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.

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.

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.

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.

The Future Forest Economy Initiative invested $3 million to help develop new markets for wood from the Northern Forest.

In the Center’s latest series, we join individuals across Vermont to understand why they chose modern wood heat. From a single home residence to a nationally recognized museum and beyond, modern wood heat is a fuel source that you can feel good about.

Everett Thurston shares, in a From Woods to Warmth episode, that harvesting wood makes the most sense when the entire tree is used – and one of the uses of low-grade wood goes to wood heat.