Colleges have planned regionally to emphasize and build on individual specialties and coordinate multi-state efforts. Incentives bring together landowners to agree on desired practices and outcomes. Shift in technical assistance from public to consultants while retaining public foresters for non-bias. Large increase in county NR extension agents. Continued and enhanced forest products research.
Markets are available for all forest products.
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.