Columnists

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Mike Crouse Mike Crouse is the owner, publisher, and editor of Loggers World, a tabloid newspaper that has been serving America’s logging industry since 1964. The magazine has a solid reputation of being a magazine that has a positive outlook.
Doug Duncan Doug Duncan is the Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Professional Loggers - a non-profit organization which promotes professionalism and business opportunities for logging members and the entire forest products network. Doug is also a Board of Director for the National Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety (THATS) Foundation, and a technical advisor for the AgHaul coalition.
Hakan Ekstrom Hakan Ekstrom is the President of Wood Resources International LLC, an internationally recognized forest industry consulting firm established in 1987. Wood Resources publishes two quarterly timber price reports and has readers in over 25 countries.
Matt Jensen Matt Jensen is the former president of the American Loggers Council, which represents over 50,000 logging professionals in 30 states. Matt’s operation, Whitetail Logging, is headquartered in Crandon, Wisconsin.
Ben Parsons Ben Parsons is currently a FISTA training coordinator and holds a degree in Forest Management from West Virginia University. Before working with FISTA, Ben measured forest inventory and analysis research plots in Virginia and Georgia, and was involved with urban and utility forestry operations throughout the Appalachian region, amongst other accomplishments in the industry.
Jim Petersen Jim Petersen is a co-founder of the non-profit Evergreen Foundation, and publisher of Evergreen, the Foundation’s periodic journal. Jim is a member of the Society of American Foresters, the Forest History Society, the Intermountain Logging Conference, and the Pacific Logging Congress [President, 2007].
Henry Schienebeck Henry Schienebeck is the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association (GLTPA), which is headquartered in Rhinelander, Wisconsin and represents over 1000 timber industry professionals in Wisconsin and Michigan. He is also the Editor for the Great Lakes TPA magazine. Henry’s understanding of industry issues comes from 37 years in the forest products industry as an owner/operator of a trucking business and a logging operation.
Frank Stewart Frank Stewart is principal of Washington Resource, an association management and professional services firm located in Alexandria, Virginia. Stewart holds a BS in Forest Management from Auburn University and a MF in Resource Economics & Policy from Duke University. Today, Stewart represents the interests of family forest landowners in our nation's capital and has done so since 1998. He is a registered forester and a registered lobbyist.
Neil Ward Neil Ward is the Director of Communication for the Forest Resources Association that represents diverse segments of the wood fiber supply chain, promoting forest products industry members' ability to compete successfully in the global marketplace.
Barry Wynsma Barry Wynsma worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 33 years, from 1978 to 1988 on the Lost River Ranger District, Challis NF in Region 4 and from 1988 to 2011 at the Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Idaho Panhandle National Forest in Region 1. He retired in September 2011 and plans to build a home near Idaho's fabled Salmon River.