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Wisconsin Private Forestry Advisory Committee

The primary purpose of the Wisconsin Private Forestry Advisory Committee (WPFAC) is to advise the Wisconsin state forester and Department of Natural Resources on matters concerning Wisconsin's suite of private forestry programs.

The committee advises the Wisconsin state forester and the DNR on the following programs.

WPFAC's operating procedures [PDF] contain information regarding the official purpose and goals, membership, officer and committee descriptions and decision making process.

Connecting with 20,000 Landowners

In 2018, the Chief State Forester of the Wisconsin DNR adopted WPFAC's Recommendations [PDF], which encouraged the professional forestry community of partners to collaborate toward a five-year goal of connecting with 20,000 new non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners. Using the average ownership size of 50 acres, these 20,000 landowners – with the help of their foresters – will bring the next million acres into sustainable forestry in Wisconsin!

We have met and exceeded this exciting five-year goal! Read the 20K Final Report [PDF].

Meetings

Meeting date Agenda Notes
August 20, 2021 Agenda [PDF] Notes [PDF]
November 5, 2020 Agenda [PDF] Notes [PDF]
July 11, 2019 Agenda [PDF] Notes [PDF]
Oct. 18, 2018 Agenda [PDF] Notes [PDF]
Nov. 30, 2017 Agenda [PDF] Notes [PDF]
August 31, 2017 Agenda [PDF] Notes [PDF]
June 2, 2017 Agenda [PDF] Notes [PDF]

    Membership

    Name Affiliation Representing Contact Information Membership Type
    Kristin Lambert
    Committee Co-Chair
    Wisconsin DNR
    Chief, Public & Private Forestry Section
    • State agency
    • Private Forestry Program
    kristin.lambert@wisconsin.gov
    608-212-0320
    101 S Webster St
    Madison WI 53703
    Co-Chair
    R.J. Wickham
    Committee Co-Chair
    Wisconsin DNR
    Chief, Tax Law Section
    • State agency
    • Tax law programs
    richard.wickham@wisconsin.gov
    920-369-6248
    101 S Webster St
    Madison WI 53703
    Co-Chair
    Nancy Bozek Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association
    Executive director
    • Non-industrial private forest landowners
    nbozek@uwsp.edu
    715-346-4798
    PO Box 285
    Stevens Point WI 54481
    Member
    Aaron Burmeister Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association
    Owner, Burmeister Logging
    • Forest products industry
    burmalog@aol.com
    920-655-7752
    N6760 French Road
    Seymour WI 54165
    Member
    Ann Calhoun The Nature Conservancy
    Baraboo Hills Project coordinator
    • Environmental/conservation organization
    acalhoun@tnc.org
    608-356-5300
    124 Second St Room 133
    Baraboo WI 53913
    Member
    Vacant Wisconsin Paper Council
    • Forest products industry
      Member
    Shawn Hagan Anew Climate, LLC
    • Industrial forest landowners
    shagan@anewclimate.com Member
    Allan Braun Natural Resources Conservation Service
    State forester
    • Natural Resources Conservation Service
    allan.braun@usda.gov
    608-622-4422
    8030 Excelsior Drive Suite 200
    Madison, WI 53717-2906
    Member
    Joe Hovel Partners in Forestry Cooperative
    Director
    • Landowner cooperative
    logcabin@nnex.net
    715-479-8528
    6063 Baker Lake Rd
    Conover WI 54519
    Member
    Buddy Huffaker Aldo Leopold Foundation
    Executive director
    • Environmental/conservation organization
    buddy@aldoleopold.org
    608-355-0279 ext. 22
    E13701 Levee Rd
    Baraboo WI 53913
    Member
    Bill Klase University of Wisconsin - Extension
    Natural resources educator
    • UW-Extension
    william.klase@wisc.edu
    715-365-2658
    107 Sutliff Ave
    Rhinelander WI 54501
    Member
    Dennis McDougall United States Forest Service
    Forest Stewardship Program coordinator
    • U.S. Forest Service
    • State and private forestry
    dennis.mcdougall@usda.gov
    651-649-5182
    1992 Folwell Ave
    St Paul MN 55108
    Member
    Ian Krauss Farm Services Agency
    Agricultural specialist
    • Farm Services Agency
    ian.krauss@usda.gov
    608-662-4422 ext. 129
    8030 Excelsior Dr
    Madison WI 53717-2913
    Member
    Kim Destree Quast Forestry Consulting, LLC
    • Consulting foresters
    kquastforestry@charter.net
    920-852-0038
    PO Box 134
    Rosendale, WI 54974
    Member
    Jeremy Johnson Wisconsin Land & Water Conservation Association
    • Local government
    jeremyj@co.menominee.wi.us
    715-799-5710
    W3270 Courthouse Lane
    Keshena, WI 54135
    Member
    Ron Gropp Wisconsin DNR
    Private forestry & conservation easement specialist
    • State agency
    ron.gropp@wisconsin.gov
    715-281-6253
    101 S Webster St
    Madison WI 53703
    Ex-Officio Member
    Sadie Brown Wisconsin DNR
    Private forestry specialist
    • State agency

    sadie.brown@wisconsin.gov
    608-225-3408
    101 S Webster St
    Madison WI 53703

    Ex-Officio Member