Leaving the forest in good hands

Julie Renaud Evans retires after more than two decades of guiding towns across the Northern Forest as they take their land into their own hands.

Q&A with board member Morgan Mead Hill

Morgan Mead Hill is a new member of the Northern Forest Center’s board. A former creative strategist and audio producer, they run Mount Cabot Maple, a small agroforestry business on their family land in New Hampshire’s North Country where they grew up.

Coös Housing Convening

Lack of housing continues to challenge North Country communities, businesses, and residents. Join us to connect with others eager to find solutions and take action on this persistent issue.

Staff Picks: 3 favorite fall mountain bike rides in the Northern Forest

Check out these recommendations from Northern Forest Center staff for fun mountain bike trails.

On the trail: It’s always gratitude season

Joe Fox is participating in #RideWithGratitude by expressing his thanks for the folks who make these biking trails possible.

New award from U.S. Forest Service to develop housing sites and advance mass timber

The Northern Forest Center is paving the way for the construction of approximately 175 single-family homes and duplexes to be built in four new mass timber neighborhoods across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York through a $300,000 wood innovations grant awarded by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in August.

Dartmouth Students Bring New Tools to the Androscoggin Valley Community Forest Collaborative

Dartmouth College students spent their final semester building new planning tools for the Northern Forest Center’s Androscoggin Valley Community Forest Collaborative.

Sierra Michie and the Center’s Real Estate Portfolio

Sierra explains her role as the Center's Real Estate Asset Manager and how she helps tenants feel at home. 

Bartlett Experimental Forest: What’s at Stake

The Center's Vermont/New Hampshire Program Director, Mike Morin, joined a broad coalition of researchers, timber industry representatives, conservationists, and community members at a recent meeting with U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander to make the case for keeping Bartlett open and staffed.

When the River Comes Up: How the Center is Getting Climate Data to Communities at Risk

Through a partnership with the Open Space Institute and Yale School of the Environment, the Center brought forward-looking flood modeling data to Burke, as well as Gorham, New Hampshire, and Keene, New York.