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American Forests' 2023 Annual Report is here! Learn about our key initiatives, including groundbreaking reforestation projects, urban forestry improvements, and crucial climate advocacy efforts. See the impact we've made and our plans for the future. 🌲🌿 Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/3wUCv4U

American Forests' 2023 Annual Report is here! Discover our key initiatives in reforestation, urban forestry, and climate advocacy. See the impact we've made and our future plans. 🌲🌿 Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/3wUCv4U

Excellent summary of a seminar series on “(Re)Considering Planted Forests for the 21st Century,” which was hosted by The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment and The Forests Dialogue in fall 2022. The series featured a wide range of experts, including our CSO Mark Wishnie who spoke about new opportunities for linking investment in commercial forestry with forest restoration (pp. 30-33). The series also included talks from speakers across academia, conservation nonprofits, the forest products industry, and Indigenous and forest-based communities, sharing various perspectives on the future of planted forests. It is well worth a read! 

"Our 30-year anniversary is next year. From the beginning, we’ve known that our vision of ecological, economical, and socially responsible forestry as the standard for forest management from coast to coast requires collective effort from a strong, supportive community. Today, the Guild community is stronger than ever, and each member is continuously improving our collective knowledge, efforts, collaborations, and impact." Read more of this story in this month's Across the Landscape: https://ow.ly/WtbI50StMPY

ICYMI: AFF's James W. McKitrick recently spoke with Agri-Pulse Communications about the need for workforce capacity in the Forest Service to be addressed in the next #FarmBill. He encourages players in the space to focus on supporting the research and development side of forestry, especially through the U.S. Forest Service's Forest Inventory Analysis Program, which in his eyes, is "the darling of everyone in the forest sector." Watch the full video at https://lnkd.in/dfMNEPjY

As part of my contribution to Pixxel's growing online repository of hyperspectral resources, I'm proud to share our latest whitepaper, "The Hyperspectral Advantage in Forestry." Check it out! Here is a sneak peek of what it includes: • Addressing key challenges: Gain insights into our forests' challenges and explore how hyperspectral imagery is posed to overcome them. • Key use cases: We explore real-world applications, including tree species mapping, invasive species detection, and forest health monitoring, using exhibits from Pixxel’s imagery. • Pixxel’s hyperspectral advantage: Find out how our advanced technology enables organisations to detect, classify, and quantify threats to forests worldwide.

This week's blog is the first of a three-part series outlining tree species that are predicted to endure various stressors due to climate change. Katie, Forestry Assistant, outlines three climate resilient species, describing their features and the potential of each. Read the article here: https://ow.ly/AveK50QKF7g

Forestry for Minnesota Birds (FMNB) is an initiative designed to help forest landowners and natural resource managers implement forest management to enhance habitat for forest bird species across the state. This 1-hour webinar provides a sneak peek into the forest management guidelines book being developed, the forest types and bird species included, and why it matters: https://lnkd.in/eHQf3FiV

You can't properly manage what you don't measure. That's why Regional Director Shawn Hagan and our local forestry consultants from Steigerwaldt Land Services, Inc. are on-site at our new Flambeau River property in northern Wisconsin for operations inventory: collecting tree measurements and data to determine what species of trees we have, how big they are, and what value they have in the forest product marketplace. This information is key in determining the health of the forest and guiding future management decisions - and is just one of the ways we ensure our carbon credits are of the highest quality and integrity. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3ybZJ7a

We love designing sites for important missions! 🌲 For example, New England Forestry Foundation. They’re the 4th largest land trust in the US, and we hope the site we built supports their work to sustain forests, habitats, and fighting climate change. When you check it out, definitely take a gander at the custom trail map we created. Shout out to Tinsley Hunsdorfer! We hope you love it as much as we do. #webdevelopment #webdesign #websitedevelopment