Working lands conservation refers to the many ways landowners might use and manage their land to serve economic, environmental and social goals. The NGA Center convened a workshop for states to help them address this issue and learn from one another.

PRESENTATIONS:

• Incentives and Disincentives for Working Forest Conservation
  • Bob Mather, director, Bureau of Forest Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Making TDR, PDR and Easements Lasting conservation tools
  • Lynette Stark, deputy commissioner, New York Department of Environmental Conservation
• Sustaining the Industrial Forest Landowner
  • Julia Kertz Grant, director, Forest Regulatory Affairs Coordinator, Boise Cascade Corporation
• Co-Benefits (Fuels Reduction, High Value Timber Products)
  • Herb Hopper, Arizona State Coordinator
  • Glenn Barrow, Sherry Barrow Strategies
  • Joyce Dearstyne, program director, Framing Our Community, Inc.
• Certification of Forests
  • Matt Johnson, director, Northern Michigan Office of the Governor, State of Michigan
  • Bob Mather, director, Bureau of Forest Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• The Future of Working Forest Conservation
  • Mike Clutter, Hargreaves professor of forest finance, University of Georgia