1. Forest Products Utilization & Marketing

2. Purpose One cog on the healthy forest, healthy environment wheel Improve utilization of resource Expand or enhance existing markets Develop new markets

3. Clients Manufacturers Loggers Foresters Landowners

4. Direction Most time spent on policy issues Balance of time dedicated to economic development

5. 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 Workmans Compensation Blackwater Refuge expansion

6. 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

7. Single Most Important Role Conduit and liaison to resources I may not know the answer, but I know somebody who does…

8. Government Partners USDA Forest Service RC&D, NRCS, DOE SCDs, DBED, MDE, MEA Various local agencies (eg, P&Z, Highway, Tax & Assessments, etc.)

9. Private Partners FRA, AF&PA, AFF, ALC… AFI, MFA, PSF, MLG, MTF… etc.

10. Funding USFS-EAP (historically) primary funding source Individual targeted grants are now the order of the day

11. 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

12. Future Goals Pellet Mill Biomass plant Closed-Loop value-added chain Geospatial logger reference guide Industry Newsletter