
special management areas. It also
operates 66 national fish hatch
eries and 78 ecological services
field stations. The agency
enforces federal wildlife laws,
administers the Endangered
Species Act, manages migratory
bird populations, restores nation
ally significant fisheries, con
serves and restores wildlife habi
tat, such as wetlands, and helps
foreign governments with their
conservation efforts. It also over
sees the federal aid program that
distributes hundreds of millions of
dollars in excise taxes on fishing
and hunting equipment to state
wildlife agencies.
Headquartered at Atlanta, The
Timber Company manages 5.8
million acres of timberland in
North America and sells timber
and wood fiber to industrial wood
users.
packers, translators, shippers, and
government agencies, among oth
ers. Approximately 26,000 people
from 49 states and 98 countries
viewed more than 1,100 exhibits at
the 1998 IPE.
The S2O preregistration fee for
the International Poultry
Exposition includes admittance to
the Poultry Products Export
Showcase. The event is scheduled
Jan.2o-22 at the Georgia World
Congress Center in Atlanta.
For more information, contact
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association,
1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, Ga
30084-7303; (770) 493-9401; Fax:
(770) 493-9257; Internet:
www.poultryegg.org; e-mail:
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Dr. Janet L. Hunter is opening a private ffl-actice outpatient
office in Dahlonega the first week in De< ember, which will
provide mental health services using alholistic approach
and will serve primarily adults. Beginning in mid-
December, she will have a secondary iffice one day per
week in Woodstock. Hunter plans to work in conjunction
with primary care physicians, psychologists, social work
ers and counselors to help serve the overall mental health
needs of people in the North Georgia area. Hunter, who
was born and raised in Hiawassee, said, “I believe in a
holistic approach to the health and wellbeing of every indi
vidual. My goals are to provide needed mental health ser
vices, using as holistic approach. I also plan to do what I
can to remove stigmas that have profiled around mental
health.” Hunter spent her undergraduate years at Young
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