Markets Matter, and We Should All be Paying More Attention
Healthy forests don’t happen on their own, they require active management. The U.S. produces about 270 million dry tons of wood fiber a year, but markets are only absorbing 214 million. The rest is economically stranded and that is a liability for the forests and the communities that depend on them.
164.2 Million Acres: Mapping America’s Reforestation Opportunity
The Reforestation Hub is an interactive tool from The Nature Conservancy and American Forests that helps landowners, practitioners, and policymakers identify the best places to restore forest cover. This spring, brand new updates were released to make the Reforestation Hub more useful than ever. Experts from the Nature Conservancy and American Forests joined Forests Plus […]
Fire, Water, Forests, and Utilities: Non-Traditional Partnerships Transforming the Future of Forests
A recent white paper authored by Blue Forest on behalf of a group of innovative utilities introduces a partnership-based model for wildfire risk mitigation that positions utilities as catalysts in a public-private ecosystem of resilience. The paper explores how utilities can expand their role beyond traditional right-of-way (ROW) wildfire mitigation efforts to engage in programs […]
The Future of Fire: Bringing Together Place-Based Knowledge and FireTech
What do robots, mushrooms, and Girl Scout Camp all have in common? They’re all part of innovative solutions that merge tech and place-based knowledge to transform our approach to wildfires. Fires are the single largest threat to forests in North America with an estimated 7 million acres burning each year. While fire is a natural […]
Putting Science in Context: Strategic Reforestation for Climate Impact
Does The World Need Another Reforestation Map? Last month the Nature Conservancy and other leading institutions published a new study in the journal Nature Communications with a deeper look at where reforestation can have the highest climate impact. Senior Reforestation Scientist, Susan Cook-Patton, and Forest Spatial Data Scientist, Kurt Fensenmeyer, joined the 1t.org US Community […]
Recap: New Year, New Funding for Forests
The 1t.org US Community Collaborative kicked off 2025 with a briefing to amplify upcoming funding opportunities for the start of the new year. With several high-profile funding opportunities for forests and high-integrity carbon projects available now and closing soon, the timely and exciting discussion with Salesforce, the Symbiosis Coalition, and the US Endowment for Forests […]
Recap: Treekeepers: A Fireside Chat with Lauren E. Oakes
In her latest book, Treekeepers, Lauren E. Oakes takes readers on a journey from the Scottish Highlands to the Panamanian jungle to meet the people working tirelessly to grow, regrow, and protect forests in the face of climate change. This book summarizes how the trillion tree movement has exploded over the last few years, and […]