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Board of Forestry seeks statutory fee-range increases as membership falls; lawmakers ask about workforce implications
Summary
The Board of Forestry described a long-running decline in registered professional foresters, presented a trailer-bill request to raise statutory fee ranges and discussed workforce outreach; lawmakers asked about training pipelines and whether fee changes would deter entrants.
Dan Stapleton, assistant executive officer for Foresters Licensing at the Board of Forestry, briefed the subcommittee on the state27s registered professional foresters (RPF) program and a trailer-bill request to expand statutory fee ranges so the board can set fees that cover program costs.
Stapleton said the program predates the Forest Practice Act and that the state now manages fewer than 1,100 registered foresters, a decline from more than 2,000 at earlier…
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