california FIREWOOD TASK FORCE partners
The following agencies and organizations are represented on the California Firewood Task Force:
California Department of Food and Agriculture
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
California Department of Parks and Recreation
California Forest Pest Council
California Oak Mortality Task Force
Goldspotted Oak Borer Program
CA Ag Commissioners and Sealers Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Services
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
University of California
U.S. Customs and
Border Protection
Additional Stakeholder Groups
If you belong to an agency, organization or business that is interested in cooperating with or participating in the California Firewood Task Force, please contact the Task Force Chairman:
Matthew Bokach, Chair
Ecologist, State & Private Forestry
US Forest Service
(707) 562-8691
mattbokach@fs.fed.us
Katie Harrell, Vice Chair
Communications Director, California Forest Pest Council
(530) 350-7147
palmieri@berkeley.edu
The Outreach Coordinator can provide additional information on the Task Force and its activities, invasive pests on firewood, and how you can help protect California's forests:
Janice Alexander
Outreach Coordinator
(415) 499-3041
firewoodinfo@firewood.ca.gov