AFF e-Newsletter: Spring 2013

Help us “free the trees” from pests and diseases. Find out how you can strike back at the bugs, weeds and diseases that threaten the future of our forests. Also, discover some surprising facts about America’s family forest owners, learn about the impressive milestone just reached by My Land Plan, and much more in the spring issue of AFF’s e-newsletter!

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Join AFF's Free the Trees Campaign

Insects, diseases and weeds threaten the future of the woodlands we cherish. Some 58 million acres of forestland in the United States are imperiled by pests and pathogens. To respond to the threat, the American Forest Foundation (AFF) has launched “Free the Trees,” a nationwide education and advocacy campaign.

From the Desk of

Family Forest Owners: The Unsung Heroes of Conservation

Of all the conservation organizations in the United States, AFF is the only one that recognizes that private forest owners are a key part of the solution for almost every conservation problem we face, says Nathan Truitt, AFF’s new Vice President of Development.Read More>

Tools

My Land Plan Celebrates its First Anniversary

Less than a year after its launch, MyLandPlan.org, the American Forest Foundation’s online mapping and information tool for family forest owners, has become a thriving community of nearly 3,000 woodland owners. Together, they have mapped a quarter of a million acres of private forestland, and they are using the site’s wealth of information to help keep their woods healthy and beautiful. Read More>

On the Ground

Survey of Woodland Owners Reveals Major Challenges

The U.S. Forest Service regularly surveys the nearly 23 million woodland owners to get information on the land they own, why they own it, how they use it and if—and how—they manage it. Preliminary results of the latest National Woodland Owners Survey are out, and the results are cause for alarm for anyone who cares about forests and the many benefits they provide.Read More>

About the Future

PLT Sponsors Summer Forestry Workshops for Teachers

Project Learning Tree is sponsoring hands-on tours and forestry institutes designed to immerse educators in the world of trees. This summer, hundreds of teachers will head for the woods, learning about sustainable forestry from a wide range of knowledgeable experts that may include foresters, biologists, loggers, wildfire experts, forest-products manufacturers and ecologists. Read More>

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