Promote funding by life cycles rather than fiscal year cycles. Balance broad public policy with local community definition of sustainability. Regulate watershed level management for public and private objectives for non-federal lands. Create landowner cooperatives for coordinated harvest, marketing, and environmental protection. Expand interdisciplinary approaches of public service agencies.
Forest health is based on biological controls vs. chemical.
Landowners understand need for professional assistance in land management. Action Plans Click on a plan to download an action planning worksheet for that plan. The Summit was co-sponsored by The National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges and the Cooperative Research, Education, and Extension Service. Additional support was provided by the American Forest and Paper Association and the U.S. Forest Service.