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| Acorn Cooperative Resource Network | www.massacorn.net |
| American Tree Farm System | http://www.treefarmsystem.org/ |
| Appalachian Sustainable Development | http://www.appsusdev.org/ |
| Appalachian Voices | http://www.appvoices.org/ |
| Domtar Management Assistance Program | www.domtar.com |
| Dovetail Partners | www.dovetailinc.org |
| Ecotrust Forestry | http://www.ecotrust.org/forestry/index.html |
| Financial Incentive Programs for Non-Industrial Private Forest Owners | http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/econ/data/forestincentives/ |
| Forest & Range | www.ForestandRange.org |
| The Forest Guild | http://www.forestguild.org/ |
| Forest Landowners Association | www.forestlandowners.com |
| Forest Stewardship Council - US | www.fscus.org |
| Forest Trends | http://www.forest-trends.org/index.php |
| The Global Institute for Sustainable Forestry | www.yale.edu/gisf |
| Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities | http://www.hfhcp.org/ |
| Maine Forest Service | http://www.maine.gov/doc/mfs/ |
| Masswood Forestry Company | http://masswood.com/ |
| Model Forest Policy Program | http://www.mfpp.org/Programs/seminars.html |
| My Minnesota Woods | www.myminnesotawoods.org |
| National Timber Tax | http://www.timbertax.org/ |
| National Woodland Owners Association | http://www.woodlandowners.org/ |
| New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association | http://www.nhtoa.org |
| Northern Forest Center | http://www.northernforest.org |
| MassWoods Forest Conservation Program | www.masswoods.net |
| Minnesota Forest Stewardship Program | www.dnr.state.mn.us/grants/forestmgmt/stewardship.html |
| Northwest Natural Resource Group | http://www.nnrg.org/ |
| Oregon Small Woodlands Association | http://www.oswa.org/ |
| Pioneer Forest | http://www.pioneerforest.com/PF_Home.html |
| Private Landowner Network | http://www.privatelandownernetwork.org/ |
| Rainforest Alliance Forestry | www.smartwood.org |
| Rain Forest Alliance's Smart Logging program | http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/news.cfm?id=mlc_certification |
| Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests | www.forestsociety.org |
| Society of American Foresters | www.safnet.org |
| Southern Center for Sustainable Forestry | http://scsf.env.duke.edu/ |
| Southern Forests Network | www.SouthernSustainableForests.org |
| Sustainable Forests Network | http://www.efn.org/~forestry/ |
| Sustainable Woods Network | www.sustainablewoods.net |
| Sustaining Family Forests Initiative | www.sustainingfamilyforests.org |
| USDA/Cooperative Forestry | http://www.fs.fed.us/spf/coop/ |
| Welcome Wagon Approach to Reach Out to Woodland Owners in Appalachian Ohio | http://www.joe.org/joe/2005february/iw4.shtml |
| Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources/Forestry | http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/forestry/ |
| Wisconsin Professional Loggers Association | www.wpla.org |
| Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association | www.wisconsinwoodlands.org |
| Other References Mentioned | |
| "Preparing for the Next Owner" sponsored by Clemson University in conjunction with six other southeastern university extension groups. It was a series of satellite broadcasts to site all over the southeastern states. Rain Forest Alliance's Smartlogging program which brings a higher level of forest practices to the small landowner. This model is being more widely encouraged in the Midwest, the Northeast and the Deep South and may soon begin in the Appalachian region. Contact Richard Donovan with SmartWood. Delta Institute's plan for Michigan to use carbon credits on state land to frontload management plan costs of private landowners to sign up for carbon credits A forest landowner handbook for Appalachian region landowners is available from the organization, Appalachian Voices. The landowner handbook comes with a DVD of a documentary-styled pitch for single-tree, uneven-aged management on the model of the Pioneer Forest. The handbook and DVD can be obtained by contacting Appalachian Voices. Focused Land Management Training for Underserved landowners. This is a research project that's going on and that's initiated by Dr. Rory Fraser from Alabama A & M University. This research investigates ways to engage underserved landowners to maintain their land and sustain natural resources by developing a model of applied forest management training. 20 workshops are being conducted in 10 states in the Southeast. Recent research around the feasibility of cross-boundary cooperation between neighboring forest landowners by Mark Rickenbach and Rebecca Gass out of the University of Wisconsin. Mike Kilgore - U of MN about 2005 did larger study on certification. also go to Blandin Foundation, http://blandinfoundation.org/html/public_vital.cfm as they funded the study. HVIP - Hardwood Value Improvement Project - OFA is the project coordinator for a 32-state project to train log buckers how to critically evaluate tree "stems" before bucking them in order to get the most value out of them. Landowners could benefit from this as well, to help them maximize the return on their woodlot. "Call Before you Cut" - Ohio DNR, Division of Forestry program that encourages landowners to consult a professional forester prior to conducting a harvest. There is an interesting Cal Poly study that shows the current regarding costs associated with regulation and harvest plan development and how California forestry regulations compare with FSC standards. Massachusetts has completed an initial FSC audit for its "current use" tax program and Forest Stewardship Program - 5,000 members owning 350,000 acres - audit cost $70,000 and additional program upgrades which will improve forestry - are estimated to cost about $300,000 per year. | |
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