News & blogs
The Smokey Wire: National Forest news and views
NGOs & networks
American Forests
Forest Carbon Coalition
National Forest Foundation
· Works to ensure that the National Forests and Grasslands stay healthy for future generations and
continue to provide water, "clean air, store carbon, and provide timber, minerals, oil, gas, and other
resources for industry and communities.”
Old-Growth Forest Network
Save America's Forests
· Aims to end clearcutting and other destructive forms of logging while also restoring the country's
forests through the use of conservation biology.
Stand4Forests
· Is an organization fighting for a goal of creating a world "where we value forests more standing than
logged. We stand in solidarity to call for forest protection, climate action, and justice for all."
Private sector
American Forest & Paper Association
· Works to promote and "advance a sustainable U.S. pulp, paper, packaging, tissue and wood products
manufacturing industry through fact-based public policy and marketplace advocacy."
American Forest Resource Council
· A trade association working to advocate for sustainable timber harvests and to advocate for better and
more responsible management of the country's forestlands.
Intermountain Forest Association
Professional associations
Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance
· Is an alliance between state forestry agencies in 20 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and
the Midwest. These state agencies work to manage forest land, inform the public, monitor forest
health, and implement state and federal forestry projects.
Society of American Foresters
· Works to unite people with science and practices to shape forestry management. The website works
to challenge landowners, decision makers, and society and encourage them to make better choices
about our forests.
Funders
US Endowment for Forestry and Communities
· Is "commited to keeping working forests as forests and advancing family-wage jobs in forest-rich
rural communities."
Climate change & forests
Climate Change Response Framework
@ Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
@ NRS @ USFS
Climate Forests Campaign [USA]
Climate, Forests and Woodlands eXtension Community of Practice (CoP) @ USDA
Forest Carbon Coalition [USA]
Forest-to-Cities Climate Challenge @ New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF)