SUPPLEMENT TO Society of American Foresters Journal of This Issue: FORESTRY Forest Carbon Stocks and Flows October/November 2011 Volume 109, Number 7S Climate–Forest Interactions Biomass Use and Feedstock Issues Wood–Fossil Fuel Substitution Effects Forest Carbon Policies Integrating Forests into a Rational Policy Framework Managing Forests because Carbon Matters: Integrating Energy, Products, and Land Management Policy A Society of American Foresters Task Force Report www.jofonline.org Journal of JoF FORESTRY Editor W. Keith Moser, CF, [email protected] Managing Editor Matthew Walls, [email protected] Journal of Associate Editors Stanley T. Asah, recreation • Keith A. 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