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Southern Group of State Foresters
“Leaders in sustaining the environmental, economic and social benefits of the South’s forests.”
Regional Climate Change MeetingMay 27th, 2008
SGSF - Membership
State Foresters
Georgia
Bob Farris
Alabama
Linda Casey
Mississippi
Charlie Morgan
Kentucky
Leah MacSwords
Louisiana
Wade Dubea
North Carolina
Wib Owen
Oklahoma
John Burwell
Puerto Rico
Dr. Edgardo González
South Carolina
Gene Kodama
Virginia
Carl Garrison
Tennessee
Steve Scott
Texas
Jim Hull
Florida
Mike Long
US Virgin Islands
Dr. Lewis Peterson
Arkansas
John Shannon
USVI
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SGSF - Ex-Officio Members
Ex-Officio Members (5)
Executive Director, SGSF
Director
International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Regional ForesterUSDA FS Southern
Region
Deputy Regional Forester
Southern Region
Director USDA FS Southern Research Station
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Knowledge Acquisition
SGSF Services, Utilization and Marketing Task Force
Southern Forest Futures Project Southern Forest Land Assessment National Forestry Strategies/Discussions
– Forest Carbon Education Group– Forest Carbon Working Group– SAF Climate Change Task Force
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Regional Activities
Development of a unified SGSF Message Regional Carbon meeting scheduled for
August – state-to-state learning. Landowner Education materials (and national
activities) Incentive based systems being developed The Southern Forest Land Assessment and
an regional scale analysis.
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State Activities
Georgia Carbon Registry Completed
Kentucky Soil Carbon Trading Initiative and Forestland Pilot Project
Initial phases
Texas CCX Verifier Approved Completed
Oklahoma CCX Verifier Application Initial phase
Puerto Rico Legislative Advisory Group – Carbon Storage
Ongoing
Virginia Gov Climate Commission and “carbon credit calculator”
Ongoing
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Key Challenges in Forestry
Communication and information shearing Estimating leakage Wood products Permanence Stakeholders and public support
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www.southernforests.org
Southern Group of State Foresters