NYFOA Hosts Japanese Forest Researchers

摘要

This past September the author was contacted by members of a research mission for the Japanese government wanting to know how to encourage private landowners to become involved in a declining forest economy in Japan. Relaying the desire for a meetingto others, DEC's Mark Gooding said that the DEC would like to help and brought various relevant parties together at the Boy Scout's Camp Cutler, near Naples, NY, for a day of information sharing. Those present included Tetsuo Matsushita, a Manager at Tokyo-based Strategic Decision Initiative, Inc. and Yuki Kagami a Consultant at The Japan Research Institute; DEC's John Gibb, Bryce June, and Mark Gooding; Sue Keister, the private consulting forester who has been the forester for Camp Cutler for many years; Kyle Polisse, Procurement Forester for Wagner Lumber; Jeff Emerling Property Manager for Camp Cutler; Sarah Stackhouse a private landowner (and NYFOA's Secretary/Treasurer) representing the Master Forest Owner program; and yours truly, Jim Minor, representing NYFOA.