Texas Forestry Association (TFA) announced Bill and Fonda Snow as the 2020 Outstanding Tree Farm of the Year during the organization’s virtual annual conference held Oct. 28-29, 2020, at the TFA headquarters in Lufkin, Texas. “Bill and Fonda have created and maintained a beautiful tree farm following many of the best management principles laid out …
Texas Forestry Association (TFA) presented Kynda Trim, forester with Farmers National Company, with the 2020 Tree Farm Inspector of the Year award during the organization’s virtual annual conference held Oct. 28-29, 2020, at the TFA headquarters in Lufkin, Texas. The Tree Farm Committee revised its awards program in 2019 and presented awards to the top …
Texas Forestry Association (TFA) presented the 2020 Excellence in Wood Design to First United Bank, Fredericksburg, during the virtual annual meeting held Oct. 28-29, 2020 at the TFA headquarters in Lufkin, Texas. The Excellence in Wood Design award has been presented for over fifty years as a positive outreach program for TFA. The main criteria …
Texas Forestry Association (TFA) presented the 2020 TFA Member Communicator of the Year award to Rufus Duncan, Jr. during the virtual annual conference held Oct. 28-29, 2020, at the TFA headquarters in Lufkin, Texas. “This year presented TFA with new challenges in sharing its message of sustainable forestry. One of them was showcasing the importance …
Texas Forestry Association (TFA) presented Deaven Futral, owner and operator of Southern Logging, LLC, with the Outstanding Logger of the Year award during the organization’s virtual annual conference held Oct. 28-29, 2020, at their headquarters in Lufkin, Texas. “Deaven has been an active member of TFA, serving in leadership roles for Texas Logging Council and …
Texas Forestry Association presented the 2020 Outstanding Forestry Educator Award to John Warner during the Association’s virtual annual convention held at the TFA headquarters in Lufkin, Texas on Oct. 28-29, 2020. “John has spent the past 31 years in the forest, teaching and guiding thousands of Texas landowners, homeowners, and municipalities on urban and forestry …
Texas Forestry Association (TFA) presented the 2020 Forestry Innovation Award to Aimee Aubin, City of Austin, Conservation Program Director; and April Rose, City of Austin, Forest Health Coordinator; during the Association’s virtual annual meeting held Oct. 28-29, 2020, at the TFA headquarters in Lufkin, Texas. Both Aubin and Rose were instrumental in designing, developing, and …
Texas Forestry Association (TFA) presented the 2020 TFA Communicators of the Year award to the Texas Department of Agriculture during the virtual annual conference held Oct. 28-29, 2020, at the TFA headquarters in Lufkin, Texas. “As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the nation, Texas timber became more essential than ever and the need to highlight …
