Saint Paul – Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Janet C. Green to the Minnesota Forest Resources Council. 

Green, of Duluth, is a civic volunteer, ornithologist, environmentalist, conservation biologist, forest policy advocate, and homemaker.  She currently serves on a number of civic boards, including boards of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, the Duluth Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, and the University of Minnesota Natural Resources Research Institute Advisory Board. 

Green previously served on the national board of the National Audubon Society and the board of the Minnesota Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.  She also previously served as a member of the Minnesota Forest Resources Council from 1995 until July 2004.  Green received a B.A. in geology from Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts.  She is appointed to a Council position for a representative of an environmental organization and will serve a term which ends January 1, 2007.  Green fills the Council seat which came open following the resignation of Kathryn Fernholz. 

The Minnesota Forest Resources Council develops recommendations to the Governor and to federal, state, county and local governments with respect to forest resource policies and practices that result in the sustainable management, use, and protection of the state’s forest resources.  The council consists of 17 members appointed by the Governor.