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Indiana Forest Stakeholder Summit

Join us for the Indiana Forest Stakeholder Summit to learn about the Statewide Forest Assessment and Strategy process. Explore important forest issues, priority landscape areas, and desired future forest conditions. Discover how federal requirements for assessment and strategy will help conserve working forest landscapes and enhance public benefits from trees and forests. Don't miss this opportunity to provide your input and help shape the future of Indiana's forests.

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Indiana Forest Stakeholder Summit

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  1. Indiana Forest Stakeholder Summit Introduction to the Statewide Forest Assessment & Strategy

  2. Summit Agenda • Agenda handout with survey summary and issues list on the back • Marker/pen & sticky notes • Presentations • Framing/understanding the Statewide Forest Assessment and Strategy process • GIS and layering analysis • Your input

  3. Introduction • 4,700,000 acres vs. 150,000 acres vs. 10 acres • Most important forest issues identified? • Priority landscape areas • Desired future forest condition • Other plans/documents

  4. Why are we doing this? • Last one in the 1980s? • New technologies • Interest and consensus about forestry • Federal law

  5. Federal requirements for Assessment • Analysis of present and future forest conditions and trends on all ownerships • Identify threats, benefits, and services • Consistent with the national themes • Conserve working forest landscapes • Protect forests from harm • Enhance public benefits from trees and forests • Delineate priority landscape areas • Identify multi-state areas

  6. Federal requirements for Strategy • Long-term strategies to address priority issues, threats, and areas • How invest resources from all sources • Partner and stakeholder involvement • How monitor outcomes and revise action • Incorporate existing statewide plans

  7. Survey • Survey • Level of concern on selected forest issues • Relative importance of selected forest issues • Other important issues • May 15 – June 1 open for public input • Invitations sent to 363 leaders • Invitations sent to 4,000 classified forest landowners

  8. Survey responses

  9. Level of Concern

  10. Relative Importance

  11. Questions? Christopher L. Gonso Ecosystem Services Specialist Division of Forestry Indiana Department of Natural Resources 402 W. Washington Street Room W296 Indianapolis, IN 46204 (812) 829-2462 E-mail: cgonso@dnr.IN.gov www.IN.gov/dnr/forestry

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