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The National Community Forestry Center, Northern Forest Region announces several publications available free for downloading: Click on any title, or scroll down to read more about each of these publications. What is Community Forestry and Why Does It Matter? available to all those interested in learning more about community forestry. Who’s Planning for Forests? a new publication available from the Center, summarizes the 2001 Town Plans contest results with excerpts from most of the submissions. Community Forestry Made Real: Case Studies in Landowner Cooperation describes the efforts of several Vermont forest landowners who developed cooperative relationships with their neighbors in order to provide habitat for wildlife. The Story of the East Branch of Fish Creek Working Group in Tug Hill, New York demonstrates how a grassroots effort to protect forest values can succeed where top-down federal and state efforts failed. School-based Forest Education in the Northern Forest is a description of several school-based forest education programs in the Northern Forest Region- Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. Now in its fourth edition, released July 2003. So, You're Thinking of Starting a Forest Landowner Co-op? is an annotated bibliography describing materials and resources available in the Northern Forest for those interested in finding out more about how, why, and when cooperative action forest landowners makes-sense ecologically, economically, and socially. What is Participatory Research and Why Does It Matter? a compilation of six readings chosen to provide examples of participatory research in the United States and Canada. What Does the Term "Working Forest" Mean To You? is a full-color poster that will beautify your wall and invite reflection and discussion about the role of the forest in your life and livelihood. Waiting and Seeing in Coos County: The Promise and Promises of Lake Umbagog describes the experience and responses of several communities in northern New Hampshire when their local forestland became the object of broad public interest. Practicing Community Forestry in the Northern Forest describes preliminary learning from a project designed to test new ways of providing services to rural forested communities in the United States. Forest
Ownership & Forest Management in the Engaging Residents in Planning for Municipal Forests: A Case Study of Lincoln, Vermont demonstrates how a small, rural town can engage its residents in planning for town-owned forests. This case study of Lincoln, Vermont illustrates the steps that can be taken to involve local residents in an effort to determine appropriate priorities for use of town forests. "Excellent case study in Lincoln! I loved
it! I hope most conservation Funding
Sources for Community-Based Forestry Work in the Changing From Industrial to Non-Industrial Ownership in the Northern Forest: A Case Study is a report serving dual purposes: it reports on the findings of a research project and also explores the process of participatory research using a case study approach. This is a story of a volatile industry looking for answers. It is also the story of how a regional advocacy and membership organization was able to conduct a participatory research project to answer members' questions, despite a lack of experience. Choices and Challenges in Town Forest Management is a report summarizing a workshop on town forest management held in Gorham, New Hampshire in September of 2003. This workshop, sponsored by the National Community Forestry Center, Northern Forest Region and the Quebec-Labrador Foundation/Atlantic Center for the Environment, brought together those who had planned for their town forests with those who had not, in an effort to share information and strategies. Meeting
the Needs of Communities and Forests: The Development of a Biomass
Energy System in
Richford, Finding Middle Ground Through the Arts: Using the Arts to Articulate a Balance Between "Wood" and Woods" is a new report which chronicles the Middle Ground Collaborative and its development of an interactive exhibit to tour the state of Maine in an attempt to generate dialogue about the history and future of Maine's forest resources. This report compiles the research results from the various venues at which the exhibit was shown, in the form of data, opinions, stories and suggestions, in order to produce a collective vision of the public's connection to the forests of Maine. To receive your copy of any of these publications you can either download the file using our online form, or request a hardcopy from us. In order to track who we are serving, we require you to fill out our online form prior to us sending you the electronic copy . This will enhance our ability to continue to provide services. We appreciate your cooperation. (Note: For persons ordering from within the region, 10 hardcopies of each title can be ordered free of charge. There is a nominal fee for additional copies exceeding 10, and for persons ordering hard copies of publications outside our region.) To download a publication click here, To request a hardcopy, write to:
or call us from NY, NH, ME, VT: 800-727-5404
Planning effectively for the future of our communities and our
forest resources will require the use of a wide variety of tools,
both regulatory and non-regulatory. This publication provides a small snapshot of the strategies in use. Use these examples to
stimulate ideas and fuel local discussion about forest planning.
The case studies in this publication are based upon the Neighborhood Wildlife Habitat Program initiated by Vermont Coverts: Woodlands for Wildlife, Inc. in 1997. The program involved seven neighborhood pilot projects scattered around the state. Members of Vermont Coverts, called Cooperators, organized and led each pilot group of neighbors using a variety of approaches to initiate and nurture cooperation. This is one in a series of occasional publications describing the
activities of people in rural areas who are actually engaged in
what we call “community forestry.” Those involved in community
forestry acknowledge their collective responsibility for the stewardship
of a valuable natural resource, and form partnerships to maintain
and capture the diverse values offered by this resource at the local
level.
The Story of the East Branch of Fish Creek Working Group in Tug Hill, New York, demonstrates how a grassroots effort to protect forest values can succeed where top-down federal and state efforts failed. This study illustrates the steps that can be taken to build trust among diverse groups and individuals, identify common interests, and, ultimately, change state policy to allow communities to secure long-term benefits from their forest resource. The East Branch Working Group gathered and interpreted new information, and thought creatively about the use of conservation easements to meet multiple use objectives. We invite you to read this case study with an eye toward how the issues and methods of resolving them might apply to circumstances in your community or region. This study was partially supported by the Communities Committee
of the Seventh Forest Congress and guided by Forest Community Research
of Taylorsville, California. We welcome your comments as well as
your suggestions for other community forestry efforts in New York,
Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine for inclusion in our case study
series.
So, You’re Thinking of Starting a Forest Landowner Co-Op?, includes a description of available publications,
websites, and organizations. The publication is not comprehensive,
but is designed to give readers a running start by providing contact
information only for those who have expressed a willingness to
assist others in their exploration.
Participatory research is a tree with many branches. Some of the
branches are called participatory action research, participatory
learning and action, farming systems research, rapid rural appraisal,
participatory impact monitoring, and cooperative inquiry. All share
a commitment to involving ordinary people in the process of discovery
that is research and using the results of the process to make positive
change in peoples' lives. What is Participatory Research and
Why Does It Matter? is a companion piece to our first publication,
What is Community Forestry and Why Does It Matter?
This report serves dual purposes: it reports on the findings of a research project and also explores the process of participatory research using a case study approach. This is a story of a volatile industry looking for answers. Part I discusses NHTOA's research and the resulting answers to their research questions. Part II follows the participatory research process as experienced by NHTOA. It is the story of how a regional advocacy and membership organization was able to conduct a participatory research project to answer members' questions, despite a lack of experience.
This workshop was designed with three exercises in the morning, a field trip to the Gorham Town Forest and two exercises in the afternoon. The preparatory reading for the workshop was the Lincoln, Vermont case study. The purpose of the workshop was to engage individuals from communities that own and manage forestland as community assets with individuals from communities that are strategically poised in order to do so. Participants explored how to engage a community in planning for its town-owned forests, considered how citizens can influence decision-making with respect to the use of town forests, explored options for how to use town-owned forest resources, examined challenges in management and use of town-owned forests, heard about the experiences of communities in the Northern Forest region who have successfully set community-wide goals for managing their town-owned forest resources, discovered strategies and resources to assist in meeting the challenges of town ownership and management of forest resources, and helped capture questions and lessons to share with other towns.
These questions include:
Finding Middle Ground Through the Arts: Using the Arts to Articulate a Balance Between "Wood" and Woods" is a new report which chronicles the Middle Ground Collaborative and its development of an interactive exhibit to tour the state of Maine in an attempt to generate dialogue about the history and future of Maine's forest resources. From 2001 to 2004, the Finding Middle Ground exhibit has been displayed at over seven venues in Maine. In selecting venue locations, the Collaborative has sought locations that represent a diverse array of settings and types of events to maximize exposure of the exhibit to visitors from all backgrounds. Some examples of the exhibit venues have included a forestry fair, a business exposition sponsored by the Southern Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce, a historical society museum, and a store front display.
This report compiles the research results from the various venues at which the exhibit was shown, in the form of data, opinions, stories and suggestions, in order to produce a collective vision of the public's connection to the forests of Maine. This report is a first attempt at compiling some of these results in order to shed light on both the overall vision for Maine’s woods and commonalities and differences between venue locations.
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