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.

Across the region, policymakers are busy trying to move legislation through as states near the end of their legislative sessions. See what’s top of mind.

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.

Across the region, state legislatures are in session looking to amend or enact legislation that would bring state-wide changes for years or even decades down the road. See what’s top if mind.

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.

Across the region, state legislatures are back in session looking to amend or enact legislation that would bring state-wide changes for years or even decades down the road. See what’s top if mind.

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.

As with many other renewables, federal tax credits and state rebates are key tools to accelerating the adoption of modern wood heat. 

Across the region, state legislative sessions have ended leaving some bills unacted upon, others in limbo, and lucky few signed or voted into law.

Across the region, state legislatures are back in session looking to amend or enact legislation that would bring state-wide changes for years or even decades down the road. See what’s top if mind.