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Tom Martin Named President & CEO of AFF

Washington, D.C. –Tom Martin will succeed Larry Wiseman as President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Forest Foundation.

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2009 Outstanding Educators of the Year Announced by Project Learning Tree

Washington, DC—Five educators who excel at using environmental education to spur students’ enthusiasm to learn were named the 2009 National Outstanding Educators of the Year by Project Learning Tree®, the environmental education program of the American Forest Foundation.
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OSU grant to help family foresters keep timberland in family

America’s family forest owners are an aging group, with one third over 65 years old and one fourth over 75. After a lifetime of forest stewardship, they are asking who will continue the forest when they’re gone–or who will develop it.

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State Conservationist for Forest Stewardship Awards Announced

State Conservationist for Forest Stewardship Awards for 2008 were awarded by the American Forest Foundation to four Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) employees and their staffs in Alabama, Missouri, Washington and the Eastern Region of NRCS.

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An Open-Door Policy for Green Building

The state of Maryland has an opportunity to rectify a legislative anomaly that was supposed to tighten environmental standards for green building, but has had the practical effect of excluding all but a handful of the 130,000 family and individual forest owners in the state.

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