Message from Stewardship Program:

The mission of the Forest Stewardship Program in Missouri is,

to protect, enhance, and perpetuate Missouri's forest resources".

The Forest Stewardship Program is designed to promote responsible management of forests and associated natural resources on private lands in Missouri. Stewardship planning and management assistance strive to promote holistic, ecosystem-based management options and opportunities to landowners based on an understanding of the landowners personal objectives for owning and managing these lands. Critical issues that are being addressed through Stewardship planning and assistance in Missouri include, but are not limited to:

• Restoration and protection of stream and water quality through the use of forestry BMP's
• Improvement of bottomland and riparian forest management
• Reduction in high-grading and non-science based management
• Monitoring, control and management of oak decline and red oak borer
• Improvement of forest health and diversity to better withstand potential impacts of gypsy moth, oak decline and other potential forest health threats
• Integration of conservation practices and stewardship philosophy into forest and open land management
• Management recommendations to improve habitat and status of threatened and endangered species
• Reduction of indiscriminate burning and grazing of forest lands
• Development of quality wildlife habitat and forest-based recreation on private lands

State Forestland Statistics:

• Total forested acres = 14.7 million acres
• Privately owned = 12.2 million
• Industry = 100,000 acres
• Federal Government = 1.7 million acres
• State Government = 700,000 acres

Stewardship in Missouri:

• How many acres have stewardship plans = 250,000 acres
• How many stewardship plans = 1700

Stewardship Contact:

Brian Brookshire

P.O. Box 180

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180

Email: bbrookb@mail.mdc.state.mo.us

Links:

• Academic & Extension
  • Green Horizons Newsletter
• Government Agencies<
  • EPA: Global Warming Impacts on Missouri
  • Forestry Extension Publications
  • Forest Service, North Central Research Station
  • Help for Private Forest Landowner's, MDC
  • Missouri Department of Conservation, MDC
  • Missouri Forestkeepers Network
  • Missouri Forest Profile
  • Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership
• Non-Profit and Private Organizations
  • Non Timber Forest Products
  • The Nature Conservancy, Missouri Chapter
  • Missouri Forest Heritage Center
  • Missouri Tree Farm Program
• Professional Societies
  • Missouri Forest Products Association
  • Missouri Society of American Foresters
• State/National Parks
  • Mark Twain National Forest

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