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PNWER’s Forestry Working Group is supportive of efforts that promote healthy forests, resilient watersheds, and socio-economic sustainability in communities that depend on them.

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2019 - 2020 Action Items

Submit formal support statements from PNWER to state governemnts about the use of Good Neighbor Authority agreements, Shared Stewardship, and the role of active forest management in protecting our forests and communities

2019 Findings

There is a current need for ongoing information sharing, best practices, and continued cross-boundary learning on fire suppression, mitigation, and adaptation (such as a future event with trainings from professionals)

There is a need for more science on the long-term impacts of fire and smoke on human health

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Summer 2019
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Summer 2018
Action Items
Agenda

Summer 2017
Agenda

Summer 2016
Action Items
Agenda
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Proceedings

2016 Action Items

Write letter to Senate and House supporting the Timber Innovation Act
*completed November 2016*

Empower collaboratives in a manner in which they have outcome based solutions and insulate them in the process to incentivize participation.

Write a bulleted, one page issue paper on proactive solutions.

Discuss with the executive committee the importance of focusing on solutions, rather than bringing up ideas and problems.

Summer 2015
Action Items
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Proceedings

Summer 2014
Action Items
Proceedings
Presentations

Agenda

2019 Summit - Saskatoon
2018 Summit - Spokane

View the 2019 Pacific NorthWest Economic Region Annual Summit schedule & directory.

View the 2018 Pacific NorthWest Economic Region Annual Summit schedule & directory.

Documents

U.S. Forest Service: The Rising Cost of Wildfire Operations: Effects on the Forest Service’s Non-Fire Work
The State of Canada's Forests 2014 Report
Collaborative Forest Restoration Program 5-Year Report
Wyoming Governor's Forest Task Force - Final Report
Western Governors' Association Communications on Wildfire and Forest Management

Video on forestry management in communities:

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Leadership

Travis Joseph
President
American Resource Council
Co-chair

Mark Peck
Lincoln County Commissioner
Lincoln County, Montana
Co-chair

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Tara Edens
Program Coordinator, PNWER
tara.edens@pnwer.org
p: 206-443-7723
f: 206-443-7703

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