The 30-million-acre Northern Forest — stretching across the northern tier of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York — isn’t just another pretty place.  

It’s home to 2.3 million people, a destination for world-class outdoor adventure, a $33-billion piston in the region’s economic engine, and a provider of clean air, clean water, renewable forest products and storage for billions of tons of carbon.   

Complexity is inherent in forest ecology, in the forest economy, and in forest management. At the Center, we recognize these three priorities as intertwined, which ramps up the complexity even further.  

As an organization, we embrace complexity. We are willing to do the hard work of striving for excellence in forest health, the economy, and forest management while balancing the three.