Across the Landscape

Forest Stewards Guild members convened at two recent Guild Gatherings in Vermont and California, rekindling the "spark" of forest stewardship across the landscape.

The Future of our Forests: Engage with the Next Generation

by Nancy Patch, Forest Stewards Guild Membership and Policy Council

The Board of Directors of the Forest Stewards Guild is pleased to welcome Tina Hall, Director of Land Protection for The Nature Conservancy's Michigan Chapter, to its membership.

The Forest Stewards Guild's Director of Science and Programs, Zander Evans, was honored at the recent Southwest Society of American Foresters meeting in Flagstaff, Arizona. Zander received the Outstanding Forester award for 2017 because of his exemplary efforts and contributions to the profession of forestry, particularly promoting sound forest management in New Mexico and the Southwest. Zander has served as Research Director for the Forest Stewards Guild based out of the Santa Fe, New Mexico office since 2005.

Did you have your bracket busted during this year's Final Four basketball tournament? If you looked closely, you might have noticed the beautifully crafted wood flooring under the players' feet. The maple for the courts came from the Nature Conservancy’s Two Hearted River Forest Reserve in Newbury Michigan – our most recently designated Forest Stewards Guild Model Forest, managed by our member Jon Fosgitt of Compass land Consulting.

For over 20 years, the Forest Stewards Guild's Youth Conservation Corps program, now called the Forest Stewards Youth Corps, has been creating opportunities for over 500 young people from rural communities across northern New Mexico. 

“A forest, kindly used, will outlive unimaginably any of its trees,” writes renowned author Wendell Berry in “A Forest Conversation,” an essay about the Foundation for Sustainable Forests, a 501(c)3 nonprofit land trust located in northwestern Pennsylvania. Established in 2004, the mission of the Foundation for Sustainable Forests (FSF) is to protect forests as conserved working forests that support healthy ecosystems and rural communities, and to promote sustainable forestry practices.

The Forest Stewards Guild and many of our colleagues and collaborators have been invovled in current policy issues. Read on for a few recent highlights.

Wisconsin Members Advocate for Public Forestry Funding

A recent article in the Journal of Forestry highlights some of the important questions not being asked about wood energy. The Guild continues to engage in these conversations as difficult questions are being asked and answered in the U.S. and abroad.

The Forest Stewards Guild is growing our community by offering gatherings for members and friends in every region of the country in 2017. Save the date for field trips, workshops, webinars, and social events in your neck of the woods!