NNFP and our Sustainable Woods Network covered in Treehugger.com during Green Build

Treehugger.com is a leading site among "green consumers", with 1.6 million visitors/month.

NNFP Visits Montana for Outreach and Communications Project

As part of a Conservation Innovation Grant received by the Swan Ecosystem Center, members of NNFP's team visited the Swan Valley to conduct interviews and shoot photos for a series of landowner profiles which will be used for outreach to landowners in the Valley. Out of this trip we also hope to develop business and organizational profiles that tell the story of folks working for sustainable forestry and rural livelihoods.

This project is part of a growing body of work that NNFP is undertaking to communicate stories of sustainable forestry rural job creation.

Digital Storytelling for Landowner Engagement post


NNFP Montana Visit


Visit NNFP, and the Sustainable Woods Network booth at Green Build!

Partnering with North Slope Sustainable Wood, NNFP will be talking with builders and architects from across the country about the potential benefits of buying local and sustainably produced wood!

The booth will outreach to builders and architects to engage them with the beta version of www.sustainablewoods.com.

Visit us at booth 3067 (click for map) at Green Build, November 10-12 and spread the word!


NNFP Partners with Rainforest Alliance and Blue Ridge Forest Cooperative for booth at Green Festival in DC!

Harry Groot of BRFC, Lisa Stocker of Rainforest Alliance, and Colin Donohue of NNFP staffed a booth, talking to thousands of "green consumers" about the upcoming launch of the Sustainable Woods Network, the forest landcare activities (and wood products...) of BRFC, and FSC certification. The booth was an outgrowth of a collaboration of several partners in the Central Appalachian region focused on marketing of sustainably produced wood products.

NEWS- Woody Biomass Utilization Grants from US Forest Service

$4 Million+ is available for biomass removal projects on National Forest lands in priority National Forests

Map of these priority forests at Click Here

More information at http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/research/units/tmu/tmugrants.shtml

NEWS - US Forest Service S&P Redesign update

The State and Private Redesign will direct 15% of "net available" S&P funding into a competitive program.

For information on the overall redesign, go to the USFS page on the process-http://www.fs.fed.us/spf/redesign/index.shtml

A competitive grant process anticipated for October 2009, with more information at-
http://www.fs.fed.us/spf/redesign/fy2010_compet_guid.pdf