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Index of Documents for NAASFUtilization Committee Business Meeting
John “Rusty” Dramm, Forest Products Specialist
USDA Forest Service – Forest Products Marketing Unit
June 6, 2017
Call for National Action to Reinvigorate Forest Products Utilization and Marketing Assistance. 2014. Dramm, Rusty
Technical assistance centers on improved manufacturing and processing efficiency and forest products markets.These are especially critical for the economical use of woody biomass, hazardous fuels material, low-value trees, small-diameter softwoods and underutilized hardwoods.Collaboration with State Foresters and their Forest Products Utilization and Marketing staffs; Wood Products Extension program specialists; and other key partners can be positioned to provide effective forest products technical assistance. However, the continued and further loss of technical expertise threatens the ability of the USDA Forest Service to advance and continue to develop the knowledge necessary to increase the efficiency of forestry practices and operations to conserve and extend the nation’s natural resource amenities and the benefits that flow from the nation’s forests.
Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization and Marketing Planning Summit Report. 2014. Peterson, Don.
This report summarizes the Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization and Marketing Planning Summitheld at the Kemp Research Station in Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin from October 29 – 31, 2013.The ability to manage the Nation’s federal, state, and private forests is limited by lack of markets for low-value trees. Economical uses of low-value timber including, woody biomass, hazardous fuels material, small-diameter and underutilized material need to be found and encouraged to help defray land management costs. Currently, a deficit in forest products technical assistance capacity limits the ability to provide professional assistance to solve this National problem. The Summit was held with utilization and marketing partners to discuss issues, potential projects, and new directions for the Forest Products Laboratory, Forest Products Marketing Unit.
Appendix 1. Technical Assistance Capacity. 2007. Dramm, Rusty.
Appendix 2. Current U&M Expertise. 2012. Dramm, Rusty.
National U&M Personnel Directory. 2016. Tucker, Douglas.
Forest Products Utilization and Marketing personnel listed in this national directory serve as a cadre of professionals who encourage sustainable forestry through forest products utilization practices and seeks to perpetuate healthy, vigorous forests for future generations.This directory has been assembled and updated by the FPL Forest Products Marketing Unit (FPMU) at the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) to assist each of us in our networking.
Forest Products U&M Technical Assistance History. 2006. Dramm, Rusty.
There are substantial opportunities where forest health and resilience of the Nation’s forests can be greatly improved through forest products and woody biomass utilization and marketing assistance programs. This tradition runs deep within our own forest products utilization and marketing (U&M) efforts. In a historical context, successful U&M efforts are based to a large extent on the cooperative partnershipsworking collaboratively.While we cannot be guided completely by what has gone on in the past, history does help us keep sight of the original goals of our efforts and the sacrifices others have made to reach those goals. Much can be learned from history, and it is appropriate that we use this occasion to recall our own forest products utilization and marketing assistance roots.