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Focus Area #1 – Advance Sustainable Management of Forest Resources through Science, Education and Technology.
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GoalAction ItemsPriorityKey PeopleObjectivesProgress or Actions Taken
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1.1 Increase MSU, MTU, Gogebic and GVSU student knowledge, membership and participation in SAF· SAF leaders visit chapter meetings to recruit students
· Help Gogebic & GVSU start SAF chapters
· Contact Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) to recruit new students
· Society offers funding to MTU, MSU, Gogebic & GVSU student chapters
(budget item)		High· Membership
· Executive
· Student Chapter Chairs		· 50% of students are members in the student chapters at MSU, MTU, Gogebic & GVSU
· 30 students at each state meeting
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1.2 Help foresters learn about new technology· Invite tech vendors to meetings
· Use tours to demo technology at each meeting
· Use teleconferencing and webinars to connect foresters and allow remote participation		Medium· Program
· Science		· SAF members adopt new technologies
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1.3 Support university research on forests and forest management· Research posters at meetingsLow· University Liaisons
· Technology		· 10 research posters presented at each meeting
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1.4 Highlight the value of SAF membership to college and university faculty· SAF leaders meet with faculty to recruit faculty to join SAF
· Professors speak at meetings		Low· Membership· 25% of faculty are active SAF members who attend state & national meetings
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