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Writing from the network.

Writing from across the Forests Plus network on the markets, policy, and science that determine whether forest restoration happens at scale.

  • · Event Recap

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
Material cut from red pine in the first thinning at Pike Bay Experiment Forest, Minnesota, 1951. Small diameter pulpwood and fuelwood like this once had ready markets. Today, roughly 60 million tons of similar material goes unutilized every year. Photo: L.P. Neff, USDA Forest Service.
  • · Thoughts from Kevin

Scientists + Insurers. Fire Chiefs + Investors. Here’s What They Agreed On

I spent most of last week in San Francisco in rooms full of people trying to solve one very hard problem: keeping forests healthy and communities safe. Two convenings, back to back.
People at the Forest Hub at San Francisco Climate Week
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164.2 Million Acres: Mapping America’s Reforestation Opportunity
  • · Thoughts from Kevin

Renewal is Taking Root

Spring is the season of renewal. After months of dormancy, nature begins to stir again, trees begin to bud, and the growing season quietly announces itself. The snow here in Minnesota is melting and my colleagues in D.C. are eagerly counting down to the official peak bloom of the cherry
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