Idaho Shared Stewardship Advisory Group
In 2019, to help provide high-level guidance to implement Shared Stewardship efforts in Idaho, Governor Little convened a group of 17 leaders in forest management and policy. This appointed committee of professionals, representing a balance of forestry interests and skills, is working with the Governor’s Office to develop guiding principles, opportunity pathways, communications strategies, and meaningful accomplishment metrics.
The purpose of Idaho’s Shared Stewardship Advisory Group (SSAG) is to advise the Idaho Department of Lands in successfully implementing Shared Stewardship in Idaho.
Idaho Shared Stewardship Advisory Group Charter
Committee Members
The members of the broad-based Shared Stewardship Advisory Group offer a balance of interests and skills and include the following individuals:
- Governor’s representative: Darren Damon, Office of the Governor
- Member, Idaho House of Representatives: Representative Mark Sauter
- Member, Idaho Senate: Senator Doug Okuniewicz
- County commissioner: Sherry Maupin, Valley County Commissioner
- Large forest manufacturing representative: Andrew Stockwell, Stimson Lumber Company
- Small forest manufacturing representative: Brett Bennett, Bennett Lumber
- Industrial forest landowner representative: Anna Torma, PotlatchDeltic
- Logger representative: Tim Christopherson, Associated Logging Contractors
- Family forest landowner representative: David Easley, Idaho Forest Owners Association President
- Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership representative: Matthew Ward
- Conservation non-governmental organization representative: Kurt Dyroff, National Wild Turkey Federation
- Conservation non-governmental organization representative: John Robison, Idaho Conservation League
- Idaho Lands Resource Coordinating Council representative: Knute Sandahl, State Fire Marshal
- Idaho Department of Lands: Director Dustin Miller and Ara Andrea
- U.S. Forest Service Northern Region 1: Tim Gilloon, Forest Supervisor, Idaho Panhandle National Forests
- U.S. Forest Service Intermountain Region 4: Daniel McBride, Director of State, Private and Tribal Forestry, USDA Forest Service
- Natural Resources Conservation Service: Misty Beals, Acting State Conservationist
- Tribal representative: Gary Aitken, Jr., Council Vice Chair of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
Documents
Our committee members are critical in making Shared Stewardship a success. Find your committee and meeting materials here, as well as our founding documents.
Thank you for participating in this important work, and remember to follow our efforts on social media with #NoBoundariesForestry.
November 19, 2025 Meeting Materials
January 17, 2024 Meeting Materials
January 25, 2023 Meeting Materials
April 26, 2022 Meeting Materials
October 30, 2020 Meeting Materials
July 28, 2020 Meeting Materials
April 13, 2020 Meeting Materials
December 3, 2019 Meeting Materials
Communications Committee Materials
Key Performance Indicators Committee Materials
Opportunities Committee Materials
Principles Committee Materials
None available at this time.
Contact
Idaho Shared Stewardship Coordinator
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