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Forest Landowners Foundation

A non-profit organization

The Forest Landowners Foundation (FLF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focusing on research, data, and communications that enable those who own and manage their working forests with a holistic approach – financially, environmentally and socially – to fulfill their forest legacy and pass on the tradition to future generations.

Who We Are

The Forest Landowners Foundation (FLF) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization focusing on research, data, and communications that enable those who own and manage their working forests with a holistic approach – financially, environmentally, and socially – to fulfill their forest legacy and pass on the tradition to future generations.

What We Do

The Foundation strategically addresses the challenges and opportunities to sustain America’s privately-owned forests by supporting the work of the Forest Landowners Association (FLA).

Our Focus

Our focus is on researching and providing data, messaging, and awareness about core private forests and their owners to ensure strong markets, healthy forests, and generational transfer.

Foundation focus areas

Assurance of Sustainability

Promoting U.S. wood and fiber as the choice of sustainable sourcing while generating environmental, economic and societal benefits.

Marketplace Confidence

Providing marketplace confidence in the ownership and management of working forests.

The Right Narrative

Telling the story of the caretakers of forests managed for wood and fiber.

Educating Stakeholders

Providing resources for forest landowners in areas of emerging markets, timber taxes, regulatory certainty, conservation cost-share and legacy planning.

Career-Ready Workforce

Developing career-ready forestry graduates with communications and problem-solving skills capable of tackling today’s economic, ecological, and social issues of modern forestry.

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Support Foundation Programs

When you support the Foundation, your contribution is going directly to its programs – programs that make a difference to the economic viability of family forests as well as to the future legacy of forest landowners across the country. We are run by a small staff and a dedicated group of volunteers, so administrative costs are minimal. Go to our support page to donate today.