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Who We Are
The Southern Forest Resource Assessment Consortium is a research and application group designed to improve analysis and modeling of the effects of biological, economic, and social information for regional forestry decision-making. Our objective is to sustain and enhance economic and environmental benefits generated by our forests through economically efficient and environmentally acceptable forest management. In particular, SOFAC develops and applies timber supply models for the South, improves the analysis of existing forest inventory data, and coordinates southern resource assessment research and applications efforts.
SOFAC's goal is to give forest managers and policy-makers the data and the models they need to make sound decisions in a rapidly changing world. Research and applications are developed to analyze local and southern forest resource conditions, management alternatives, and policy scenarios. SOFAC's models can be applied to analyze wood mill supply, develop strategic plans, perform state and regional economic development analysis, and assess regional investment possibilities.
Organized in 1994 to enhance the analysis of the South's forest resources, SOFAC is cooperative endeavor involving USDA Forest Service Research, southern forest industry, timberland investment management organizations, and state forestry agencies. These organizations contribute funding and participate as voting members.
For more information, contact:
Fred Cubbage, Professor
Department of Forestry
North Carolina State University
P.O. Box 8008
Raleigh, NC 27695-8008
Phone: 919-515-7789
Email: fred_cubbage@ncsu.edu |
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David Wear, Project Leader
Economics of Forest Protection & Management
USDA Forest Service
P.O. Box 12254
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919-549-4011
Email: dwear@fs.fed.us |
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