Family Forest Blog
June 12, 2025
“I Wouldn’t Trade That for Anything”: An Alabama Landowner Shares the True Meaning of Forest Ownership
Nestled in the hills of central Alabama is landowner David Horsley’s off-grid sustainable cabin—where the air conditioner is powered by the sun, the showers smell like fresh rain, and his most bothersome neighbor is a very chatty Chuck-Wills-Widow bird. He can see 27 miles across from the porch where hummingbirds gather at the feeders hung on the overhang, to lakes filled with Trophy Bass and fields covered in diverse trees.
June 3, 2025
Why Wildlife Loves Loblolly—And How These Pines Can Benefit Your Land
A quiet stretch of pine trees can offer more than just scenery—it can provide vital habitat for wildlife across every season. Loblolly pine, the most common native tree species in the Southeast, plays a particularly important role in creating habitat for a wide variety of game and non-game species, from wild turkeys and rabbits to songbirds and squirrels.
May 30, 2025
FFCP By The Numbers: The Impact of 1,000 Landowners
The Family Forest Carbon Program started with a few small properties and now boasts 1,000 landowners enrolled, with a combined 143,000 acres of forests. The program’s growth has been exponential, seeing a 112% increase in enrollment over the past year. Piloted in Pennsylvania, where it now supports 237 landowners with 40,537 acres, it has made its way across 20 states with the thousandth landowner residing in Tennessee.
May 28, 2025
New Report Details Innovative Approach to Permanence for Natural Climate Solutions
The American Forest Foundation released today “A Trust for Permanence: Enabling a New Generation of Permanent Nature-Based Credits in the Voluntary Carbon Market,” a new concept paper that details an innovative approach to ensuring the quality and integrity of credits produced through natural climate solutions (NCS).
May 20, 2025
In Historic First, Program Enrolls 1,000 Family Landowners in New Market Opportunity
The American Forest Foundation announced today that their Family Forest Carbon Program (FFCP) has reached a critical milestone, enrolling 1,000 landowners, who now have access to income through the voluntary carbon market. This is the first and only forest carbon program to enroll these many small-acreage landowners in the nation.
May 20, 2025
1 Mission Delivered 1,000 Ways
The Family Forest Carbon Program is celebrating the enrollment of 1,000 landowners across 19 states, providing improved forest management and reforestation practices to family forest owners and farmers who want to do right by their land, their families, and the planet. That’s 1,000 people creating healthier wildlife habitats, cleaner air and water, more biodiversity, stronger trees to withstand extreme weather, and sustainable forest products for rural economies.
May 15, 2025
Statement: Committees Take First Step in Supporting Forest Landowners in Reconciliation
Today, the US House Agriculture Committee and Ways and Means Committees took the first steps in supporting the more than 21 million American family forest owners by protecting and growing voluntary conservation programs and maintaining important tax provisions.
May 6, 2025
New Report: Forest Carbon Projects Model the Path Forward for High-Integrity Voluntary Carbon Market
Revitalizing Carbon Markets from the Roots Up, predicts that prioritizing and investing in high-integrity projects could enable forests to sequester up to 300 million additional tonnes of carbon by 2030, unlocking even more supply for a demand-heavy market, while also delivering economic opportunities and conservation benefits. This becomes even more significant in a landscape where corporations are increasingly seeking solutions to mitigate climate-related risks in their operations and reach their own net zero goals.
April 7, 2025
Forester Spotlight: Mac MacKenzie
We’re excited to spotlight Mac MacKenzie, a dedicated forester with the Family Forest Carbon Program (FFCP) who is passionate about sustainable forestry and conservation.
March 27, 2025
Statement: Disaster Reforestation Act Will Help Family Forest Owners Recover
Currently, family forest owners cannot recoup the value of their timber lost in natural disasters, making it that much harder for these owners to reinvest in the recovery of their forest. The Disaster Reforestation Act aims to fix this by amending the tax code to allow forest owners to deduct the market value of their timber destroyed by natural disasters.
March 27, 2025
The Business Case for Carbon Credits: How Reducing Emissions Increases Revenue
Sustainability Isn’t Just a Nice-to-Have. It’s Good Business. A company that demonstrates progress on decarbonization is going to be more likely to meet customer and consumer expectations, and therefore secure revenue, than a company that is unable to demonstrate such progress.
March 25, 2025
Goats, Trees, & Community: the Power of Family Forests
The Family Forest Carbon Program has connected Monica with a forester who helps her navigate how to use her land more sustainably. Landowners often fear that enrolling in a carbon projects limits the way they can use their land, but Monica is proof that a property enrolled in FFCP can be just as versatile as any other.
March 20, 2025
The American Forest Foundation Carbon Auction: What We Learned
This past week, buyers and investors participated in the first-ever American Forest Foundation Carbon Auction. To everyone who joined us during auction week and everyone who followed along, we want to thank you for being part of this pivotal event.
February 27, 2025
Statement: AFF Applauds Appointment of Tom Schultz as Chief of United States Forest Service
AFF congratulates Tom Schultz on his appointment as the 21st Chief of the United States Forest Service. Tom brings a wealth of public and private land management experience to this role. We look forward to working with Tom to unlock markets and champion economic opportunities for rural families and communities while conserving our working lands.
February 13, 2025
Statement: AFF Applauds Confirmation of Brooke Rollins as Secretary of Agriculture
Scaling market-based solutions that invest in forest health and productivity can help these rural communities thrive and tackle the growing threats these lands and communities are facing. We’re excited to work with Secretary Rollins to advance both traditional and emerging markets that improve the health and productivity of our nation’s woodlands.