FUELS IN OUR FORESTS:  IS THERE A REASON FOR CONCERN?

 

Wednesday - January 19, 2011

6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Red Lion Colonial Inn Helena

2301 Colonial Drive Helena, Montana

Phone: 406-443-2100

(6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Refreshments Provided with a No Host Bar)

Co-Sponsor: Northern Rockies Wildfire Contractors Association (www.nrwca.com): A professional association made up of privately owned small business contractors with fire suppression equipment contracted with State and Federal Agencies with the workforce to mitigate fuels in the Wildland Urban Interface.

 

Co-Sponsor: Montana Forest Owners Association (www.forestsmontana.com): A non-profit organization directed by a voluntary board of family forest landowners.  MFOA represents family forest landowners across Montana and actively involves itself in pending legislation. When managing multiple resources of the forest, we are sensitive to environmental concerns and implement our objectives accordingly.  Whether landowners own one, ten, a hundred or thousands of acres, family forest lands are often strategically placed and contribute significantly to Montana’s economic, wildlife, cultural, and recreational values.

Co-Sponsor: Montana Loggers Association (www.logging.com): The mission of the Montana Logging Association is to enhance the professional status of Montana timber harvesters, support their endeavors, and ensure that our state’s renewable forests provide opportunity for generations to come.

Co-Sponsor: Montana Wood Products Association (www.montanaforests.com): The mission statement is to promote healthy forests and healthy communities through management of Montana’s forests.

Co-Sponsor: The Montana Tree Farm System (www.mttreefarm.org): A non-profit organization of nonindustrial private woodland owners sponsored by the American Forest Foundation.  The mission of the Montana Tree Farm System is to promote the growing of renewable forest resources on private lands while protecting the environmental benefits and increasing public understanding of all benefits of productive forestry.

 

If you have any further questions, please RSVP too Richard E. Grady, Executive Secretary of NRWCA, Home Office – 406-368-2308, Cell – 406-202-3577 or email at gradybunch@linctel.net.

 

   Sincerely,              

                 /s/ Ron White.

                                   Ron White, NRWCA President

 

Co-Sponsored Legislative Forum

Wednesday - January 19, 2011

6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Red Lion Colonial Inn Helena

2301 Colonial Drive Helena, Montana

Phone: 406-443-2100

Fuels in our Forests:  Is there a reason for concern?

 

(Legislative Forum will be held in the State Room of the Red Lion Colonial Hotel)

 

6:00 – 7:00      Registration Mixer, networking and hors d’oeuvres

7:00    Conference Welcome and Introduction – NRWCA – recognition of co-sponsors and

            forum planners: Ron White, President NRWCA

7:05    Current forest conditions, trends and future:  bark beetles, wildfires and climate.  Peter Kolb, State Extension Forester – MSU

7:35     Fire protection on a changing landscape – Bob Harrington, State Forester, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC)

 

7:50     Forest products markets – Researcher perspective of industry conditions and trends – Todd Morgan,

            Director of Forest Industry Research, UM Bureau of Business and Economic Research

 

8:05     Proactive and reactive costs:  perspective from the Northern Rockies Wildfire Contractors Association –

            David Russell, Legislative Committee Chairperson, NRWCA

8: 20    Panel – moderator makes certain each panel member gets five minutes to answer and then calls on audience for questions. Richard E. Grady, Moderator, NRWCA

Invited Panel Members

Bob Harrington – DNRC

Leslie Weldon – U.S. Forest Service (Invited)

Patrick Connell – Representative House District 87

Chas Vincent – Senator District One

Jason Todhunter – Montana Loggers Association

Patrick Heffernan – Montana Wood Products Association

Questions to consider for the panel members:

 

  1. What can we do about all of the dead wood in our forests?
  2. How do we support our natural resource work force, infrastructure, and conserve our forests?
  3. Who does the work, who pays and who gains?

 

 

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