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NCSAF Luncheon The Forest Sector and the Economic Downturn Rich Guldin and Brad Smith Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at US Forest Service Yates Building Forest products industries in the United States have reacted to changing market situations as economic conditions have changed since 2007. Since 2005, 1,009 sawmills, 15 pulp mills, and 148 other mills have closed; taken together, 19 percent of all mills in the forest sector. These closures of primary mills were accompanied by slowdowns in hundreds more secondary wood-manufacturing facilities, resulting in an overall loss of 294,000 full-time jobs and wages of $9 billion per year. Speakers Rich Guldin and Brad Smith have recently consolidated and analyzed key data on the industry and will provide an overview of the recent trends and the current state of the forestry and wood-processing sectors of the US economy. Time : Socializing and catching up will begin around 11:30 am, and the NCSAF chapter-update portion of the meeting will start around 11:45 am. The talk will be from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Location : Yates Training Room, US Forest Service Yates Building , 201 14 th St. SW, Washington, DC. Please bring an ID and arrive early to get through security. Lunch : You may bring your own lunch or order a sandwich for $6. Sandwiches orders can be placed through February 19 at http://ncsaf-feb2012.eventbrite.com/ . Questions : Email Nadine Block at nadine.block@sfiprogram.org Speakers
ATTENDEES ARE WELCOME TO STAY AFTERWORD FOR A BRIEFING PROVIDED BY THE FS A FORESTRY DOUBLE-HEADER!
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Dr. Rich Guldin is Director of Quantitative Sciences, Research & Development, Forest Service. Since 1996, he has led the Forest Inventory and Analysis program, preparation of national assessments and reports on forest conditions and trends, and coordinated international research collaboration. Prior to assuming his current position in 1996, Dr. Guldin served four years as an Assistant Station Director of the Northern Research Station. From 1985 to 1991, he held several senior positions in the Research & Development headquarters and was the forestry expert for the U.S Senate Committee on Agricultural, Nutrition, and Forestry. He has a B.S. in Forest Science from Penn State (1970), and a Master of Forest Science and Ph.D. from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (1976, 1979). Dr. Guldin is a Registered Professional Forester and Certified Forester.
W. Brad Smith is Associate National Program Manager for Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA), USDA Forest Service Research in Washington DC, providing budget and policy guidance for the national FIA program. Brad received a B.S. in Forestry from Purdue University in 1975, and a M.S. in Forest Management from Purdue University in 1977. Brad has worked in forest inventory for 35 years. Prior to coming to Washington in 1991, Brad spent 15 years at the North Central Research Station in St. Paul, MN developing forest growth models, biomass estimators, and serving as the Timber Products Analysis Group Leader.