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Forest Products Utilization & Marketing

Forest Products Utilization & Marketing. Purpose. One cog on the “healthy forest, healthy environment” wheel Improve utilization of resource Expand or enhance existing markets Develop new markets. Clients. Manufacturers Loggers Foresters Landowners. Direction.

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Forest Products Utilization & Marketing

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  1. Forest Products Utilization & Marketing

  2. Purpose • One cog on the “healthy forest, healthy environment” wheel • Improve utilization of resource • Expand or enhance existing markets • Develop new markets

  3. Clients • Manufacturers • Loggers • Foresters • Landowners

  4. Direction • Most time spent on policy issues • Balance of time dedicated to economic development

  5. Policy Advisements • BMP manual • Conservation Easements • State Timber Sale policy • Queen Annes County “anti-clearcutting” • Talbot County FCA • Renewable Portfolio Standard • Delmarva Fox Squirrel • Wetland Indicators • Truck Weights • Workman’s Compensation • Blackwater Refuge expansion

  6. Activities • Industry Survey & Directory • Pellet Mill • Sawdust Dryer • Working Woodlot Initiative • Poultry Litter • Ethanol • Waste to Energy • Fumigation Center • Dry Kiln Feasibility • Forests for the Bay • Master Logger • FPO Licensing

  7. Single Most Important Role Conduit and liaison to resources “I may not know the answer, but I know somebody who does…”

  8. Government Partners • USDA Forest Service • RC&D, NRCS, DOE • SCDs, DBED, MDE, MEA • Various local agencies (eg, P&Z, Highway, Tax & Assessments, etc.)

  9. Private Partners • FRA, AF&PA, AFF, ALC… • AFI, MFA, PSF, MLG, MTF… • etc.

  10. Funding • USFS-EAP (historically) primary funding source • Individual targeted grants are now the order of the day

  11. Accomplishments • Improved BMP manual • DFS HCP effort renewed • Local “bad forestry” policies put down • More ‘engaged’ industry • Reduced Worker Comp rates • Dialogue with SHA/DOT/MSP on trucks

  12. Future Goals • Pellet Mill • Biomass plant • “Closed-Loop” value-added chain • Geospatial logger reference guide • Industry Newsletter

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