Biomass Harvest Guidelines Biomass can be harvested in such a way that allows timberland owners to improve profitability and preserve their forests.
$100M to Support Quebec's Forest Communities Measure is intended to support communities affected by the forestry crisis in their efforts to expand and diversify their economic activity
Call for Recognition of All Certified Wood Canadian Institute of Forestry has called upon the U.S. Green Building Council to recognize all wood from certified legal and sustainably managed sources in Canada
Paper company loses green certification after rainforest destruction in Indonesia "This means that until practices on the ground drastically improve, pulp and paper products from Indonesia must be off limits to anyone who cares about human rights, the climate or rainforests"
SFI Inc. Launches New Standard - Leads Forest Certification Forward New standard reinforces its important role in supporting and promoting sustainable forest management
Resilience Report Highlights Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Communities This report explores the state-of-the-issue of
community resilience of rural, often forest-based
communities in the US
NM researcher develops trees to improve lives in dry, rural areas in 4 Corners region, Africa FARMINGTON, N.M. A New Mexico State University researcher is using tree planting to help arid, impoverished regions in the Four Corners region and Africa.
NH - Consortium seeks to boost wood manufacturers The Northeast Utilities Foundation has provided a $150,000, two-year grant to help the North Country's wood products manufacturing industry
Endowment and Partners Announce Plan for Conservation Easement Database The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment announced a collaborative initiative to create the first national database of conservation easement information
CA - My View: State Fortunes Will Grow If Forests Are Thinned David A. Bischel president of the California Forestry Association and a registered professional forester
Timber Products Inspection Inc. Accredited For SFI Chain-Of-Custody Certification Timber Products Inspection Inc. has been accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for chain-of-custody certifications to Sustainable Forestry Initiative
U.N. Report: Forestry Can Create 10 Million Jobs The United Nations is urging countries to invest in green jobs working with "sustainable forest management" to address the growing problem of unemployment worldwide
ID - A Long-Awaited Boon For Timber Country In the short term, it will be the stimulus bill. The Forest Service alone will get $1 billion, and nearly 20 million acres of Idaho, mostly in the poverty-stricken north, is national forest
Oregon Company Tries To Grow Its Timber Business In China Portland-based GreenWood Resources is about to wager up to $300 million on China, where soaring demand for cabinets, paper and furniture makes wood a hot commodity
Endowment Announces Selection of Forest Investment Zones The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities announces the selection of three areas as Forest Investment Zones under a multi-million dollar initiative
The Nature Conservancy Joins Northwest Certified Forestry This summer TNC made the decision to join Northwest Certified Forestry, enrolling two managed forests in Washington
Association Introduces Market-Centric Plan For Sustainable Forests State foresters are taking steps to implement a novel proposal that would help the countrys forests pay for their own rescue
BC - CellFor Grabs $10M For Improved Tree Seedlings Varietal seedlings have the potential to increase timber yields, reduce diseases and produce high-value wood
Steelcase Earns Sustainable Forestry Certification, Pollution Prevention Award Office furniture maker Steelcase has expanded its environmental credentials by receiving Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody Certification, showing its wood products come from sustainably-managed forests
NH - Strategy and Recommendations for Economic Resurgence in the Northern Forest SEI began in 2006 to advance the findings of the Northern Forest Lands Council 10th Anniversary Forum and its recommendation to create community and economic development strategies
ID - Seeing The Forest For The Trees Boundary County Forester Provides Landowners with Timber Stategies
CA - Saving The Trees But Not The Forests The Struggle Of The Quincy Library Group One night in 1984, a group of loggers grabbed Michael Jackson and threw him out of a bar. Nine years later, in 1993, Jackson put this little Sierra Nevada logging town on the map by forming the Quincy Library Group
WA - Milling & Manufacturing Seminar for FSC Markets Demand for Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified wood products is quickly growing in the Pacific Northwest and throughout the country. Builders are increasingly specifying locally produced and FSC-certified wood products.
OR: Field trip helps forge trust among diverse interests Armed with 11 different colors and patterns of marking tape, they set out with a goal to flag which trees they would save, with the other ones left to be cut, if they were making the decisions.
US Endowment For Forestry & Communities Adopts Strategic Focus Endowments Board of Directors adopts a programmatic focus for its work.