The State Meeting in Missoula next Sept. coincides with the Tree Farmers of America meeting. Planning on Joint activities. Habitat for Humanity. Gordy Sanders been doing a lot to get this coordinated. The plan is to have everything from the stumpage, logging, hauling, milling, to building donated.
Membership declines at the local, state and National levels.
Libby Chapter is at an all time low. Listing of the lynx. The policy committee headed by Tim Love is drafting comments on the Draft Conservation Strategy. Need to look at structure and age class across broad landscapes. If we stop harvesting here in Montana, which is the most southern fringe habitat for lynx, the demand for wood will shift harvesting to Canada, which is the heart of lynx habitat.