Tree City USA, Tree Campus Higher Education® and Tree Line USA Programs
Celebrating communities all across America that are creating healthier and more abundant community forests.
Management Plans
A forest management plan is the roadmap to a healthy forest. There are many reasons why it is helpful to have a forest management plan for your property. Find out how to develop a plan.
Cost Share & Incentive Programs
Several federal, state, local and private cost sharing and incentive programs are available to help you meet your forestry management goals. Review programs.
Storm Damage: Information for Landowners
Storms cause varying degrees of damage to forests and damage can be highly variable across affected areas of the landscape. Landowner objectives for the forest will help determine what actions are needed to restore the health and productivity of the forest resource. View steps to take after any storm.
Disaster Assistance – Federal Programs
USDA is here to help you prepare, recover, and build long-term resilience to natural disasters.
Climate Action Reserve
A helpful source of information for Forest Offset Project Standards and Protocols.
VERRA – Verified Carbon Standard
Verra develops and manages standards that help countries, the private sector and civil society achieve their sustainable development and climate action goals.
Generating Value through Forest Carbon – An Introduction
Individuals seeking facts about the forestry carbon marketplace can easily be overwhelmed by the amount of information available. Confusing and contradictory details can make it very hard to assess income potential or assign appropriate risk. This guide seeks to provide answers to the most frequently asked questions about forestry carbon and help direct further investigation.
Forest Certification and the Sustainability Issue Concerning Wood Products
Helpful overview regarding the merits of Forest Certification.
YHC – Hemlock Project
The Young Harris College (YHC) Hemlock Proiect is a volunteer effort of community members and students to help raise Sasajiscymnus tsugae, a tiny ladybird beetle that is one of the few natural predators of the HWA. The organization works in conjunction with the Forest Service and GFC to decide where to release the adult beetles.