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Summer 2013 Timber Harvesters… Pennsylvania Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Implementation Committee (SIC) NEWS Timber Harvesters….Log On Whether it’s the laptop in their office, the smart phone in their pocket, the global position- ing system in their truck, or the cutting-edge computer technology on their harvesting equipment, today’s timber harvesters seem to be embracing technology more and more. Savvy timber harvesters use this technology to manage their businesses, increase productiv- ity, and maintain their competitiveness in the industry. Summer 2013 The Pennsylvania SFI® program has been working hard to keep up. We have continued to develop our website into a (Issue # 32) convenient and comprehensive one-stop resource for Pennsylvania's timber harvesting workforce. If you have not Implementation Committee (SIC) visited the site lately I would encourage you to log on. Members Need to know when your training card expires? You can John Bouch, PA Veneers Inc. check the cardholders lists under the Loggers tab. Need a Dennis Brehm, Weaber Lumber Inc.* Charlie Brown, Chair, Glatfelter Pulp Wood* copy of the Non-SFI course credit form, stream crossing Chuck Coup, PA SFI® permits, or a blank E&S plan for one of your operations? Log Keith Craig, PA HDC on to the Forms page and print out a copy whenever it’s convent for you. Need a copy of Amy Doty, SFI Inc. the Best Management Practices guide or the OSHA Logging Regulations? Both are available Dan Evans, Domtar Paper Co., LLC* for your reference on the Publications page. You can impress your crew by opening them Jim Finley, Penn State University right on your smart phone while out on your job! James Grace, Penn State University Bob Hobbes, Hobbes Forestry The latest addition to the website allows individuals to register for PA SFI training courses Dave Jackson, Penn State Coop. Ext. online and pay for them using a credit card. Gone are the days of hunting down a copy of Matt Keefer, PA Bureau of Forestry the current registration form and hoping that the mail delivers it to the PA SFI office before Chuck Dibble, Craftmaster Manufacturing, Inc. the deadline. The new system allows you to review and register for multiple courses at a Jeff Kochel, Forest Investment Associates* time, determine how many spaces are still available in each, and instantly sends you a con- Rich LaBrozzi, RAM Forest Products John Levavasseur, Hancock Forest Mgmt.* firmation email with course information and directions when you complete your registra- Paul Lyskava, PA Forest Products Association tion. You can pay by credit card or opt to mail a check to the office. Credit card payments Nancy McCloskey, Forecon, Inc. are handled through PayPal, but you do not need a PayPal account to pay online. Ken Roberts, Vice Chair, NewPage Corp.* To register for a course, simply log on to the website (www.sfiofpa.org) and select “PA SFI Ron Rohall, PACD Rudean Reynolds, Weyerhaeuser* Training Courses” under the Loggers menu. After filling out the required registration infor- Todd Sparks, Hancock Forest Management* mation select your payment type. If paying by credit card you will be directed to the PayPal Kevin Stout, Allegheny Wood Products site to complete your payment. Click the “Check Out” button on the PayPal website and Susan Stout, USDA Forest Service follow the instructions to submit your payment. Sue Swanson, AHUG Barrett Wiggins, Deer Park Lumber Co. Of course, we will still be accepting paper registration forms and check payments through Jonathan Wirth, Metzler Forest Products LLC the mail for those who don’t have internet access or who simply prefer to use that method. A copy of the training schedule and registration form is included in this newsletter as al- * Denotes SFI® Program Participant ways. Please refrain from making registrations by phone unless absolutely necessary. Questions or comments regarding the PA SFI® I will end with a quick reminder that this fall will be the last time individ- newsletter, contact: uals who have or have had a valid PA SFI training card can attend the Visit PA SFI online: www.sfiofpa.org Pennsylvania SFI® SIC Professional Timber Harvesting Essentials class for CE credit. 211 Barrington Lane Chuck Coup Bellefonte, PA 16823 Program Manager (814) 355-1010 or (888) 734-9366 (toll free) Have a smart phone? You can instantly access the PA SFI website on your phone by scanning Fax: (814) 355-1022 the Quick Response (QR) code to the right using a QR code reader app like RedLaser or QR [email protected] or www.sfiofpa.org Droid. Check it out! Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Pa Game Commission Proceeds with (SFI®) More Deliberate Approach to Bat Preservation By Paul Lyskava, SFI Inc. (www.sfiprogram.org) is an in- Exec. Director of Pennsylvania Forest Products Association dependent 501(c)(3) non-profit charita- ble organization, and is solely responsi- Last August, the Pa Game Commission (PGC) published a notice of its intent to consider ble for maintaining, overseeing and improving the internationally recog- a state endangered species listing for the Little Brown Bat, the Tri-Colored Bat, and the nized Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Northern Long-Eared Bat, all of which are experiencing significant population declines program. Over two hundred million due to the impacts of White Nose Syndrome (WNS). That notice suggested that the acres (81 million hectares) are certified to the SFI forest management standard, state listing would include adoption of a variety of management and mitigation strate- making it the largest single forest stand- gies that would impact Pennsylvania’s timber harvesting industry. ard in the world. SFI chain-of-custody certification tells buyers the percentage As a result of intense negative feedback from impacted stakeholders and legislators, of fiber from certified forests, certified the Commission announced in October 2012 that it would hold off on taking action and sourcing and/or post-consumer recycled investigate the matter further. In a written release, PGC Executive Carl Roe stated, “At content. The SFI program’s unique fiber sourcing requirements promote respon- the present time, it is clear that more discussion, research and coordination need to be sible forest management on all suppli- done on WNS and the other outside factors that are impacting our bat populations, as ers’ lands. SFI Inc. is governed by a three well as how we can craft solutions that protect bats without threatening the industries -chamber board of directors repre- senting environmental, social and eco- that employ thousands of Pennsylvanians.” nomic sectors equally. In order to broaden the practice of sustainable Those discussions commenced in late April, as the PGC invited about 100 stakeholders forestry in our state, the PA SFI Imple- to Harrisburg to begin a dialogue on the future conservation of bats. mentation Committee was formed in 1995. Today, the PA SFI® program works At the meeting PGC biologists reported that there currently is only a modest under- to ensure the progress of the national standing of WNS and its impact on bats. There is also little research on the life cycles of initiative and advance sustainable for- these bats themselves, including the detailed forest or individual tree needs and uses estry practices here in Pennsylvania. of the bat species threated by WNS. To date, there has not been a follow-up gathering to the April meeting. A representa- tive from the PGC has stated that the agency will not move forward until it finds a way to protect the species without imposing undue impacts on the industries that will po- SFI, Inc. Program Participants tentially be affected by a state listing and related management of activities. Supporting PA SFI These PA Companies are affiliated with It is unlikely that the agency will take any further action on the issue this year. Any the SFI® Program at the national level state action on bats would therefore come under new PGC leadership as current Execu- through independent third-party certifi- tive Director Carl Roe has announced that he will retire from the Commission effective cation and provide direct involvement and financial support to the PA SFI® January 2014. Program. Some local, state and national conservation interests are continuing to call for actions Domtar Paper LLC to address declining bat populations and protect bats in general. WNS is now impacting bat populations in 22 U.S. States and 5 Canadian provinces. Federal officials are in the Forest Investment Associates initial process of considering a federal endangered species listing of the Little Brown Glatfelter Pulp Wood Company Bat and a number of other bat species. Hancock Forest Management Back in PA, a number of business and landowner groups, including the Pennsylvania Forest Products Association, are supporting bills which would require the PGC and Fish NewPage Corporation & Boat Commission to follow a formal protocol prior to listing an animal species as Weaber, Inc. state threatened or endangered. Such a regulatory protocol, which would include man- datory comment periods for the public and regulatory review, is already required of Weyerhaeuser DCNR when it considers state listing of threatened or endangered plant species. Summer 2013, Issue #32 - 2 - The Sustainable Forestry Initiative®, SFI®, and Implementation Committee Logo are registered service marks of SFI, Inc. PA SFI® SIC Program Partners Ken Spaich Named AHUG Logger Bill Moves to Address Sales Tax Program “Partners” are committed to of The Year Inequities for Logging the SFI® Standard and pledge a set con- tribution annually based on mill produc- The AHUG Logger of the Year was award- On May 29th, the House Finance Com- tion from PA forest resources. ed to Ken Spaich of Hazel Hurst at the mittee reported out legislation that 45th Annual Kane Area Loggers Safety would amend the state Tax Code to ex- Brojack Lumber Co.
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