These Private Landowners Choose to Manage Their Lands Responsibly
One Proof of the Success of Sustainable Forest Management is There are More U.S. Forest Lands Today Than 100 Years Ago, Despite an Increase in Population
From a Global Perspective, The United States is a Low Risk Environment
The United States is Ranked 19th Out of 174 Countries as Having a Low Level of Corruption
The Majority of U.S. Forests are Privately-Owned
Most by Family Forest Landowners
“Forest landowners ensure healthy working forests and their sustainability for future generations. It is the long termmanagement which enables multiple generations of timber to be harvested from the same ground.”
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Frank Beidler
Forest Landowner
“A working forest is always changing — it is the growing and harvesting of timber that sustains a healthy forest. What makes a forest sustainable in my view is that it is also renewable.”
