

Acknowledgments
The research reported here was supported by the Southern Group of State Foresters and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service through the Southern Region and the Southern Research Station. The issues addressed in this report were initially raised by an expert panel convened to examine changes in timber markets in the U.S. South. Members of the expert panel were: Robert Abt, North Carolina State University; Douglas Carter, University of Florida; Michael Clutter, University of Georgia; Jim Gan, Texas A&M University; Ian Munn, Mississippi State University; David Newman, University of Georgia; Jeff Prestemon, Forest Service; Jacek Siry, University of Georgia; and David Wear, Forest Service.

