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Forest Service Coordinators - Forest Stewardship Program and Other Landowner Assistance Programs

Landowner Assistance Programs help private landowners protect, improve, restore, and sustain private forests. They include Forest Stewardship, Forestland Enhancement, Forest Legacy Programs, in addition to other landowner assistance services such as forest tax information, nursery information, and the National Agroforestry Center - putting trees to work for agriculture. The Spatial Analysis Project supports the Forest Stewardship Program.

Forest Stewardship Program:

Approximately forty-five percent of all forestland in the United States, or 354 million acres is under nonindustrial private ownership, contributing significantly to America 's clean water and air, wildlife habitat, recreational resources and timber supplies. Authorized by the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978, the Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) provides technical assistance, through State forestry agency partners, to nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) owners to encourage and enable active long-term forest management. A primary focus of the Program is the development of comprehensive, multi-resource management plans that provide landowners with the information they need to manage their forests for a variety of products and services.

National Headquarters in Washington D.C.

USDA Forest Service, Cooperative Forestry
201 14th Street, S.W.
Washington , D.C. 20024
Fax: 202-205-1271
Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/spf/coop/programs/loa/index.html

Ted Beauvais (Assistant Director for Landowner & Community Assistance)
Phone: 202-205-1190
E-mail: tbeauvais@fs.fed.us

Karl DallaRosa (Forest Stewardship Program Mgr)
Phone: 202-205-6206
E-mail: kdallarosa@fs.fed.us

Kathryn Conant(Forest Legacy Program Mgr)
Phone: 202-205-1469
E-mail: kconant@fs.fed.us

Paula Randler (Cooperative Forestry Program Specialist)
Phone: 202-401-4489
E-mail: pbrandler@fs.fed.us

R1 Northern Region (Idaho, Montana, North Dakota)

Dee Sessions
USDA Forest Service
324 25th St.  
Ogden , UT   84401
Phone: 801-625-5189
Fax: 801-625-5716
Email: dsessions@fs.fed.us

R2 Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, parts of Wyoming)

Claire Harper
USDA Forest Service
P.O. Box 25127
Lakewood CO 80225
740 Simms Street
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: 303-275-5239
Fax: 303-275-5754
Cell: 720-375-6209
E-mail: claireharper@fs.fed.us

R3 Southwestern Region (Arizona, New Mexico)

Macario Herrera
USDA Forest Service
333 Broadway SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 505-842-3344
Fax: 505-842-3165
E-mail: macarioherrera@fs.fed.us

R4 Intermountain Region (Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, parts of Wyoming)

Dee Sessions
USDA Forest Service
324 25th St.  
Ogden , UT   84401
Phone: 801-625-5189
Fax: 801-625-5716
Email: dsessions@fs.fed.us

R5 Pacific Southwest Region (American Samoa, California, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Marshall Islands, Palau)

James R. Geiger (Forest Stewardship Program)
USDA Forest Service
1323 Club Drive
Vallejo , CA 94592
Phone: 530-759-1746
E-mail: jgeiger@fs.fed.us

Lisa Fischer
USDA Forest Service
1323 Club Drive
Vallejo , CA 94592
Phone: 530-759-1748
Fax: 530-756-4324
E-mail: lisafischer@fs.fed.us

VACANT (Forest Legacy Program)

R6 Pacific Northwest Region (Oregon, Washington) and R10 (Alaska Region)

Ray Abriel (Forest Stewardship Program)
USDA Forest Service
P.O. Box 3623
333 SW 1st Ave
Portland , OR 97208-3623
Phone: 503-808-2355
Fax: 503-808-2339
E-mail: rabriel@fs.fed.us
Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/coop/programs/landowner/landowner.htm

VACANT (Forest Legacy Program)

R8 Southern Region (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)

Tim Mersmann (Forest Stewardship and Stewardship Incentives Programs)
USDA Forest Service
1720 Peachtree Rd., N.W., Suite 850S
Atlanta, GA 30367
Phone: 404-347-1649
Fax: 404-347-2776
E-mail: tmersmann@fs.fed.us

Michael Murphy (Forest Legacy Program)
USDA Forest Service
1720 Peachtree Rd., N.W., Suite 850S
Atlanta, GA 30367
Phone: 404-347-5214
Fax: 404-347-2776
E-mail: mwmurphy@fs.fed.us

NA Northeastern Area (Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington DC, West Virginia, Wisconsin)

USDA Forest Service
Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry
11 Campus Boulevard, Suite 200
Newtown Square , PA 19073
Fax: 610-557-4136
Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/na/wwd/wwd00/wwd00.htm

Mike Huneke (Forest Stewardship Program)
USDA Forest Service
11 Campus Boulevard, Suite 200
Newtown Square , PA 19073
Phone: 610-557-4410
E-mail: mhuneke@fs.fed.us

Deirdre Raimo (Forest Legacy Program)
USDA Forest Service
P.O. Box 640
271 Mast Road
Durham , NH 03824
Phone: 603-868-7695
Fax:     603-868-7604
E-mail: draimo@fs.fed.us

Neal Bungard
USDA Forest Service
P.O. Box 640
271 Mast Road
Durham , NH 03824
Phone: 603-868-7719
Fax:     603 -868-7604
E-mail: nbungard@fs.fed.us

IITF International Institute of Tropical Forestry (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)

Magaly Figueroa
USDA Forest Service
P.O. Box 25000
Agricultural Experiment Station
San Juan , PR 00928-5000
Phone: 787-766-5335
Fax: 787-766-6302
E-mail: mfigueroa@fs.fed.us

US Forest Service
Last modified February 12, 2009
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