The NTIS Steering Group meets twice a year to discuss priorities and to drive forward the National Tree Improvement Strategy’s objectives according to the ‘Action Plan’.
The NTIS Steering Group is chaired by Dr Steve Lee with membership drawn from right across the forestry sector: from nurseries, to forest management of natural, semi-natural and plantation forests and woodlands, through to saw millers, ecologist and sectors of academia. Membership is open and is currently as shown below. If you feel your interest in the genetics of trees planted in the UK is not represented and you want to be a member of the NTIS Steering Group, please contact us.
Member |
Organisation |
Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Lee | Chair | Independent |
| Tim Rowland | Future Trees Trust | Secretariat / Admin |
| Gustavo Lopez | Forest Research | Tree Breeding |
| Roger Coppock | Ex-Forestry Commission | Independent |
| Forestry Commission Nurseries | Public nurseries | |
| Harry Frew | CONFOR Nursery Group | Private nurseries |
| Mike Render | Forestry Commission England | England |
| Jason Hubert | Scottish Forestry | Scotland |
| Fiona MacFarlane | Natural Resources Wales | Wales |
| David Edwards | Tilhill / ICF | Private growers – conifers |
| Mike Harvey | Confor Breeding Co-Op / Maelor | Conifer Tree Breeding |
| John Mackay | Oxford University | Academia |
| Jo Clark | Future Trees Trust | Broadleaf tree breeding |
| Joe Beesley | Future Trees Trust | Broadleaf tree breeding |
| Robert Lee | Forestart | Seed purchasers |
| Andy Leitch | CONFOR | Forestry sector (inc sawmills) |
| John Tucker | Woodland Trust | NGO |
| Jon Stokes | The Tree Council | NGO |
| Clare Trivedi | Kew Gardens | Forest Genetic Resources |
| Charles Beaumont | Trees Please Nursery | HTA Tree and Hedging Group |
| Stephen Cavers | Centre for Ecology and Hydrology | Genetic Conservation |