The Southern Regional Extension Forestry office (SREF) in partnership with the Southern Group of State Foresters (SGSF) has launched a one-stop website devoted to offering the most recent state and regional level data on forest economic impacts in the Southeast.
Forestryimpacts.net provides easy access to economic impact reports for each of the 13 states in the Southern Region and links to other relevant forest economic resources on the web. SREF and its partners created the site to respond to the need of educators, policy makers, community leaders, and the general public for comprehensive and convenient forest economic information. It serves as an essential resource for anyone seeking to promote the importance of forestry and the forest products industry.
“The site is the result of a tremendous amount of work by those within the state forestry and university system in the Southern Region,” said William G. Hubbard, Southern Regional Extension Forester, SREF. “SREF Extension Associates Steven Weaver and Leslie Boby are to be commended for shepherding such a powerful resource into existence.”
Other partners on the effort include the Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED), and the State and Private Forestry (S&PF) Unit of the USDA Forest Service (USFS) Southern Region.
From Southern Regional Extension Forestry: https://www.sref.info/news/articles/forestryimpacts.net-highlights-the-economic-importance-of-forestry-in-the-south