The Center calls on the Administration to reconsider its slashing of rural funding programs and the federal staff who deliver them, and on the members of the Congressional delegation serving this region to be vocal and active in defending these resources.

Instead of cutting into the deep knowledge and professional ranks of the Forest Service and compromising the public lands it stewards, now is the time to up our stewardship game and secure all the benefits the forest supplies – economic, environmental, and social.

The Northern Forest Center believes public forests in our region can be managed to remain healthy and productive carbon sinks and habitats, while also providing wood we need for our daily lives.

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.

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.