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If past is prologue, then understanding our economic past may help us better understand what may lie ahead for the forest products industry. Join Marshall Thomas, president of F&W Forestry, as he discusses the business concept of the product life cycle, examines the naval stores industry and the Southern lumber boom of the 1800s as examples of its relevance to the forest products industry over the last 200 years, and its application to the present. In doing this analysis, some interesting comparisons between the past and the present were discovered, along with some lessons for the forestry community for actions today that could help with current depressed markets and position forests and forest industry to help the world meet its carbon neutral goals.

Marshall D. Thomas is President of F&W Forestry, an international forest resource management company headquartered in Georgia. Marshall began his career with F&W in 1978 as a field and technical forester, eventually rising through the company's ranks to head of the organization. Since 1988, he has led F&W through rapid growth and service-area expansion, including numerous offices in the US, Uruguay, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

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Founded in 1960 at the Denver Public Library, the Conservation Collection is a historic trove of published and unpublished materials accessible to the public. The collection was formed by published books and serials first collected in Arthur Carhart's personal library and has grown to reflect modern contributions such as published zines and contemporary masters theses. The collection also comprises over 200 unpublished manuscript collections. Examples include the papers of Ira Gabrielson, first director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Howard Zahniser, Executive Secretary of The Wilderness Society and author of the Wilderness Act, and Velma (Wild Horse Annie) Johnston, animal welfare activist who campaigned for federal protection of wild burros and horses. Recent acquisitions include the papers of EarthFirst! founder Dave Foreman, and Gudrun "Gudy" Gaskill, the driving force behind the Colorado Trail. Join host Jamie Lewis as he talks with Heidi Young and Abby Hoverstock of the Conservation Collection staff to learn more about the holdings and how you can access them.

Heidi Young is a Special Collections Librarian who curates the Conservation Collection's published materials. She is especially interested in exploring relationships between people, plants, and animals and seeks to understand these relationships in the context of the past, the present, and the future. Abby Hoverstock is Manager of Archival Services, overseeing a team of archivists and support staff who collect, process, and make accessible archival collections in four collecting areas (including the Conservation Collection) across two DPL repositories. She supports the team's efforts to grow and sustain a rich collection of unpublished materials with a national scope.