Welcome to the first episode of our three-part summer forestry series! Dropping each week in June!

Today we talk with Amanda Sullivan-Astor, Forest Policy Manager for Associated Oregon Loggers.

We learn about her role at AOL, and discuss the 70 year Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) on the Department of Forestry Statelands in Oregon.

Amanda Sullivan-Astor serves as one of six managers for the association where she acts as a liaison for AOL’s forest contracting members with federal and state environmental regulatory agencies. She also works with partners to promote sustainable forest management across the state that enhances the forest contracting workforce and forest sector infrastructure as a whole. Amanda consistently advocates for legally sound and science-based management practices that acknowledge environmental and economic tradeoffs. She also proactively pursues new opportunities for the forest contracting sector through policymaking and program development.

Amanda is a Society of American Foresters Certified Forester and actively engaged in the Oregon chapter. She obtained undergraduate degrees in Forest Management and Forest Biology from Colorado State University and a Graduate Certificate in Forest Carbon Science, Management and Policy from Michigan State University.

Resources:

About HCP: www.oregon.gov/odf/aboutodf/page…p-initiative.aspx

Associated Oregon Loggers: oregonloggers.org/

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