Get ALL the hours you need to renew your PLM in one easy bundle, as well as CFE hours.  We’ve made your renewal easier than ever this year by pre-packaging five hours of continuing education in one easy to purchase option.  You can view content any time.  View all at once or as you are able.  All five hours are required for renewal. 

Classes Included:

• Accounting and Tax for Loggers and Timberland Owners
• Alabama’s Rivers and Forests
• Alabama Wood-Based Resource
• Feral Swine Ecological Impacts and Management Strategies
• The Need for a Safety Culture in Trucking

Renew your PLM or CFE with the simplicity of our  convenient video bundle. It includes the required 5 PLM hours, making your renewal a breeze. Access content anytime, all at once or at your pace – all five hours are mandatory for renewal.

Classes Included:

• Prescription for Fire
  
• Effects of Sedimentation in Imperiled Aquatic Species
  
• Bats and their Benefits
  
• Forest with Exceptional Conservation Value
  
• How Forest Can Influence Climate
  

Get ALL the hours you need to renew your PLM in one easy bundle.  We’ve made your renewal easier than ever this year by pre-packaging five hours of continuing education in one easy to purchase option.  You can view content any time.  View all at once or as you are able.  All five hours are required for renewal. 

Classes Included-

• Wood is Good (1 CFE, 1 PLM)
• Invasive Species (1 CFE, 1 PLM)
• Prescribed Burning (1 CFE, 1 PLM)
• ForestryWorks Safety and Harvest Planning Modules (2 PLM)

1. timber harvest planning
2. high hazard tasks
3. ergonomics
4. hearing conservation

Get ALL the hours you need to renew your PLM in one easy bundle, as well as CFE hours.  We’ve made your renewal easier than ever this year by pre-packaging five hours of continuing education in one easy to purchase option.  You can view content any time.  View all at once or as you are able.  All five hours are required for renewal. 

Classes Included-

• Alabama Forestry Association Advocacy
• Clean Water and Your Forest
• State of the Forest
  
• Training the Next Generation of Forest Workforce
• Forestry First Aid

Learn about Alabama’s forest products industry from three companies that operate in Alabama – Resource Management Service, West Fraser, and WestRock.

Recorded September 2016

Greg Brewer, Alabama Forestry Association Regional Forester .

Recorded October 2019

Orman Wilson with Jamison Money Farmer PC reviews key timberland tax solutions.

Recorded September 2017

Refresh your knowledge on Alabama’s best management practices (BMPs) with Alabama Forestry Commission BMP Coordinator Ryan Peek.  Best management practices help loggers, foresters, and landowners reduce erosion potential during and after timber harvesting activities. 

Recorded July 2018

To earn one Alabama Professional Logging Manager (PLM) credit hour: NO CFE CREDIT GIVEN

   1.   Read “Gopher Tortoise, Conservation and Forest Management”

   2.   Review the supplemental material listed below          

                       Supplemental Material
                       Gopher Tortoise Burrow Identification
                       Living with Gopher Tortoises

   3.   Return to the original downloaded document “Gopher Tortoise, Conservation and Forest
         Management”, proceed to page 5 and click the link to begin the quiz.

Upon passing the quiz, you will receive email notification of your earned 1 hour of PLM Credit, and it will automatically  be recorded in your PLM record.  Additional information regarding PLM continuing education requirements can be found online at www.alaforestry.org in the PLM section.

Learn to identify several common plant species invasive to Alabama’s forests.  Understand how they grow and review steps that can be taken to minimize their impact on forests you own, manage, or in which you operate.

Mark Fryer, Davis-Garvin Insurance Agency, defines liability issues related to land ownership and explains the insurance solutions that can help.

Recorded September 2017

Alabama Forestry Association's own Ray Clifton teaches on Logger Safety.

Recorded April 2018

Preparation is the key to success.  Review planning and processes necessary for a safe and successful prescribed burn. 

Tyler Sibley, Alabama Forestry Association wildlife biologist, provides an overview of the role prescribed fire plays in the Southern forest.

Recorded October 2019

Alabama Department of Commerce’s Ken Muehlenfeld offers insider information on how Alabama recruits wood manufacturers.  His presentation reviews information related to the past decade and a future outlook. 

Recorded September 2017

Understand how and why the Federal Government holds the responsibility to protect threatened and endangered species.  Learn species in Alabama’s forests that have been categorized as threatened or endangered and how to operate in areas where they may exist.  Threatened and Endangered Species Specialist Ray Metzler, Alabama Forestry Commission, provides updates relevant to forestry in Alabama.    

Recorded January 2019

Promoting the use of wood building products to architects, construction professionals, and designers proves to be a solid growth opportunity for the forest products industry.  Prepare to share new insights with others on how beneficial wood buildings can be after learning the positive benefits of building with wood.