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Steve Brink Vice President-Public Resources California Forestry Association

Accelerated Restoration on Federal Lands and the Positive Effect on Solid Wood, Pulp, and Biomass Supply. Steve Brink Vice President-Public Resources California Forestry Association . What’s the Plan?. Congress directs 20% increase in wood supply

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Steve Brink Vice President-Public Resources California Forestry Association

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  1. Accelerated Restoration on Federal Lands and the Positive Effect on Solid Wood, Pulp, and Biomass Supply Steve Brink Vice President-Public Resources California Forestry Association

  2. What’s the Plan? • Congress directs 20% increase in wood supply • Administration responds with – it will take us 3 years to get from 2.4 billion board feet sold to 3.0 • Forest Products Target includes sawlog, fuelwood, pulp, and biomass • Administration recognizes they have at least 65 million acres at risk to insects, disease, and wildfire • Pace will increase from 3.7 million acres in 2011 to 4 million acres in 2012 • Forest Products Target 2.4 bbf in 2011; 2.6 in 2012; 2.8 in 2013; 3.0 in 2014

  3. Expanding Mechanical Thinning • Increase in mechanical treatment from 195,000 acres in 2011 to 211,700 acres in 2012 • Increase to 228,000 acres in 2013 and 244,000 acres in 2014

  4. Increased Efficiency • 3 new Categorical Exclusions including one for Restoration • Use of Objection Process for all NEPA documents • Improved NEPA Procedures • Focused EAs (15 pages instead of 150 pages) • Adaptive EISs (anticipate changes such as bark beetle kill)

  5. Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act (CFLRA) • 20 projects selected nationwide; funded at $40 million • Increase in opportunity for more forest health and fuels reduction

  6. Federal Forest Resource Coalition (FFRC) • National Coalition both small and large companies & regional trade associations • In 24 States • Coalition members employ over 350,000 workers • Over 650 Mills • Payroll in excess of $19 Billion

  7. Influence of FFRC in 2012 • Instrumental in getting Congress to set a wood supply target; first time since 1992 • Instrumental in getting the Target raised to 3.0 billion board feet (Sawlog, Pulp, Fuelwood, Biomass) • Instrumental in maintaining funding levels for forest products budget line items

  8. Influence of FFRC in 2013 • Will Lobby For: • Increase in wood supply to 3.5 billion board feet • Increase in forest products budget by 10% • Restore fuels reduction budget to 2011 levels • Restore Roads budget to 2011 levels • Reauthorize Stewardship Contracting; incorporate a Goal of retaining existing industry infrastructure • “Intelligent Project Design”

  9. In Summary • We should see a continual increase in wood supply (Sawlogs, Pulpwood, and Biomass) from Federal Land • With Intelligent Project Design, we could certainly see an improvement in ability to economically move forest by-products and small diameter material

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