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20 May 2014: The PLOS ONE Staff (2014) Correction: Designing Mixed Species Tree Plantations for the Tropics: Balancing Ecological Attributes of Species with Landholder Preferences in the Philippines. doi: info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0098600 View correction
A mixed species reforestation program known as the Rainforestation Farming system was undertaken in the Philippines to develop forms of farm forestry more suitable for smallholders than the simple monocultural plantations commonly used then. In this study, we describe the subsequent changes in stand structure and floristic composition of these plantations in order to learn from the experience and develop improved prescriptions for reforestation systems likely to be attractive to smallholders. We investigated stands aged from 6 to 11 years old on three successive occasions over a 6 year period. We found the number of species originally present in the plots as trees >5 cm dbh decreased from an initial total of 76 species to 65 species at the end of study period. But, at the same time, some new species reached the size class threshold and were recruited into the canopy layer. There was a substantial decline in tree density from an estimated stocking of about 5000 trees per ha at the time of planting to 1380 trees per ha at the time of the first measurement; the density declined by a further 4.9% per year. Changes in composition and stand structure were indicated by a marked shift in the Importance Value Index of species. Over six years, shade-intolerant species became less important and the native shade-tolerant species (often Dipterocarps) increased in importance. Based on how the Rainforestation Farming plantations developed in these early years, we suggest that mixed-species plantations elsewhere in the humid tropics should be around 1000 trees per ha or less, that the proportion of fast growing (and hence early maturing) trees should be about 30–40% of this initial density and that any fruit tree component should only be planted on the plantation margin where more light and space are available for crowns to develop.
Citation: Nguyen H, Lamb D, Herbohn J, Firn J (2014) Designing Mixed Species Tree Plantations for the Tropics: Balancing Ecological Attributes of Species with Landholder Preferences in the Philippines. PLoS ONE 9(4): e95267. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095267
Editor: Han YH. Chen, Lakehead University, Canada
Received: September 11, 2013; Accepted: March 25, 2014; Published: April 21, 2014
Copyright: © 2014 Nguyen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding: The study was funded from ACIAR Smallholer Forest projects ASEM/2003/052 and ASEM/2006/091. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Over the past two decades, there has been rising interest in planting mixtures of tree species to establish plantations that provide multiple services including production and improved nutrient cycling and also to provide more biodiversity at the landscape level [1]. Mixed-species plantations have the potential to generate a variety of forest products, as well as a range of ecosystem services [2]–[4]. Mixed species plantations are often established using just two or three species but sometimes far more diverse mixtures have been used which include representatives of a variety of successional stages [5].
A major issue facing those wishing to establish mixed species plantations is that knowledge of the silvicultural attributes of most species is usually so limited that it is difficult to predict how these will grow when planted into novel combinations [6]. The growth strategies of species growing in natural forests can provide an indication of the role they might play in a plantation including whether they are shade-intolerant, a canopy dominant species or whether they can grow in sub-canopy strata. The interactions among species will strongly influence the productivity of mixtures [7], [8]. Species attributes that could be used as possible indicators of the performance of species grown in a mixed-species stand include shade tolerance/intolerance, height growth rate, crown structure, foliar phenology, and root depth and phenology [9], [10]. Combinations of species with complementary traits can reduce competition and allow for the most efficient use of limiting resources like water, nutrients and light in plant communities [6].
Identifying complementary species is a difficult task, particularly in the tropics when native tree species are preferred, as there is a limited knowledge of growth strategies of most native species. A number of challenges are likely to take place in newly established mixed-species stands because of competition and differences in the species growth rates. Trees grown in mixed species stands can sometimes suffer both intra-specific competition and inter-specific competition. Both of these are influenced by tree density [11]–[13]. High initial planting density may facilitate early site capture, reduce weed control, improve form and lower stem taper [14]. On the other hand, higher densities mean costs are greater because more seedlings are needed and stand thinning is necessary at an earlier stage of stand development. This problem may not be as great as it seems if the thinned trees have some economic value and there are usually some fast growing species that can be harvested at an early age.
The Rainforestation Farming plantations in the Philippines present an ideal opportunity to explore basic questions concerning forest dynamics, optimal planting densities and human-use patterns of tropical polycultures [15]–[19]. We hypothesise that these mixed species plantations could balance the ecological attributes of species with landholder preferences in the Philippines. Here, over three time periods, we measure changes in the structure and species composition of these mixtures. We consider the following questions:
- How has the composition and structure of these mixed-species plantings changed over time?
- How have patterns of species loss (due to mortality and harvesting) and recruitment been affected by the design of these species mixtures?
- What are the implications for the future design and management of tropical polycultures used by smallholders?
Materials and Methods
Ethics Statement
The study was permitted by the owners of the lands (for more details see Table 1) to be conducted in 18 sites. It was not possible to sample from all 28 sites that were established under the Rainforestation Farming system because several plantations had been detrimentally affected by fire, harvesting, clearing for other agricultural activities; because access was not granted by the land owners; or did not meet minimum requirements for measurements (e.g. trees greater than 5 cm diameter).
Study Area
The study was conducted in Leyte province, which is one of two provinces located in Leyte Island (Figure S1 in File S1). This is the eighth largest island in the middle of the Philippines archipelago and covers about 800,000 ha [20], [21]. Leyte Province has a humid monsoon climate and the average rainfall in the study area for the years 1980−2000 was 2,686 mm with an annual variation of between 1,775 mm in 1987 and 3,697 mm in 1999 [22]. Although there is no pronounced dry season, the region experiences its lowest rainfall of less than 100 mm between March and May [23]. Dry periods of several months duration with rainfall of less than 100 mm can sometimes occur as was the case during the 'El Nino' year of 1993, the year in which the project commenced. The average annual temperature is 27.5°C and ranges from 26.3 to 28.7°C. The relative humidity is always high and the average monthly level for the years 1980−2000 ranged from 75.1% in March to 80.1% in October [22]. The soils are derived from volcanic parent material and were strong acidic with a pH 4.1–4.9 [24]. The natural vegetation in the region is a species-rich, lowland dipterocarp forest but natural forest now only remains on the less accessible slopes of the Leyte cordillera [25].
A unique polyculture reforestation program was started in the Philippines in 1992 called the Rainforestation Farming system [26]–[29]. It involved 28 small-scale mixed-species plantations on private farms on Leyte Island. These plantings were established to provide smallholders with a form of reforestation that generated income from an early age while also providing the benefits of increased biodiversity in the highly cleared and mainly agricultural landscape. The intent was to create resilient and sustainable forms of reforestation that would also be financially attractive to local farmers [27], [28]. The program focussed on native species and used a large number of species to establish mixtures to resemble a few natural forests in the region. In response to demands by landholders some exotic species were also used in the mixtures. The system used approximately 100 endemic pioneer and shade-intolerant tree species, longer-lived species of Dipterocarp, fruit trees and a limited number of exotic timber species. These were planted to create a series of small scale plantations in the average area of about 1 ha [29].
At the beginning of the Rainforestation Farming project, species assessed as shade-intolerant pioneers were planted in a spacing of 2 m×2 m to provide an environment for supposedly shade-tolerant timber and fruit tree species to be established in the following year. These were inter-planted at a general spacing of 2 m×1 m [28]. The estimated density at planting time was about 5000 trees/ha at sites. From 7 to 40 species were planted at each farm. The aim was to create a three storied structure with pioneer and shade-intolerant trees in the upper canopy layer, shade-tolerant trees and fruit trees in the second storey and shade-tolerant crops in the lowest layer. Supposedly there would be roughly equal numbers of shade-tolerant and shade-intolerant species. In fact the numbers and identity of species planted at each farm were not consistent but depended upon seedling availability at the time, and the preferences of the local landholder. As a consequence detailed records of plantings at each farm were not kept. Sites were developed over a period of several years from 1995 to 2000. Further details of the Rainforestation Farming methodology are given by Kolb [22].
Data Collection and Analysis
Data were collected from 80 plots distributed across 18 of the mixed-species plantations (Table 1). These plots have also been used in a recent biodiversity-productivity study [18]. The first measurement of species composition and stand structural characteristics was undertaken from February to March 2006 when the trees were aged between six and 11 years. Measurements of trees and site properties were collected from randomly located circular plots with a radius of 5 m (78 m2 area) within the plantations. The number of plots sampled at each farm ranged from 1 to 12 plots on the size of the farm's plantings, with the number being determined by the size of site so that the sampling area occupied at least 5% of plantation [30], [31]. All plots and trees within them were permanently marked in the field. In each plot, all trees were counted and identified to the species level and the height (H) and diameter at breast height (dbh) were measured. Each plot contained at least seven trees greater than 5 cm in diameter. All the plots were re-measured during 2008 and again in 2012. On each occasion new recruits were identified and measured and tree deaths were recorded. A distinction was made between deaths and by harvesting (i.e. evidence in the form of stumps) and natural tree deaths.
The species were grouped into two categories based on provenance (i.e. native species and exotic species) and three categories based on ecological types. These included shade-intolerant species (pioneer as well as longer lived secondary forest species), shade-tolerant species (species from the Dipterocarpaceae plus other shade tolerant species) and fruit tree species. All of the shade-tolerant species but especially the Dipterocarps are regarded locally as having highly valued timbers.
Annual rates of mortality and recruitment were calculated as the mean annual proportion of lost trees or new recruits using the total number of stems at the time of the first measurement as the base line.
The estimated times needed for species growing in Rainforestation stands to reach threshhold sizes of 10 cm and 30 cm were calculated based on relative growth rates of the 32 common species across sites.
The Importance Value Index (IVI; see Table 2) was used to assess the importance of different species in each plantation [32]–[36].
One-way ANOVA test was used to compare stand densities and the Importance Value Indices between the three measurements. The differences in tree loss and recruitment between species groups were also analysed using a one-way ANOVA combined with LSD post-hoc tests for all pairwise comparisions between group means.
Statistical analysis was undertaken using SPSS 21 and Excel 2010 and data was visually presented using SigmaPlot 12.3.
Species Compositional Changes
A total of 76 canopy species of trees were recorded at 80 plots distributed across the 18 sites at the time of the first measurement in 2006 (Table 3). These represented 33 families and 58 genera. They included 43 shade-intolerant species, 8 shade-tolerant non-Dipterocarp species, 11 Dipterocarp species (all shade-tolerant) and 14 fruit tree species. Of these, 57 are native species and 19 are exotic species.
Each of the different species types were present at most sites, but the proportion of trees represented by the different types of species varied: exotic species represented 36% of all trees, while shade intolerant species represented 78% of all trees. Fruit trees were present in only 21 of the 80 plots and represented 8% of all trees.
Overtime, we found the number of species present decreased from 76 in 2006 to 65 in 2012 (Table 3). The species lost included eight that were shade-intolerant, three fruit tree species and one species of Dipterocarpaceae. On the other hand an additional species (Strombosia philippinensis) was recruited from trees growing outside the plots in the period between 2008 and 2012 and grew up to exceed the 5 cm dbh size threshold above which trees were assessed.
Changes in Stand Density Caused by Mortality and Harvesting
The average stand density across all sites decreased from an estimated planting density of 5000 trees ha-1 to 1383±50 trees ha−1 at the time of first measurement in 2006 when the sites were aged between six and 11 years. From 2006 the average stand density then decreased further to 1145±56 trees ha−1 in 2012 (Figure 1). These changes were not uniform and density was constant in 19 plots (24% total plots) during the whole period over which measurements were made. The average site stand density differed significantly over time (F18 = 4.720, p = 0.013).
Mean stand density at measurements (a), estimated stand density at the planting time (b), and stand density of plots at different ages (c).
Part of the decline was due to between-tree competition but some was also caused by tree harvesting by farmers. Loss due to competition (i.e. mortality) over the period differed between the various categories of species. Overall, shade-intolerant species and fruit trees lost around 5% of trees each year but only 0.7% of the shade-tolerant trees were lost (Table 4). Around 5.4% and 8.6% of individuals of native and exotic species respectively were lost each year due to competition and harvesting (Table 4, Figure 2). There was no significant difference in the loss of stems between native and exotic species (F18 = 0.450, p = 0.507) but a difference between functional groups of shade-intolerant, shade-tolerant and fruit trees (F18 = 3.111, p = 0.054) across sites. We found that the shade-tolerant group had lost significantly fewer stems than the other groups (p = 0.030 and 0.043 between shade-tolerant and shade-intolerant, and between shade-tolerant and fruit trees, respectively). We found no significant difference in terms of losing individuals between shade-intolerant species and fruit trees (p = 0.881). Most of the deaths occurred in trees less than 10 cm dbh although a few larger trees had also died by the time of the final measurement (Figure 3). Most of the losses occurred in smaller size classes and were more common in the 2006–2008 period than in the 2008–2012 period (Figure 3).
In categories of species ecology (a) and in categories of species provenance (b).
In the periods of 2006–2008 (a) and 2008–2012 (b).
Evidence of harvesting and the identity of these trees could be seen in the form of old stumps. Harvesting commenced when the trees were in the 5–10 cm dbh class but harvesting was common in trees up to around 25 cm dbh (Figure 3). During the six years, 20.4% of all trees >5 cm dbh recorded in 2006 were harvested. The smaller sized trees harvested belonged to 38 species of all shade-intolerant, shade-intolerant species and fruit trees while the larger trees belonged to only 11 shade-intolerant species (e.g. Melia dubia, Gmelina arborea, Leucaena leucocephala, Terminala macrocarpa and Swietenia macrophylla) and only one individual of fruit tree (i.e. Sandroricum koetjape). Some trees of these species were also harvested at dbh < = 25 cm. The other common species that were harvested at dbh <25 cm included Vitex parviflora, Gymnostoma rumphianum, Artocarpus heterophyllus, Samanea saman, Pterocymbium tinctorium and Tectona grandis.
Most of trees which were died due to competition or disease had dbh smaller than 25 cm, including shade-intolerant, shade-tolerant and fruit trees; only one death of decayed tree of Melia dubia had dbh around 30 cm.
In contrast to these losses, a number of trees were also added to the stands as trees grew larger and exceeded the 5 cm dbh size class. These were found in 23 of the 80 plots. At the time of the first measurement in 2008 trees belonging to 9 species had been added to the stands and by 2012 trees from 20 native species were being added. They included Dipterocarp species (e.g. Parashorea plicata, Shorea contorta, Hopea malibato, Hopea plagata) and some individuals of other shade-tolerant, shade-intolerant and fruit trees. There were no exotic species found in the recruitment (Table 4, Figure 2).
Growth Rates
By 2006 about 2% of all trees exceeded 30 cm dbh but this has increased to 6.7% by 2012 (see Figure S2 in File S1). The results showed that three shade-intolerant species (i.e. Leucaena leucocephala, Melia dubia and Gmelina arborea) could reach the dbh threshold of 30 cm by age 10 years. Most these species could achieve 30 cm dbh before 20 years old of planting. The estimated time it takes for particular species to reach a harvestable age is shown in Table 5.
Importance Value Index
Although Importance Value Index of species was not significantly different between measurements across sites for all species (F77 = −1.1E-13, p>1), mortality and early harvesting by landholders caused a change in the Importance Value Index of some species in specific plantations (Figure 4). At the time of the first measurement shade-intolerant species had the highest Importance Value Indices due to their density, relative common and uniform distribution and their faster-growth (e.g. Swietenia macrophylla, Gmelina arborea, Terminalia macrocarpa, Vitex parviflora and Gymnostoma rumphianum). However, their Importance Values declined because of harvesting and the shade-tolerant species gradually acquired greater Importance Values (e.g. Gmelina arborea, Gymnostoma rumphianum, Melia dubia and Leucaena leucocephala) (Figure 4 and Figure S3 in File S1).
IVI at measurements (a) and changing trend of IVI between 2006 and 2012 (b).
Our results indicate that the Rainforestation Farming plantations are a highly dynamic system. Changes in stand structure and species composition have been brought about by a combination of anthropogenic factors and natural mortality. It appears that the harvesting of trees by farmers was carried out in an entirely opportunistic way according to their particular circumstances; it was not based on silvicultural prescriptions that specified the timing or intensity of tree removals. This means it is unlikely that production was optimised in the way that managers of industrial plantations usually seek to achieve. On the other hand, this was exactly the intention of the designers of the Rainforestation Farming system; optimal productivity has been traded-off for the sake of flexibility. Mortality has been hastened by the very high initial planting densities. Not surprisingly this has mostly occurred amongst the shade-intolerant species. The net effect of these two processes has meant that over the six years of the study, slower growing native species have become more dominant while faster growing (mainly shade-intolerant) species have become less dominant. At this point it is not clear how these stands should be now managed because the timing of any future harvesting (i.e. financial benefit to landholders) is difficult to specify. It is likely that farmers will continue to remove trees once they reach some threshold size chosen by the landholder to suit their purpose irrespective of the value of the timbers or market for the logs.
Fruit trees were added to the species mixtures in the expectation that once mature, they would yield a large annual crop of fruit. Experience has shown however that this has not occurred even though some fruit trees are now more than 15 years old. Typically fruit trees require wide spacing and full sun to bear productively [15], [35]–[40]. But in the Rainforestation Farming design they were incorporated into a closely spaced system and were quickly shaded by faster growing pioneer species. As a consequence there appears to be high mortality of fruit trees. There are reports of some fruit harvesting at some sites by Milan et al. [26] but overall productivity has been very low. A better outcome might have been achieved by plantings fruit trees along plantation edges where they would receive more light and be easier to harvest.
Based on this experience we suggest a modified set of silvicultural prescriptions for smallholder and community tree plantations in this part of the Philippines, along with elsewhere in SE Asia. The suggestions are outlined in Table 6 and show recommended planting densities and constituent species. The planting density is set at around 1100 trees per ha rather than the 5000 trees per ha used in the Rainforestation Farming plantations. This reduces the cost of buying and planting seedlings and, while there may be slight increase in the time needed for weed control until the seedlings are established, this cost should be modest. The numbers of species used is reduced from that originally established in Rainforestation Farming plantings (at least 76 species assessed in the plots in this study) to between 11–23 species. This is because the type of species (i.e. fast growing and/or exotic versus slow growing/native) drives productivity in these plantings rather than increased biodiversity [18].
The identity of these species has been based on their performance in the field (See Herbohn et al. [15] for the initial assessment) and the prospective markets likely to be available to farmers in this region. They include fast-growing species currently preferred by most farmers as well as slow-growing species likely to generate higher value timbers in the long term [26]. As was the case in the original Rainforestation Farming design, the shade intolerant species will be planted one year before the other species to facilitate their establishment. The intent of these prescriptions is to provide a steady flow of trees of sufficient size and with properties making them suitable for various markets. A significant proportion of the species planted are destined quickly capture the site and then be removed at an early age (6–10 years) in order to generate an income. This harvest will also act as a thinning to prevent the stands stagnating and to hasten the development of larger and more valuable residual trees. Most of these will be faster-growing species such as Gmelina arborea, Casuarina equestifolia or Acacia sp but some slower-growing species having trees with poor form might also be felled at this time as well. Casuarina equisetifolia was not found in our plots but observed in surrounding areas, we, therefore, suggest this species for plantations in the future based on our observation and the local farmers and experts during our research periods. At this age these are likely to be mostly used for fuelwood or pulp [41]. A second harvesting period could occur when the stands are 8–12 years old and a number of species are capable of being large enough for a pole market. Based on species growth rates a third harvesting period would develop around 14–18 years leaving a final harvest of slower growing but higher value trees after 20 years. The selective harvesting could be applied for different species at different times and for different products. Trees of some fast-growing species such as Leucaena leucocephala, Melia dubia and Gmelina arborea could be early harvested for household consumption or firewood while most of Dipterocarp species could be late harvested for high valued products (e.g. lumber). By this time a number of additional seedlings may have regenerated and begun to growing using light from canopy gaps. These seedlings might even be supplemented by enrichment plantings using species favoured by the market. The plantations could then gradually move to become a selectively managed forest or it could be clear-felled and replanted. Throughout this sequence the timbers produced by the plantations are becoming progressively more valuable. Similarly, the market for these timbers is increasing from a largely local market or on-farm use for fuelwood to a regional or national market for higher value sawlogs.
Finally, these mixtures could also achieve the ecological goal of the Rainforestation Farming project i.e. to achieve a planted forest with a physical structure and species composition and succession similar to the original local rainforest ecosystem after around 14–16 years. A three-storey structural complexity is now beginning to develop these plantings resembling natural rainforests in the area. The changes in density and species compositions in these plantings over time indicated a characteristic often found in uneven-aged forests, old-growth forest or natural forest that is a continuous recruitment and mortality in the forest succession [42]. The ratio of Dipterocarp trees to total trees was approximately 1∶4 across sites, which is similar to the species proportion in the three canopy strata at Mt. Pangasugan in Leyte, the Philippines [29].
It is clear from our results that the composition and structure of the Rainforestation plantations have changed over time, with the plantations being a highly dynamic system. There has been a decrease in the relative importance of shade-intolerant species, especially exotic species and a corresponding increase in the relative importance of shade-tolerant native species. The design of the species mixtures affected the patterns of species loss in that the very high initial stocking rates resulted in high rates of mortality, mostly among the shade-intolerant species and fruit trees. Other changes in species loss were largely due to ad hoc harvesting decisions by the land owners. We draw on our current results to recommend a modified set of prescriptions for smallholder and community tree plantations. These recommendations include a lower initial stocking rate of 1100 trees per hectare; the proportion of fast growing species should be around 30 to 40 per cent of this initial density; and any fruit trees should only be planted on the plantation margin where more space and light are available for crowns to develop.
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Figure S1. Map of the Rainforestation sites in Leyte province, the Philippines. The numbers in the map refer to the names of sites. Figure S2. Size class distributions of species groups in the Rainforestation sites. Depending on species provenance (i.e. exotic and native) or ecological characteristics of species (i.e. Shade-intolerant, Shade-tolerant and Fruit tree). 1a, 2a & 3a: all size classes of provenance groups; 1b, 2b & 3b: three largest size classes of provenance groups; 4a, 5a & 6a: all size classes of ecological groups; and 4b, 5b & 6b: three largest size classes of ecological groups. Figure S3. The survival and mortality of the most common species at 80 plots of 18 rainforestation sites in period of 2006–2012.
Thank you to the staff of the Visayas State University, in particular the College of Forestry and Natural Resources and Institute of Tropical Ecology, for supporting the work and also to the people in Leyte province, for allowing us to conduct our study on their land and for their great assistance during the field work. The authors would like to acknowledge to Grant Wardell-Johnson for contributing to the design of the sampling procedure. We thank Jack Baynes for helping with the map of study sites.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HN JH. Performed the experiments: HN. Analyzed the data: HN DL. Wrote the paper: HN DL JH JF.
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U.S. Postal Service stamps are featured this month in a display in observance of Presidents' Day, Black History month and Valentine's Day all gathered together in February and presented by the Winter Haven Stamp Club. The display features stamps with Washington, Lincoln and other U.S. presidents and "Love" stamps shown in the Winter Haven Public Library, 325 Ave. A.
The Stamp Club's next meeting will be 7 p.m. on Feb. 28 in the First Presbyterian Church Education Building on U.S. 17 in Winter Haven. The club appraises, buys and sells stamp collections. The public is invited to attend the meetings that feature auctions, free door prizes and refreshments. For more information, call Bob Berry, secretary, at 863-293-9629.
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"9 to 5" is the next presentation at the Theatre Winter Haven opening Thursday running through March 17. The play centers around three working women living out their fantasy of getting even with, and their successful overthrow of, the company's autocratic boss. The hit movie of 1980 starred a rollicking cast of Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Dabney Coleman.
Theater tickets are available at the TWH box office at 210 Cypress Gardens Blvd. by calling 863- 294-7469. Tickets are $22 adults and $19 students.
Heather Duncan of Lake Alfred won Best of Show for her acrylic "Our Block of Officials" in the 2012 City Hall Exhibition, 451 Third St. NW, under the direction of the Ridge Art Association being held in the Winter Haven City Hall through June. Ashley Bly of Winter Haven won second place with "Demolished Domes," mixed media creation.
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Honorable Mention winners are Alice Berhle, Haines City, "Party," acrylic; Joe Lewis, Winter Haven, "Time Square," photography; Preston Stafford, Lakeland, "Blue Lake Citrus," photography; and Dana Daydodge, Haines City, "People Watching," watercolor.
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Beautiful campground right along Big Stone Lake. We had a lakeside spot but was tight to get into because of a wooden split rail fence. The staff was friendly, accommodating and the campground very well maintained. They gave us a ride in the golf cart to show us the site availability before we registered, to make sure we thought we could fit. This is a family run business and you feel like your business is welcome. Very children friendly campground. They offer many amenities, but if you do not use them or have children to enjoy the accommodations that they provide, the rate is a little steep. - NatureWandering
Jun 2013 - $40.00
Rate is for pull through or lake site. Pull through nicely designed so you do not have to disconnect toad to reach services. Sites are level enough to be comfortable in a motorhome. Guided to site. Plenty of room between sites in pull through area. Three dollars extra for Cable TV. So rate should be $43. - easydoesit
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Nice little campground if in the area. Nothing special to drive 2 hours to go to. Sites on the lake are nice but tight. Pool was very warm and the kids had fun. Mini golf had a ton of hornets hanging around, but seemed to not be bothered by golfers. Owner was very nice and helpful. One of the few campgrounds where you pay when you leave. We would go again if in the area. - bunny102
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Wycliffe College, an evangelical theology school at the University of Toronto with historic ties to the Anglican Church of Canada, has begun offering seminary training programs for the nation's indigenous population to help them adjust to seminary life.
The week-long program took place from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4, with organizers expecting to do more sessions in later academic years.
National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald, who aided in teaching the weeklong program, stated in the Anglican Journal that he hoped attendees "will have a sense of confidence in their own learning and ministry." more >>
United Methodist Church leadership has recently endorsed a plan to change the name of its central rule book.
Bishops of the divided denomination plan to change the name of the Book of Discipline to Things United Methodists Don't Agree On.
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The Institute on Religion & Democracy has accused the National Association of Evangelicals of dumping traditional church teachings in favor of pursuing wider social support due to the recent revision of its historical position on the death penalty.
"Clearly NAE's drift and intent is toward critique of capital punishment," IRD President Mark Tooley said in a statement on Thursday.
"Church bodies should address moral issues through the lens of historic Christian thought, reflecting with the whole church, past and present, and not striving to align with transitory secular trends. But there's little theology in the NAE's new resolution, which instead focuses on differences of opinion in their constituency, while implicitly inclining toward the supposedly 'growing number' on the liberal side," he continued. more >>
A complaint filed against a Michigan United Methodist Church pastor who officiated a same-sex wedding might lead to a trial.
The Rev. Michael Tupper, pastor of Parchment UMC, knowingly violated the denomination's Book of Discipline which forbids clergy from performing gay weddings.
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A Roman Catholic archbishop based in New Jersey has stated that those involved in marriages not recognized by the Church cannot receive the sacrament of Communion.
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WASHINGTON — Christian ethicist Russell Moore has said that congregations too afraid of being political to speak out against acts of immorality, like abortion, are similar to churches in the 1800s that remained silent on the issue of slavery.
As the featured speaker at the Institute on Religion and Democracy's fifth annual Diane Knippers memorial lecture, Moore, the president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, criticized mainstream Christian congregations that have relaxed their teachings on key issues of sexual morality and other social issues in order to blend in with the "ambient culture" and appeal to today's society.
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FOXBORO — Tom Brady practiced Wednesday but was limited as were Deion Branch, Jermaine Cunningham, Aaron Hernandez and Myron Pryor. Tully Banta-Cain was out with the flu and Ron Brace missed practice with an elbow injury.
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Welker tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee in the 2009 season finale in Houston, but had reconstructive surgery and returned from his injury well ahead of expectations. He was back in the starting lineup for the season-opener in 2010, and he heads into the 2010 season-finale with a team-leading 86 receptions for 848 yards with seven touchdowns. Welker's 86 catches currently rank fourth in the NFL. Welker, who had three-straight 100-catch seasons from 2007-09, is expected to become the first Patriots player to lead the team in receptions in four straight seasons.
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Isaiah Thomas talks to Glenn and Lou about why he loves Boston, the NBA Money Bump, oh, and some Durant guy
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Joe Castiglione & Tim Neverett talked to the new Sox reliever, who got his first save for the team today against the Twins.
Christian recaps the Sox 2-1 loss to the Twins. Eduardo Rodriguez had a good showing tonight but couldn't get the run support needed to secure a W. Thoughts on all of that as well as your calls on Red Sox Review.
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Former rock jock Gary Tanguay channels his radio past to attempt to "hit the post" of several classic soft rock favorites as Minihane eggs him on.
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We talk Sox on a hot summer Friday, and how John Farrell is in a no-win situation with some fans despite the team's performance.
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Nate Allen is a columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A graduate of the University of Missouri, Allen is a voter for the Heisman Trophy. He has authored three books about the Razorbacks.
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NWA Media/ANDY SHUPE -- Arkansas coach Chris Bucknam, left, and assistant Danny Greene watch Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, during the Razorback Invitational at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville.
FAYETTEVILLE If Chris Bucknam coached any other sport at the University of Arkansas, he would already be enshrined in the UA Sports Hall of Honor.
Razorbacks coaches in tennis, golf, etc., would be exalted for winning nine of the past 13 conference championships in their sport, including 6 of 6. The football coach would be on a throne.
But Bucknam coaches Razorbacks men's indoor track, outdoor track and cross country.
At Arkansas, it seems conference championships in men's indoor track, outdoor track and cross country are measured in afterthoughts.
John McDonnell, Arkansas' cross country coach from 1972-2007 and head track coach from 1978-2008, numbed the Arkansas public to conference crowns in cross country and track. His teams won 84, including an incredible unbroken string of conference cross country crowns from 1974-2007.
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When a few recent Arkansas football coaches talked about winning a national championship, it created a buzz, considering Frank Broyles' 1964 Razorbacks are the only Arkansas football team to achieve it.
Former Coach Nolan Richardson's 1994 Razorbacks won Arkansas' lone basketball's national championship.
Of Arkansas' other national championships, McDonnell won the rest. His 42 NCAA championships (40 officially recognized after two were vacated) are unprecedented for all NCAA sports.
That legacy has been Bucknam's cross to bear. So even after winning the SEC 2011-2012 Cross Country-Indoor-Outdoor triple crown, there's still a hole that won't be filled until a national championship trophy is hoisted.
Bucknam's men, minus injured 4-time All-American long jumper triple jumper Tarik Batchelor, came close in 2012, finishing second to Florida at the NCAA Indoor in Boise, Idaho, by a 52-47 score.
This may be the year Bucknam's Razorbacks kick down the door as hosts of the NCAA Indoor March 8-9 at the Randal Tyson Indoor Track. They certainly looked the part of No. 1 ranking this past weekend, posting five first-place finishes, including a victory by Batchelor, remarkably recovered from last year's ruptured patellar tendon, to win Saturday's triple jump at 53-8 1/2. Arkansas beat No. 3 Florida, 124.5-79.5, to win an 11-team Razorback Invitational loaded with national talent.
Winning the NCAA Indoor is the ultimate goal, though Bucknam believes that it's best to leave national championship talk and thought to others, with more prep meets, and the Feb. 22-24 SEC Indoor Championships still ahead.
"We're not getting ahead of ourselves," Bucknam said Saturday evening. "Not wishing our life away. We're starting to see the hard work pay off. Now we can start to sharpen up in the month of February and see how far we can take it."
Team camaraderie, even in a sport as orientated to individuals as track and field, can determine how far that is, Bucknam said.
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First there were dozens. Then there were two. And now, Josh Jackson is setting the record straight: there are five schools still in contention for the 6-6 shooting guard's services next fall.
A report surfaced last week that Jackson had already narrowed his list to Arizona and Michigan State, though Jackson refuted that information after his Prolific Prep team defeated Huntington Prep 100-80 on Monday evening in the "Throwdown in Motown" matchup.
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"It's Michigan State, Arizona, Kansas, UNLV and Maryland," Jackson told MLive.com when asked about his list of schools. He also told an MLive reporter that he tentatively plans to announce his college decision in late February.
In some ways, that day can't come soon enough for Jackson, whose every move has been scrutinized over the course of the past few years since emerging as one of the top-ranked prospects in an already-loaded 2016 recruiting class.
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"I feel like I'll be relieved when it's all over. I won't be doing as many interviews and I won't have as many college coaches calling. I'll just have to focus on school and my game, pretty much."
At least until he shows up on campus next fall, that is.