Priority votes received by Wingspread participants: 14

How this is important spreading certified Family Forests: When the FSC Family Forest Standards are updated, there will be a strong, pent-up interest on a variety of partners to employ them. Confirming the plan now for this time is important for a efficient and effective ramp-up.

One-Year Goal: A Formal scoping by a certification body by mid 2008 (Pilot Testing of Revised Family Forest Standards)

Lead individual/organization: John Gunn, Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands

Supporting Partners: (please add name if want to play active role on moving this strategy forward) Verso Paper SAPPI NewPage The Nature Conservancy Maine Forest Service WI DNR

Strategy addresses what current barriers? Inability to cost-effectively meet larger group certification needs.

And/or builds on what opportunities? Ability of FSC standards to meet large groups of private woodland owners.

A few example(s) of where model or elements are being practiced well today?
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Key measures to track (to know a change is an improvement)? Uptake of FSC by "Supergroups"

To move it quickly forward (through a test or to spread to other early adopters):

	Key Next Steps?	Involves Who?	Date Complete?
By End of August 2007	·	·	·
By End of 2007	·Initial Meeting with Maine Forest Service, TCNF, and key industrial partners. Meeting would communicate other activities of the Alliance, discuss FSC Standards Revision Process, and the role the MFS could have during this process to identify potential barriers to certification.	·Verso Paper NewPage SAPPI Maine Forest Service	·
By Summer of 2008	Bring in support from state Chapter of TNC (facilitated by Fran Price) and other key ENGOs. Develop outreach strategy for "Super-groups", especially other states considering certification for their forest tax law programs.	·	·

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