Bio

Lloyd C. Irland

President

The Irland Group                                                      Birthdate:November 4, 1946

174 Lord Road                                                           Chicago,Illinois

Wayne, Maine  04284                                                  Married, 4 Children

8 grandchildren

Wayne home and office  and mobile

Mobile:                                     (207) 446-3682

E-mail: lcirland@gmail.com

EMPLOYMENT

January 1987 to present

Founder and President, The Irland Group.  Forestry, Economics, and Marketing Consulting Firm.  (Published Eastern Quotes & Comments and Engineered Lumber Trends until Summer 2002).

Fall 2003-2011   Lecturer and Senior research Scientist, Yale School of Forestry &                      Environmental Studies (fall term)  (appointment ended June 2011)

March 2008        Fulbright Senior Specialist Program, lecture and study trip toUkraine, National Agr. Univ., Kyiv, and National Forestry University, Lviv.

June, July 2006  Visiting Research Professor,  ENGREF,Nancy,France

1981-1986          State Economist, State Planning Office.  Participated in a ten-year state economic forecast project, and prepared a detailed study of natural resources inMaine’s economy.  Carried out staff studies for Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Education.

1979-1981          Director, Maine Bureau of Public Lands.  Responsible for management of 250,000 forested acres, plus tidelands and islands.

1976-1979          Forest Insect Manager, Maine Forest Service.  Responsible for all spruce budworm control programs, including spraying, research, and environmental monitoring.

1973-1976          Assistant Professor, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

1972-1973          Associate Economist, US Forest Service, New Orleans, Louisiana, Southern Forest Experiment Station.

Fall, 1968 &       Staff Economist, Chicago Board of Trade.  Conducted feasibility studies for

Summer, 1970    a futures market in plywood.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1967.

Master of Science, University of Arizona, 1968.

Ph.D. Yale University, 1973.

MILITARY

US Army, enlisted ranks, 1968-1970.  Served in Vietnam.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

– Distinguished Service Award, New England SAF, 1997.

– Elected Fellow of the Society of American Foresters, 1997.

– Fulbright Senior Scholar,  Dec. 2007.

Visit to Ukraine, March, 2008.

– James W. Toumey Distinguished Service Award, NESAF, 2021.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND GROUPS

– Registered Professional Forester in the State of Maine(#187).

– Member, American Economic Association, 1970s to 2013

– Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

– Member, Society of American Foresters.

– Chairman, Economics, Policy, and Law Working Group, Society of American Foresters, 1985-1986.

– Member, SAF National Task Force on Federal Forest Taxation, 1985-1987.

– Member, SAF Policy Committee, January 1990 to December 1992.

-Chair,MaineDivision,New EnglandSociety of American Foresters, 1992.

– Member, SAF National Convention Program Committee, 1992-1995.

– Member, SAF  Accreditation Team for Oregon State University, 2011.

– Member of two committees assisting with forestry section of National Assessment of Climate Change Impacts (National Socio-Economic Impacts and Northeastern Regional Assessment).

– Member of committee preparing Historical Atlas of Maine (economic history and natural resources).  This Atlas is scheduled for publication by University Press of New England in 2013.

– Member, Study Panel on Block Grants for USDA Cooperative Forestry Programs, Pinchot Institute, 2000-2001.

– Chair, Voluntary Oversight Panel,MaineSFIProgram.

– Steering Committee,BlaineHouse Conference on Natural Resources, 2003-2004.

– Assisted in editing revised SAF Ethics Discussion Guide, 2002.

– Steering Committee,Northern ForestBiomass Initiative (2006)

–  Board of Advisors, New EnglandForestry Foundation;  Member, Strategic Planning TF, 2007-2008.

– Advisory Board, Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting,  University of Rhode Island. Spring 2012 to present.

• From 2021,  member of Editorial Board of Forestry Source, periodical newspaper of Society of American Foresters.

CIVIC ACTIVITIES

Planning Board, Town of Belgrade, 1982-1986.

Cubmaster, Pack 688, BSA, Wayne, Maine, 1990-1995.

Assistant Coach, Wayne Youth Soccer and Baseball Programs.

Corporator, Kennebec Land Trust.

Vice President and President, Pocasset Lake Association, 1990-1992.

Hosted AFS exchange students, December 1999 to July 2000 and August 2002 to July 2003.

Co-Chair, Wayne Conservation Commission, July 2002 to present.

Treasurer, 30 Mile River Watershed Association, 2008.

Principal Speaker,  Wayne Memorial Day Observance, May 2010.

Vice chair, Wayne Comprehensive Plan Coimmittee

2018 to present Member of Wayne Select Board

GOVERNMENT ADVISORY GROUPS

Member, Governor’s Advisory Council on International Trade, 1996.

Member, Advisory Committee to Congestion Pricing Study, Maine Turnpike Authority, 1996.

Member, Speaker’s Advisory Council onForestCertification, Fall 2001.

BlaineHouse Conference Steering Committee (2003)  and Implementation Committee (to 2006)

 

 

COLLEGE TEACHING–PART TIME

Univ. of Maine, Orono                             Faculty Associate, College of Forest Resources, 1977 to date.

Univ.ofSouthern Maine,Portland          Intermediate Microeconomics (2 occasions)

ColbyCollege, Waterville,ME                Environmental Economics (Workshop on Maine Environment and Natural Resources)

Antioch Graduate School of New England(Summer ’91), Keene,NH          Environmental Economics (short course)

Univ. of Southern Maine, Portland          Natural Resources in the Northeastern Borderlands (co-instructor) several occasions, incl. Spring 2000

Univ.ofMaine, Orono                            Forest Policy, FTY 446, Spring 2000

ColbyCollege                                           Principles of Microeconomics, Fall 2001

Univ.ofMaine,Farmington                     Land Use (GEO240), Fall 2002.

Yale SF&ES                                             Forest Finance, Fall 2003 – 2010

Orientation to Professional Ethics, Fall 2004-2009

Workshop on professional ethics.  Annually.

Co-taught Workshop on Native American Natural Resources and Cultural Values, 2008 and 2010.

TERIUniversity                                       2 Week intensive course to grad students

For credit on Professional ethics Feb-March 2009

College of the Atlantic                        Fall 2011,  New England Forest History and Policy.

 

MANUSCRIPT REFEREEING/EDITORSHIPS

Have refereed manuscripts for TAPPI, Journal of Forestry, Forest Products Journal, Forest History, Environmental Management, Forest Science, Forest Ecology and Management, Journal of Sustainable Forestry, Forests, Sustainability, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Environment and Planning A, Journal of Environmental Management, BioScience, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Forest Policy and Economics,  ReAD, and Maine Naturalist.

Advisory Board, Univ. of Maine, Canadian-American Center Public Policy Occasional Paper Series.

Associate Editor, Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, 1984-1991 (was one of the founders of this journal).

Editorial Board, Maine Policy Review, 1995 to 2008.

Editorial Board, Journal of Sustainable Forestry.

Guest Editor, 3 issues of TERI journal Resources, Energy and Development.  Final one, Fall 2011, on Forests of South Asia.

Guest Editor, special issue of Environmental Practice on professional ethics.   Summer 2012.

Have performed prepublication review of book manuscripts for several publishers.

Peer review panel, AIBS – for National Council on Science for Sustainable Forestry research program (two years).

Have served as invited peer reviewer for consultants on 2 Endangered Species Act Habitat Designation economic impacts studies.

Peer review panel for Dept of Defense Strategic Environmental Research
and Development Program’s (SERDP) program: rating proposals on forest carbon research for management practices on DOD bases. (2010)

Editorial Board, Forestry Source. 2021 to present.

FOREST CERTIFICATION ACTIVITIES

Irland, “Wood producers face green marketing era.”  Wood Technology,March/April 1993.

*Irland, “ Developing markets for certified wood products: greening the market for construction materials.”  Jour. Industrial Ecology.  vol 11.(1)1-16.  2007.

Acres

Peer Reviewer, Seven Islands Land Company Certification, 1994.

Team Member, 1999SevenIslandsRe-certification.                                                                       “

Peer reviewer,  Baskahegan Co.   2006

Team Member, J. D. Irving, Ltd. Black Book Lands, 1997-1999

Team Member, J. D. Irving, Ltd. Allagash Timberlands, 1999-2000

Team Member, Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry  1990’s

Auditor, Menominee Tribal Enterprise, 1997

Reviewer, Draft Maritimes Regional Standards for FSC Regional Office, 1997

Peer reviewer, SFI system, for National Fish & Wildlife Foundation.

GAP Analysis review of private property, November 1999

Chair,MaineSFIVoluntary Oversight Panel, 1999 to 2004.

Member, Speaker’s Advisory Council on Forest Certification, Fall 2001.

Conducted Market Audit of Northeast US certified wood market for CFPC.

Selected Presentations on Certification

Wood Technology Conference & Show,Portland,Oregon           March 1999

National Forest Ecology Workshop,Orono,Maine                        July 1999

National Association of State Foresters,                              November 1999

Maine Business for Social Responsibility                                       April 2000

Discussion on certification, private company                      September 2000

Consultative Group on Biodiversity, Wye, Maryland                    June 2001

PLCM, FRA, Orono, Maine                                                           Spring 2002

Green Purchasing Conference, Bar Harbor,Maine               September, 2002

Internal seminar, Lab. of Forest Econ., ENGREF, Nancy, France June 2006

TERI University                                                                              March 2007

Nanjing Forestry University,China                                               Nov. 2007

Training on certification for timber investors (investor conf)     Nov 2008

Presentation, environmental auditing, DUFE, Dalian PRC            Dec  2008