Governor's Task Force on Global Warming
Forestry and Agriculture Work Group

Co-Chairs

Bill Oemichen
Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives (now called Cooperative Network)
Todd Holschbach
The Nature Conservancy of Wisconsin

Members

Michael Bolton
United Steel Workers
Susan Crane
We Energies
Jeff Crawford
Forest County Potawatomi
David Donovan
Xcel Energy
Dennis Frame
Discovery Farms
Earl Gustafson
Wisconsin Paper Council
Dr. Chris Kucharik
Nelson Institute, UW-Madison
George Meyer
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
David Mladenoff
UW-Madison
Pam Porter
Consultant
Gene Roark
Wisconsin Woodland Owners
Alice Thompson
Thompson & Assoc. Wetlands Services
John Vrieze
Vrieze Farms
Lynn Wilson
Plum Creek Timber
Ron Zillmer
Mid-State Technical College
Paul Zimmerman
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation

State Agency Contact

Allison Hellman
DNR
Bill Walker
Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

Objective: To develop a set of proposed policies, incentives, strategies and actions to enhance the carbon sequestration potential of forests and agricultural lands. All options should take into consideration potential positive and negative impacts of a given proposal in terms of ancillary environmental effects, including biodiversity, water quality and quantity and soils. Consideration should be given to strategies for expanding business opportunities, as well as impacts on existing sectors of Wisconsin's forest-based and agricultural economies.

Meeting Dates and Materials

Listed below are the dates the Work Group met. Each date is a link to the materials for that meeting including agenda, any presentations or documents, and notes.

PLEASE NOTE: Although these files may be large, meeting materials can be easily located and accessed directly by utilizing the 'Bookmarks' tab on the left side of the PDF document.

Documents Posted at the Request of Work Group Members

To see the documents posted for the Forestry and Agriculture Work Group please visit the Research & Background Information page.

Last Revised: Tuesday February 10 2009

Governor's Task Force on Global Warming Forestry and Agriculture Work Group