BUTLER/CUNNINGHAM

This page presents all the available material from the BC conference for 2003 on Land Use and Land Value.

This site will change from time to time. Basic organization will remain constant.

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LEVEL 2

2003 CONFERENCE

FINAL REPORT

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The material on this page is presented in the same order as in the conference. The brochure for the conference can be found through the brochure page (see menu above) or through the button here. Don't forget to use "Back" on your browser to return safely.

Please also look at the pages on Agriculture Facts and Environment Facts for the website as a whole, and the page on Land Value Issues that pertains to this 2003 conference (see menus above). In particular from the Land Value Issues page, refer to the short paper on the transformation of farmland to forestland and other uses, and to the short summary of Alabama agriculture.

Most speakers had both an oral presentation and some audio-visual aids (usually slides in electronic format). Where possible, we give both a short summary (about 500 words) of each presentation in the words of the presenter, and the complete set of slides from the presenter. Often the slides can form a stand-alone set of useful information. In a couple of cases, the site developer (Mike Polioudakis) summarized talks, and indicates where he has done that. In a few cases, the speakers did not provide us with any summary of their talk and we did not feel it appropriate to write one for them. Some speakers did not use visual aids at all or did not use electronic visual aids (some speakers used only slides or transparencies), and for them no button will be available for electronic visual aids. From all the speakers, all the electronic visual aids that were used are available here. All the material should be in MS-Word and MS-PowerPoint format. You should be able to download most of the material. However, we ask you not to cite any of this material without the express consent of the presenter because the availability of the material here is not the same as publication. Thanks.

C.E. Boyd, Butler Cunningham Eminent Scholar, Auburn University

Welcome and Introduction

SESSION I: HISTORICAL AND CURRENT ISSUES

Wayne Shell, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University

History of land occupancy and use in Alabama

Herb Vanderberry, NASS, Montgomery, Alabama

Land use patterns since 1950

Joe Sumners, Auburn University

Economic development issues for rural Alabama

C.E. Boyd

Public opinion survey on Alabama land use (please see also the page devoted to the 2003 survey, from the menus above)

SESSION II: CURRENT LAND USE PATTERNS

Moderator: Lavaughn Johnson, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University

Warren Flick, Businessman, Athens, Georgia

Changing patterns in forest land ownership and use

Lori Garkovich, University of Kentucky

Rural residential growth and laud use issues. (Dr. Garkovich gave two presentations, of which two this is the first. She had visuals, but she did not provide any abstracts.)

Lee Stribling, Auburn University

Hunting concessions

Frank Clearfield, NRCS, North Carolina

Community issues and social capital in rural America

Robert Jones, NRCS, Alabama

Natural resource inventory

SESSION III: ECONOMIC ISSUES

Moderator: Same Fowler, Alabama Cooperative Extension System

J. Walter Prevatt, Auburn University

What determines the value of rural land?

Larry Putt, Faulkner University

Property rights and zoning issues (Dr. Putt had no visuals, and did not provide us with any abstract.)

Charles Barnard, USDA/WRS, Washington, D.C.

Effects of government propgrams on land prices

Ken Muehlenfeld, Auburn University

Forestry industry trends and outlook (Dr. Muehlenfeld did not provide us with any abstracts.)

Oline Price, Lee County Revenue Commissioner

Effects of taxation on rural land

SESSION IV: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Gil Rogers, Southern Environmental Law Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Urban sprawl and the environment

Jill Gardner, Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama

A greenprint for growth: a land preservation plan for Madison County

Wendy Allen (Jackson), Cahaba River Land Trust

Conservation easements: how they work

Lori Garkovich

Apparently substituting for another speaker who could not come, Dr. Garkovich gave a second presentation on land use issues, in particular zoning and the effects of zoning. She had visuals but provided no abstract.

SESSION V: LAND USE OPPORTUNITIES

Moderator: Walter Hill, Tuskegee University

Jim Maetzold, USDA/NRCS, Washington, D.C.

Alternative agriculture (Dr. Maetzold had an impressive array of non-electronic visuals, and paper literature to hand out, unforutnately none of which can be reproduced here. Please contact him through the address in his abstract.)

Denise Coleman, USDA/NRCS, Washington, D.C.

USDA farmland protection programs

Matthew Moye, Westerville, Georgia

A regional approach to rural-heritage tourism (Mr. Moye showed a video on the town-and-interactive-museum of Westerville, Georgia. Unfortunately we cannot reproduce the video here. Please contact him.)

Jim Bannon, Auburn University (for John Jensen)

AAES - Supporting agriculture and forestry land use and conservation

LUNCH WITH SPEAKER

Doug Phillips (Dr. Doug), Alabama Museum of Natural History

Dr. Doug gave us many visuals in a variety of formats, and a fascinating talk, neither of which could be duplicated here. Please catch him on television.

SESSION VI: PREDICTIONS OF FUTURE RURAL LAND USE IN ALABAMA

Moderator: Steve Guy of ALFA

Steve Guy, Alfa

Mr. Guy gave us a summary of issues facing farmers, other rural land users, and other rural land residents, in Alabama. He had visuals but provided no abstract.

Tommy Swearingen, Beebe Farms, Bay Minette, Alabama

Alabama family farm land preservation: a land owner's perspective (Dr. Swearingen had no electronic visuals that can be reproduced here.)

A panel discussion followed.