Community-Owned Forests Library
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are Community Forests Background information on community-based forestry |
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Forest News News articles on community forests and timberlands |
Community-Owned Forests Resources Reports on community-owned forests |
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Forest
Planning and Management Handbooks and manuals on forest management issues |
Engaging the
Community Resources for successful community involvement |
Community-Owned
Forests Conference Presentations from conference held June 2005 |
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Tribal
Forestry Links and information on forests under tribal management |
Timberland
Ownership Resports on changes and trends in forest ownership |
Working
Forest Conservation Easements Information and reports |
A Community Investment Strategy: Community Forests
Community Forestry Collaborative, 2007
Defines a community forest model and analyzes the potential role of community forests in strategies for regional conservation and community and economic development. The report is based on research on the potential role of community ownership and management of forestland from GIS analysis, interviews, surveys, two workshops, and five case studies in northern New England.
Engaging Residents in Planning for Municipal Forests: A Case Study of Lincoln, Vermont
National Community Forestry Research Center. 2003.
The story of Lincoln, Vermont demonstrates how a small, rural town can engage its residents in planning for town-owned forests. This study illustrates the steps that can be taken to involve local residents in an effort to determine appropriate priorities for use of town forests. It also shows some of the obstacles a small community needs to overcome in attempting to bring its residents together to discuss municipal forests.
Choices and Challenges in Town Forest Management
Report from a Community Forest Workshop. Gorham, New Hampshire. National Community Forestry Research Center. September 13, 2003.
This workshop examined:
• How to engage a community in planning for its town-owned forests;
• How citizens can influence decision-making with respect to the use of town forests;
• Options for how to use town-owned forest resources;
• Challenges in management and use of town-owned forests;
• Strategies and resources for overcoming these challenges;
• Setting community-wide goals for managing town-owned forest resources; and
• Questions and lessons to share with other towns.
Valuing Forests as Community Assets in the Mount Washington Valley
Bisson, Keith and Lyman, Martha West. 2003
A study of the economic, environmental, and social contributions of public and private forests and their potential role as a component of a regional economic development strategy.
Criteria and Indicators of Sustainability In Community Managed Forest Landscapes
This extensive guide offers steps to establishing indicators of sustainability in regard to community well-being, people’s well-being, forest landscape health through a collaborative process.
Oregon Community Forest Authority
The CFA is the result of legislation enacted by the Oregon legislature last summer which creates a unique new funding source for the conservation of large tracts of productive timberland. The Forest Authority was set up following a grass roots community effort to support the Deschutes Basin Land Trust and its effort to acquire and conserve the 33,000 acre Skyline Forest, overlooking Bend, Tumalo and Sisters, Oregon.
» First Meeting of the Community Forest Authority
