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ForEst MArkEts CoMMIttEE: Partners and staff
gene kodama, sC Chair
tim Adams
Bob Boyles, oh doug denico, ME
Charlie Morgan, Ms wayne tucker, deputy sF houston Baker
wib owen, nC
Barry new and Clay Altizer
daniel devlin, PA
Mike Palko
scott hunt, AZ
Patrick rappold
Pua Michael, Palau karness kusto, rMI
Editorial Cointributors
Charlie Becker, Virginia Department of Forestry
Doug Emerthal, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Carla Harper, West 65 Inc., FMC Staff
Many U.S. forest market trends have spiraled down in recent
years, just like other industries.
The good news is that our U.S. forests remain the best managed and most productive in the world. Our forests combined with our American ingenuity and perseverance can play a renewed and even growing role in our nation’s economic health.
State Foresters along with our many forest advocacy partners, can assess market challenges and identify solutions that will increase the rate at which our forest industry sectors recover and grow as the economy improves.
Policies, at all levels, have a
vital role to play in protecting the interests of American businesses and resources. Well designed laws, policies, and regulations are powerful tools that can manage conflicting interests and steer debates toward positive economic results.
Yet, at times because of the size and scope of government agencies and other organizations that create and administer policies, these
tools can become conflicting, thus ultimately hurting the very interests they are designed to protect and catalyze.
As a tangible step toward realizing our stated vision, the FMC would like to work with the entire NASF body and our wide range of partners to identify laws, policies, regulations, and other factors
that impede markets and get them changed as well as identify opportunities to enhance markets and get them implemented.
SOLUTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS:
THE ROLE OF POLICY IN FOREST MARkETS
The NaTioNalassociaTioN of sTaTe foresTers
foresT MarkeTs coMMiTTee VisioN sTaTeMeNT
“Recover the United States’ historic 25 percent share of industrial roundwood production and increase high-value wood product markets globally to grow forest-based jobs and economic stability through the utilization of sustainable forest practices.”
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