Mark M. Woodall

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  Published on: 6/13/2008    Last Visited: 6/13/2008  

  "It allows developers, private developers, to form these IDDs and sell bonds like they're cities -- tax-free, municipal bonds," said Mark Woodall, Georgia's legislative chair for the Sierra Club.
  
  He lobbied against IDDs during the 2007 Georgia General Assembly, and cites at least two dangers: "No.1, it's insane to let private developers have the powers of municipalities," he said."No.2, it's horrible growth management, because these people can get in there and sell municipal-type bonds for all this infrastructure regardless of whether there's any water."
  
  IDDs could spur development where the water supply is insufficient to sustain it, he said: "That's what we're looking at in Georgia.

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  Mark Woodall, a commercial timber farmer, first went to the state Capitol to advocate nearly 20 years ago.It was January 1990, and the state was considering proposals to build a hazardous waste incinerator in Taylor County, about 100 miles south of Atlanta.Woodall, who lives in adjacent Talbot County, and other neighbors battled the legislation for nearly five years, until they defeated it.That experience inspired him to continue advocating for environmental policies, such as a comprehensive state water plan, at the Capitol.
  
  "We changed the hazardous waste policy in the state of Georgia," said Woodall, who is now a volunteer lobbyist for the Sierra Club.
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  Mark Woodall of Woodland in Talbot County: "The ordinary citizen can make a difference if they talk to their legislators and go to the state Capitol with others who are concerned about an issue."

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  Published on: 8/15/2007    Last Visited: 8/15/2007  

  "We hate the idea," says Mark Woodall, legislative chair for the club's Georgia chapter.Woodall says Florida IDDs are more prevalent in rapidly growing communities, and, therefore, could be located near Atlanta, the fastest growing metro area in the United States."We shouldn't be encouraging any more big development [in metro-Atlanta]," he says.

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  Neill Herring and Mark Woodall
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  With more than 40 years experience between them, Sierra Club lobbyists Neill Herring and Mark Woodall are the environment's two most visible advocates under the Gold Dome.
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  The two come across as polar opposites , Herring a brash and quick-tongued statesman, Woodall the reserved strategist.
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  In the current environment, where some of the most powerful legislators spend more time questioning whether the Earth is warming than figuring out what to do about it, Herring and Woodall are relegated to blocking the worst legislation and eking out small victories.
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  While the last session was mired in political gamesmanship, Herring, Woodall and company fought to fine-tune the state water plan, battled the billboard industry and swayed legislators against oil drilling off Georgia's coast.

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  Published on: 2/8/2008    Last Visited: 7/23/2008  

  This month's presentation will feature the annual legislative update from Georgia Chapter legislative chair, Mark Woodall, with Georgia State Representative Brian Thomas, and Senator Curt Thompson.

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  As one activist, Mark Woodall of the Sierra Club, has put it: "I don't care how well stakeholders are represented, the basic protections, limited as they are, should not be put in play. 'Customized' environmental regulations would seem to be an engineer's dream.

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  Mark Woodall is an unlikely environmentalist.After all, he makes his living growing trees so he can cut them down.

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  Published on: 8/23/2004    Last Visited: 8/23/2004  

  People such as Mark Woodall of LaGrange in west Georgia believe that opening up large swaths of roadless forest to logging, drilling for oil or natural gas, and mining would benefit the big companies.For the smaller operators, it would not only mean being cut out of the action but also of having to survive in a market glutted with domestic lumber.
  
  Already, that market is unstable, subject to influence by everything from beetle infestations to the growing market popularity of wood composites of wood chips and glue to more expensive timber.
  
  Woodall is working now with the Sierra Club in hopes that enough people like him will speak out against the proposal (which would leave the fate of roadless forests up to governors of individual states) before the official comment period ends Sept. 4.

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  ATLANTA - Mark Woodall is an unlikely environmentalist.After all, he makes his living growing trees so he can cut them down.
  
  But Woodall and other small tree farmers are aligning themselves with the Sierra Club and other "green" groups as the White House proceeds with its plan to open roadless forests to commercial logging.
  
  While they care about the earth, Woodall and his counterparts care about their livelihoods, too.
  
  They're expecting to get aced out of the massive government contracts by the timber, oil and gas goliaths.And if that happens, the ensuing lumber glut means lower prices for the little guys.
  
  "It's bad for the environment and bad for the pocketbooks of the tree farmer," said Woodall, who grows about 6,000 acres of trees near LaGrange in west Georgia.
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  Those forests are worrisome to farmers such as Woodall, who has enjoyed the rising price of sawtimber pinewood over the last 15 years.Prices now reach almost $40 a ton.
  
  "The restrictions doubled our prices, so if you went back it could cut our prices in half," he said.
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  "I think here in the South all the governors we've talked to have said this could be bad for the economy down here," said Woodall, a member of the Sierra Club.

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  Published on: 8/1/2004    Last Visited: 9/16/2006  

  Mark Woodall is an unlikely environmentalist.After all, he makes his living growing trees so he can cut them down.
  
  But Woodall and other small tree farmers are aligning themselves with the Sierra Club and other "green" groups as the White House proceeds with its plan to open roadless forests to commercial logging.
  
  While they care about the earth, Woodall and his counterparts care about their livelihoods too.
  
  They're expecting to get aced out of the big government contracts by the timber, oil and gas goliaths.And if that happens, the ensuing lumber glut means lower prices for the little guys.
  
  "It's bad for the environment and bad for the pocketbooks of the tree farmer," said Woodall, who grows about 6,000 acres of trees near LaGrange in west Georgia.
  
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  Although the decision affects more than 30 percent of national forests, the more than 700,000 acres in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia are a relatively small portion compared with the huge tracts in the West.
  
  Those forests are worrisome to farmers such as Woodall, who has enjoyed the rising price of sawtimber pinewood over the last 15 years.Prices now reach almost $40 a ton.
  
  "The restrictions doubled our prices, so if you went back it could cut our prices in half," he said.
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  "I think here in the South all the governors we've talked to have said this could be bad for the economy down here," said Woodall, a member of the Sierra Club.Actually, it could be quite good for the economy, because buyers there would gain a lot.

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