The Forest Guild

Websites of other organizations involved in community – and sustainable forestry

The Forest Guild welcomes and encourages link exchanges with organizations pursuing common or complementary missions. To establish a link on the Guild's site, please send us an email with the link included. If you establish a link to the Guild on your site, we would love to hear about it! Please notify us at steve@forestguild.org.

American Forests

American Lands

Community Forestry Resource Center

Forest Stewardship Council
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization. It was founded in 1993 by a diverse group of representatives from environmental and conservation groups, the timber industry, the forestry profession, indigenous peoples' organizations, community forestry groups and forest product certification organizations from 25 countries.

Forest Trends

Four Corners Sustainable Forests Partnership

Human Dimensions of Small Scale Forestry
This international IUFRO symposium brings together scientists and practitioners from all corners of the world to discuss research problems, results, and practical applications related to human dimensions of small-scale forestry, family forestry, and non-industrial private forestry. Human dimensions are vital to defining the problems and solutions of small-scale forestry.

Land Trust Alliance

Miller Hall, World Forestry Center Portland, Oregon
Overcoming Barriers to Sustainable Forestry:
Critical Issues, Current Findings
and Ongoing Research in the Pacific Northwest.

National Community Forestry Center
in Providence coordinates communications among the 4 regional centers.

Ajit Krishnaswamy, National Coordinator
National Community Forestry Center
National Network of Forest Practitioners
305 South Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
800 - 683 9667
401 - 273 6507
401 - 273 6508 F
ajit@nnfp.org
www.nationalcommunityforestrycenter.org

The Southwest Community Forestry Research Center
covers New Mexico, Arizona, southern Colorado, and southern Utah.

Henry Carey
The Forest Trust
P.O. Box 519
Santa Fe, NM 87504-0519
505 - 983 8992
505 - 986 0798 F
800 - 803 0025
forest@theforesttrust.org
www.theforesttrust.org/research.html

The Pacific West Community Forestry Center
covers northern California, Oregon and Washington.

Jonathan Kusel or Katie Bagby
Forest Community Research
P.O. Box 11
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530 - 284 1022
530 - 284 1023 F
pwcfcinfo@fcresearch.org
www.pwcfc.org

The National Community Forestry Center - Northern Forest Region
covers Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Central and
Eastern New York.

Shanna Ratner or Debra Mason
Yellow Wood Associates, Inc.
98 South Main Street, Suite 2
St. Albans, VT 05478-2209
802 - 524 6141
802 - 524 6643 F
yellowwood@yellowwood.org
www.ncfcnfr.net

The Appalachian Forest Regional Center
reaches from Pennsylvania south to northern Georgia, including the entire Appalachian region.

Ginger Deason, AFRC Coordinator
Rural Action
PO Box 157
Trimble, Ohio 45782
740 - 767 4938
740 - 767 4957 F
ginger@appalachianforest.org
www.appalachianforest.org

National Network of Forest Practitioners
The mission of the National Network of Forest Practitioners (NNFP) is to promote the well-being of rural communities and forests by supporting individuals and organizations engaged in nurturing sustainable, reciprocal relationships between forests and people.

Pinchot Institute for Conservation

SmartWood

The Southern Forestry Foundation
Dedicated to Non-Industrial Private Forestry - Emphasizing Natural Stand
Management.

Southwest Forest Alliance

Sustainable Forestry Partnership
The Sustainable Forestry Partnership's mission is to document and promote innovation in sustainable forestry and integrate this innovation broadly into both policy and practice.

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

U.S. Community Forestry Research Fellowships

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The National Network of Forest Practitioners sponsors field trips and peer-learning sessions around the nation.