Issue Statement: The Productivity and environmental benefits of Oklahoma's forests are significantly reduced by many factors including but not limited to fragmentation, development, land-use changes, invasive species, and insects and diseases.
Issue Documents:
Southern Group of State Foresters - Forest Parcelization and Fragmentation Issue Paper
Southern Group of State Foresters - Forest Health
Fact Sheet 2.5 - Forest Health.pdf
Fact Sheet 2.8 - Practicing Visible Stewardship.pdf
Fact Sheet 2.9 - Mechanical Vegetative Management.pdf
Maryland Sustainable Forestry Act.pdf
Useful Links:
Working Group Meeting Date: Thursday - July 16, 2009 from 9am to 4:30pm
Meeting Location: ODAFF - Animal Industries Conference Room (2nd Floor)
2800 N. Lincoln Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Working Group Members:
| Caleb Fields |
Oklahoma Forestry Services |
District Forester |
| Scott Huff |
Oklahoma Forestry Services |
Forest Regeneration Center Manager |
| Justin Jones |
Oklahoma Forestry Services |
Forest Tree Improvement Center Manager |
| Jason Whaley |
Oklahoma Forestry Services |
District Forester |
| John Mustain |
USDA-NRCS |
Resource Conservationist |
| Sancho Dickenson |
ODAFF - CPS |
Director |
| Keith Owens |
OSU - NREM |
Department Head |