ECOP Forestry and Natural
Resources Task Force
A Forestry and Natural Resources Task Force
was created by the Extension Committee on
Organization and Policy (ECOP) in 2000. Its
objectives are:
- increased funding for the Renewable
Resources Extension Act;
- fostering strong working relationships
with federal agencies and national forestry
organizations;
- alternative funding for natural resource
extension programs.
The task force has four regional extension
director representatives, an 1890 land-grant
institution representative, and representatives
from:
- the USDA Forest Service;
- the National Association of State Foresters
(NASF);
- the National Association of University
Forest Resources Programs (NAUFRP);
- the National Association of State Universities
and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC);
- the National Association of University
Fisheries and Wildlife Programs (NAUFWP);
- the Association of Natural Resources
Extension Professionals (ANREP).
The task force meets in Washington, DC twice
a year and holds bi-monthly conference calls
throughout the year.
The efforts of the Forestry and Natural
Resouces Task Force and other organizations
resulted in the 2002 Farm Bill inclusion
of a Forestry Title that reauthorized RREA
through FY 2007 (September 30, 2007) and
doubled the authorized funding to $30 million
per year.
Forestry and Natural Resources Task Force
members:
- Adell Brown, Co-Chair, 1890 Institutions
- Hal Salwasser, Co-Chair, NAUFRP
- Nancy Franz, Extension, Northeast Region
- Charles Casey, Extension North Central
Region
- Gaines Smith, Extension Southern Region
- Tony Nakazawa, Extension Western Region
- Steven Daley-Laursen, NAUFRP
- Tom Franklin, NAUFWP
- NASF Representative (TBD)
- Scott Reed, ANREP Past President
- Melvin Baughman, Task Force Intern
- Nat Frazer, Task Force Intern
- Richard Wootton, NASULGC-ECOP
- Linda Kay Benning, NASULGC-ECOP
- Luke Forrest, NASULGC-Board on Natural
Resources (BNR)
- Pat Reid, NASULGC-BNR
- Larry Payne, USDA Forest Service
- Karl Dalla Rosa, USDA Forest Service
- Eric
Norland, USDA Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service
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