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NATIONAL FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS
USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry
The State and Private Forestry (S&PF) organization of the USDA Forest Service reaches across the boundaries of National Forests to States, Tribes, communities and non-industrial private landowners. S&PF is the federal leader in providing technical and financial assistance to landowners and resource managers to help sustain the Nation’s forests.
National Association of State Foresters
The National Association of State Foresters is a non-profit organization comprised of the directors of forestry agencies in the states, territories and the District of Columbia of the United States.
The Pinchot Institute for Conservation
The mission of the Pinchot Institute is to strengthen forest conservation thought, policy, and action by developing innovative, practical, and broadly-supported solutions to conservation challenges and opportunities. We accomplish this through nonpartisan research, education, and technical assistance on key issues influencing the future of conservation and sustainable natural resource management.
Society of American Foresters
The Society of American Foresters (SAF) is the national scientific and educational organization representing the forestry profession in the United States.
Association of Consulting Foresters
The mission of the Association of Consulting Foresters has been to advance the practice of professional consulting forestry.
The Forest Guild
The Forest Guild is a professional organization of forest stewards, associated natural resource professionals, and affiliates who are passionate about restoring and sustaining the integrity of our forests while meeting the needs of the communities that rely on them. The Guild is a national non-profit organization organization with regional projects and programs across the country.
The American Forest Foundation
The American Forest Foundation is committed to creating a future where North American forests are sustained by the public that understand and values the social, economic, and environmental benefits they provide to our communities, our nation, and the world. AFF works on-the-ground with families, teachers and elected officials to promote stewardship and protect the values provided by our nation’s forest heritage.
National Forest Foundation
The National Forest Foundation brings people together to restore and enhance our National Forests and Grasslands.
The Conservation Fund
The Conservation Fund has led land conservation efforts for nearly 30 years, protecting more than 7 million acres across America, from parks down the street to historic battlefields, wild areas and favorite destinations of all kinds. They work hand-in-hand with community and government leaders, businesses, landowners, conservation nonprofits and other partners to save the places that matter most.
American Forests
American Forests, the oldest national nonprofit conservation organization in the country, advocates for the protection and expansion of America’s forests.
GREAT LAKES AND MICHIGAN NATURAL RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state's natural and cultural resources for current and future generations.
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
MDARD works to implement laws pertaining to the production, handling and distribution of agricultural products. In its dual role of regulator and marketer, the department provides Michigan citizens with quality services and information by working cooperatively with many state, federal and local agencies and other organizations including universities, colleges and associations.
Michigan Association of Conservation Districts
The Michigan Association of Conservation Districts is a non-profit organization established to represent and provide services to Michigan's 78 Conservation Districts. The Association represents its members at the state level by working with legislators, cooperating agencies, and special interest groups whose programs affect the care and management of Michigan's natural resources, especially on private lands.
The Land Trust Alliance - Midwest Chapter
The Midwest Regional Program advances the pace, quality, and permanence of land conservation in the 13 midwestern states — from the Great Plains to the Great Lakes to Appalachia, with a special focus on providing Excellence programs to increase land trusts’ conservation impact in Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, and the Great Lakes basin.
Michigan Forest Products Council
The Michigan Forest Products Council Foundation is a non-proft 501c3 organization committed to its mission to educate and inform Michiganians about the benefits of sustainable management of Michigan's natural forest resources.
Michigan United Conservation Clubs
Michigan United Conservation Club's mission is to conserve, protect and enhance Michigan’s natural resources and outdoor heritage. They work to protect conservation from politics, and defend the right to hunt, fish and trap in Michigan.
Michigan Natural Features Inventory
MNFI actively contributes to decisions that impact the conservation of biological and ecological diversity in Michigan. Teams of scientists with expertise in botany, zoology, aquatic ecology, and ecology collect and share information about Michigan's native plants, animals, and natural ecosystems.
Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative
The Upper Midwest and Great Lakes LCC is a partnership of more than 30 agencies and organizations that are working to connect science and natural resources management across this important region.
Great Lakes Forest Alliance
The Great Lakes Forest Alliance, Inc. is a non-profit organization established to foster and facilitate cooperative efforts that enhance management and sustainable use of public and private forest lands in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, and Wisconsin.
ILLINOIS NATURAL RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS
Illinois Department of Forest Resources
It is the mission of the Illinois Division of Forest Resources to protect, perpetuate, restore, conserve, and manage the forest and related resources of Illinois, both public and private, rural and urban; and to ensure for future generations the greatest economic, scientific, and social benefits that can only be provided through a forest ecological system.
INDIANA NATURAL RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS
Indiana Division of Forestry
The mission of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources is to protect, enhance, preserve, and wisely use natural, cultural, and recreational resources for the benefit of Indiana's citizens through professional leadership, management, and education.
OTHER RESOURCES
Trees and Wood: An Identification Resource Guide
A list of informative sites that offer tree identification guides and other great resources from across the U.S for all stages of learners.
USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry
The State and Private Forestry (S&PF) organization of the USDA Forest Service reaches across the boundaries of National Forests to States, Tribes, communities and non-industrial private landowners. S&PF is the federal leader in providing technical and financial assistance to landowners and resource managers to help sustain the Nation’s forests.
National Association of State Foresters
The National Association of State Foresters is a non-profit organization comprised of the directors of forestry agencies in the states, territories and the District of Columbia of the United States.
The Pinchot Institute for Conservation
The mission of the Pinchot Institute is to strengthen forest conservation thought, policy, and action by developing innovative, practical, and broadly-supported solutions to conservation challenges and opportunities. We accomplish this through nonpartisan research, education, and technical assistance on key issues influencing the future of conservation and sustainable natural resource management.
Society of American Foresters
The Society of American Foresters (SAF) is the national scientific and educational organization representing the forestry profession in the United States.
Association of Consulting Foresters
The mission of the Association of Consulting Foresters has been to advance the practice of professional consulting forestry.
The Forest Guild
The Forest Guild is a professional organization of forest stewards, associated natural resource professionals, and affiliates who are passionate about restoring and sustaining the integrity of our forests while meeting the needs of the communities that rely on them. The Guild is a national non-profit organization organization with regional projects and programs across the country.
The American Forest Foundation
The American Forest Foundation is committed to creating a future where North American forests are sustained by the public that understand and values the social, economic, and environmental benefits they provide to our communities, our nation, and the world. AFF works on-the-ground with families, teachers and elected officials to promote stewardship and protect the values provided by our nation’s forest heritage.
National Forest Foundation
The National Forest Foundation brings people together to restore and enhance our National Forests and Grasslands.
The Conservation Fund
The Conservation Fund has led land conservation efforts for nearly 30 years, protecting more than 7 million acres across America, from parks down the street to historic battlefields, wild areas and favorite destinations of all kinds. They work hand-in-hand with community and government leaders, businesses, landowners, conservation nonprofits and other partners to save the places that matter most.
American Forests
American Forests, the oldest national nonprofit conservation organization in the country, advocates for the protection and expansion of America’s forests.
GREAT LAKES AND MICHIGAN NATURAL RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state's natural and cultural resources for current and future generations.
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
MDARD works to implement laws pertaining to the production, handling and distribution of agricultural products. In its dual role of regulator and marketer, the department provides Michigan citizens with quality services and information by working cooperatively with many state, federal and local agencies and other organizations including universities, colleges and associations.
Michigan Association of Conservation Districts
The Michigan Association of Conservation Districts is a non-profit organization established to represent and provide services to Michigan's 78 Conservation Districts. The Association represents its members at the state level by working with legislators, cooperating agencies, and special interest groups whose programs affect the care and management of Michigan's natural resources, especially on private lands.
The Land Trust Alliance - Midwest Chapter
The Midwest Regional Program advances the pace, quality, and permanence of land conservation in the 13 midwestern states — from the Great Plains to the Great Lakes to Appalachia, with a special focus on providing Excellence programs to increase land trusts’ conservation impact in Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, and the Great Lakes basin.
Michigan Forest Products Council
The Michigan Forest Products Council Foundation is a non-proft 501c3 organization committed to its mission to educate and inform Michiganians about the benefits of sustainable management of Michigan's natural forest resources.
Michigan United Conservation Clubs
Michigan United Conservation Club's mission is to conserve, protect and enhance Michigan’s natural resources and outdoor heritage. They work to protect conservation from politics, and defend the right to hunt, fish and trap in Michigan.
Michigan Natural Features Inventory
MNFI actively contributes to decisions that impact the conservation of biological and ecological diversity in Michigan. Teams of scientists with expertise in botany, zoology, aquatic ecology, and ecology collect and share information about Michigan's native plants, animals, and natural ecosystems.
Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative
The Upper Midwest and Great Lakes LCC is a partnership of more than 30 agencies and organizations that are working to connect science and natural resources management across this important region.
Great Lakes Forest Alliance
The Great Lakes Forest Alliance, Inc. is a non-profit organization established to foster and facilitate cooperative efforts that enhance management and sustainable use of public and private forest lands in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, and Wisconsin.
ILLINOIS NATURAL RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS
Illinois Department of Forest Resources
It is the mission of the Illinois Division of Forest Resources to protect, perpetuate, restore, conserve, and manage the forest and related resources of Illinois, both public and private, rural and urban; and to ensure for future generations the greatest economic, scientific, and social benefits that can only be provided through a forest ecological system.
INDIANA NATURAL RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS
Indiana Division of Forestry
The mission of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources is to protect, enhance, preserve, and wisely use natural, cultural, and recreational resources for the benefit of Indiana's citizens through professional leadership, management, and education.
OTHER RESOURCES
Trees and Wood: An Identification Resource Guide
A list of informative sites that offer tree identification guides and other great resources from across the U.S for all stages of learners.