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

• Most time spent on policy issues• Balance of time dedicated to

economic development

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

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

Single Most Important RoleConduit and liaison to resources

“I may not know the answer, but I know somebody who does…”

Government Partners

• USDA Forest Service• RC&D, NRCS, DOE• SCDs, DBED, MDE, MEA• Various local agencies (eg, P&Z,

Highway, Tax & Assessments, etc.)

Private Partners

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

Funding

• USFS-EAP (historically) primary funding source

• Individual targeted grants are now the order of the day

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

Future Goals

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