Recent Updates
 Project Learning Tree Awards 33 Service-Learning Grants in 23 States Project Learning Tree announced it will fund 33 projects that engage students in environmental service-learning projects to improve their schools and surrounding communities. The projects address community needs, provide opportunities for student leadership, connect to classroom curriculum, and involve the local community. READ MORE  Small Forests a Big Help in Curbing Carbon
"Laws must incentivize carbon-cutting forest management practices," says Chuck Leavell, Rolling Stones keyboard player, Georgia Tree Farmer, and AFF Board member, in a CNN.com opinion editorial following the Copenhagen climate talks. Learn about pending legislation offered by Sen. Stabenow, D-Michigan, and six of her colleagues, and support AFF in our efforts on behalf of small woodland owners.  Bi-partisan Group of Senators Recognize Role of U.S. Forests in Climate Framework
AFF announced the initial work undertaken on behalf of the Northern Forest Watershed Incentive project, which received a 2009 NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant. The project will develop a replicable market-based model that connects beneficiaries of watershed services to the family woodland owners who help protect them. READ MORE  AFF Watershed Project Receives NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant
AFF announced the initial work undertaken on behalf of the Northern Forest Watershed Incentive project, which received a 2009 NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant. The project will develop a replicable market-based model that connects beneficiaries of watershed services to the family woodland owners who help protect them. READ MORE Green Building AFF announced that its board of trustees has adopted new, revised standards for the American Tree Farm System (ATFS), its woodland certification program. READ MORE ATFS Forest Certification Program Strengthens Its Standards
AFF announced that its board of trustees has adopted new, revised standards for the American Tree Farm System (ATFS), its woodland certification program. READ MORE ATFS named Earl and Wanda Barrs as its 2009 National Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year The Barrs received the award during the 16th Annual National Tree Farmer Convention in Washington, D.C. on September 30. This annual award recognizes outstanding sustainable forest management on family owned woodlands. The Barrs own Gully Branch Tree Farm in Bleckley County, Georgia. READ MORE Alabama and Connecticut Landowners Recognized with National Award Most woodland owners worry about what will happen to their land when they’re gone. But this year’s winners of the American Forest Foundation’s national Conservation Forestry award, Dr. William Jahoda of Lebanon, Connecticut and Campbell B. Lanier III of Hurtsboro, Alabama have a plan. READ MORE  Parents’ Choice Recommends Project Learning Tree Presents: Billy B Sings About Trees CD wins a 2009 Parents’ Choice Award! The CD comprises nineteen songs, such as “My Roots Run Deep” and “The Rock and Roll of Photosynthesis.” Lyrics for the songs are included with the CD. The cost for the CD is $15, which includes shipping and handling. To order, call 1-888-889-4466, or complete an order form. READ MORE Ecosystem Markets: Making Them Work The largest portion of forests in the U.S. is owned by families, not the Forest Service or large companies. In a time of climate change, development pressure, pests, and fire concerns, these woodlands need sustainable management and that means private landowners need healthy markets. Beyond timber, developing new markets can help provide income to private landowners for the ecosystem services—clean water, carbon storage, wildlife habitat, etc.—that their forests or natural areas provide for the public. To advance the creation of such markets, the American Foundation and Northwest Environmental Business Council (NEBC) co-hosted a national leadership conference. Learn what 200 experts had to say about ecosystem markets.  Don't Ignore the Climate Change Solution in Our Own Backyard! AFF continues urging Congress to include carbon market provisions in climate legislation that are workable for family forest owners, while also providing supplemental incentives for carbon storage-enhancing activities by forest owners on their lands. Read more and see our ad in Roll Call advocating climate change measures that fully engage America's private forests.
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