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Southern Group of State Foresters

Southern Group of State Foresters. “Leaders in sustaining the environmental, economic and social benefits of the South’s forests.”. Alabama Linda Casey. Georgia Bob Farris. Mississippi Charlie Morgan. Puerto Rico Dr. Edgardo González. Texas Jim Hull. Arkansas John Shannon.

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Southern Group of State Foresters

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  1. Southern Group of State Foresters “Leaders in sustaining the environmental, economic and social benefits of the South’s forests.”

  2. Alabama Linda Casey Georgia Bob Farris Mississippi Charlie Morgan Puerto Rico Dr. Edgardo González Texas Jim Hull Arkansas John Shannon Kentucky Leah MacSwords North Carolina Wib Owen South Carolina Gene Kodama US Virgin Islands Dr. Lewis Peterson Florida Mike Long Louisiana Wade Dubea Oklahoma John Burwell Tennessee Steve Scott Virginia Carl Garrison SGSF - Membership USVI • State Foresters

  3. Regional Forester USDA FS Southern Region Deputy Regional Forester Southern Region Director USDA FS Southern Research Station Director International Institute of Tropical Forestry SGSF - Ex-Officio Members • Ex-Officio Members (5) Executive Director, SGSF

  4. Knowledge Acquisition • SGSF Services, Utilization and Marketing Task Force • Southern Forest Futures Project • Southern Forest Land Assessment • National Forestry Strategies/Discussions • Forest Carbon Education Group • Forest Carbon Working Group • SAF Climate Change Task Force

  5. Regional Activities • Development of a unified SGSF Message • Regional Carbon meeting scheduled for August – state-to-state learning. • Landowner Education materials (and national activities) • Incentive based systems being developed • The Southern Forest Land Assessment and an regional scale analysis.

  6. State Activities

  7. Key Challenges in Forestry • Communication and information shearing • Estimating leakage • Wood products • Permanence • Stakeholders and public support

  8. Southern Group of State Foresters www.southernforests.org

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