GLICKMAN NAMES FORESTRY RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL                               


Release No. 0405.97
                                                               
                                                               
                                   Laura Trivers (202) 720-4623
                                         laura.trivers@usda.gov
                                     Maria Bynum (202) 720-5192
                                           maria.bynum@usda.gov

GLICKMAN NAMES FORESTRY RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL                               

     WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 1997--Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman today announced the appointments
of 20 members to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forestry Research Advisory Council.  The Council advises
the Secretary on forestry research funded by USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service and by USDA's Forest Service. 

     "This group of talented people bring diverse insights to guiding our forestry research," said Glickman.  "The
Council gives us perspectives which are critical to setting our forestry research priorities, and to coordinating our work
with forestry research programs in universities, forest industry, and other Federal and state agencies."
     
     Appointed to the council are:
          
          Barbara C. Weber, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC                      Michael A. Ruggiero, Department of Interior, Reston, VA
          Ann Aagaard, League of Women Voters, Bothell, WA
          Alan R. Ek, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
          Gerald J. Thiede, Michigan Department of Natural Resources,                Lansing,
MI
          Nancy Graybeal, USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR
          Robert T. Lackey, Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR
          Miles K. Benson, Consolidated Papers, Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, WI
          Dan A. Meyer, National Hardwood Lumber Association, Memphis, TN
          John M. Mandzak, Boise Cascade Corporation, Boise, ID
          Jean Mater, Mater Engineering, Corvallis, OR
          Jami E. Nettles, Weyerhaeuser Company, Columbus, MS
          George B. Wiersma, University of Maine, Orono, ME
          Mary L. Duryea, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
          Jo Ellen Force, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
          Bobby R. Phills, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
          Deborah B. Jensen, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA    
          Stephen M. Newton, Forest Landowners Association, Atlanta, GA
          Stephen D. Blackmer, Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston, MA
          James R. Woehr, Wildlife Management Institute, Washington, DC

     Members serve on the Advisory Council for 1 to 3 years, but may be reappointed for a total of up to 6 years.
The Advisory Council will meet in January 1998 at USDA headquarters in Washington, DC, and will select its own
leadership.  Staff support will be provided by USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
and by USDA's Forest Service.

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