Restatement of what RFI is all about

If you will bear with me to take a few minutes to tell you what RFI means to me personally.

For most of us, as we go through our lifetime struggling to make money, to pay the bills, buying a house, raising our kids, sending them to school, etc., we do not have a chance to do something beneficial for the environment that we so depend on for our well being – especially the water we drink and the air we breath – but also and even more importantly to replace the natural resources that are vital for our children and future generations.  We know that oil reserves which we depend on so much to drive our luxurious cars and trucks has reached a point of depletion of most all known reserves and those left have a finite date of depletion.  Our forests are being harvested and exploited for profits before maturity and poorly managed by the industry and by the private landowner as well.  If these trends continue, it is inevitable that the standard of living of future generations will suffer.  We must attain sustainability or even better increase the quality and quantity of our timber production for future generations to prosper.  On our 400 acres it is possible to at least double the timber production with proper management.

 Furthermore, I personally feel privileged that I am in a position to have the opportunity to participate in an endeavor that can change the way we manage our forests for the benefit of future generations by creating a model as to how our forest should be managed. 

Charles Bello, president RFI

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