Community Project Nomination Form

**** The Center is accepting nominations on a rolling**** 
basis through early spring 2003. 

The Center is committed to providing assistance to 3-5 communities a year for addressing forestry-related issues or opportunities. Assistance may include, but is not limited to, capacity building, technical assistance, training in research methods, and links to researchers. Communities will be required to develop a work plan with clear, measurable indicators of progress for the year in which they will receive assistance. Funds are available to hire a local coordinator to organize community members, provide continuity and follow-through, complete administrative tasks, and track progress according to the work plan. Please note, however, that the NCFC is not a grant-making organization and will not provide funds to directly support independent community projects. If you are unsure if a particular community project will qualify, feel free to contact our office.

*We use the term communities to include individual towns or groups of towns united by common geography

Qualifications for Communities:

• Level of organization sufficient to develop and carry out a year long plan of work,
• Identification of an issue or opportunity common to other communities across the region and/or nation,
• Willingness to engage in participatory research in service of more informed decision-making,
• Willingness to share results of the research process.

If you know of a community which meets these qualifications, please fill out and submit this nomination form.