The Northern Forest Center has long viewed access to outdoor recreational assets and programming as a key ingredient in what makes up the fabric of vibrant communities, as well as an avenue to both retain and attract residents to the region.

While New England loses approximately 30,000 acres of forest annually to development and other land uses, national forests set aside land to provide essential ecological, economic, and social values to our communities.

Center Program Director, Julie Renaud Evans, chronicles her experience at this year’s annual meeting of the New England Society of American Foresters, describing the event’s big turnout particularly of women and students.

Forests play three crucial roles in reducing carbon: they sequester carbon while they grow, reduce emissions by storing carbon in live trees and long-lasting wood products, and displacing fossil fuels.

For seven years, with leadership from the Center, representatives of eight independent trail organizations have been working together regularly to strengthen and promote mountain biking in their communities.

The Northern Forest Center is redeveloping the historic brick building at 560 Railroad Street in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to create apartments and commercial space.

A $1.2-million grant from the US Department of Labor to the Northern Forest Center will help high school students in western Maine explore career opportunities in the region.

Here's why we believe adding capacity is so valuable to our rural community partners.

Adam Bailey urges communities to regulate short-term rentals to ensure best outcomes for residents.

The Northern Forest Center has purchased and will redevelop the Gehring House in Bethel to help relieve the lack of middle-income housing.