Forest Wisdom

Issue 14, August, 2009 — Managing Forests for Wildlife and Biodiversity
Issue 13, March 2009 — Invasive Species
Issue 12, December 2008 — The Southeast
Issue 11, September 2008 — Woody Biomass from Forests
Issue 10, June 2008 — Land Protection
Issue 9, February 2008 — Forestry in the Lake States
Issue 8, December 2007 — Climate Change
Issue 7, September 2007 — Pacific Coast Forests and Forestry
Issue 6, June 2007 — Community Forestry
Issue 5, February 2007 — The Forest Guild
Issue 4, June 2006 — Silviculture in Maine and Redwood Country
Issue 3, December 2005 — Water
Issue 2, June 2005 — Fire, Building a Community of Interest, Landscape Planning in the Southwest
Issue 1, September 2004 — Southwestern Pine, South Carolina Coastal Plains, and Roadless
Areas Conservation

Before September 2004, the Guild’s newsletter was called Distant Thunder.
Distant Thunder #16, Spring 2004 — Facets of Forest Health
Distant Thunder #15, Spring 2003 — Working with All the Parts
Distant Thunder #14, Winter 2003 — The Many Faces of Silviculture
Distant Thunder #13, Summer 2002 — Securing Our Forested Lands
Distant Thunder #12, Spring 2002 — Restoration Forestry: Fixing What’s Broken.

Research Publications

• Valle Grande II Collaborative Restoration Project Socioeconomic Monitoring Report, January 2009
  
• An Assessment of Biomass Harvesting Guidelines, January 2009
• Summary
  
• Assessing the Socioeconomic Benefits of New Mexico's Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFRP):Issues, Indicators, and recommendations, January 2009
  
• Monitoring the long term ecological impacts of New Mexico's Collaborative Forest Restoration Program, December 2008
• Climate Change and Mixed Conifer / Aspen Systems in New Mexico: Considerations for Managers, December 2008
  
• Managing Forests in the Face of Climate Change: A summary of the New Mexico Forestry and Climate Change Workshop, December 2008
• A Market-Based Approach to Community Wood Energy: An Opportunity for Consulting Foresters, November 2008
• Summary
  
• Synthesis of Knowledge from Biomass Removal Case Studies, September 2008
• Summary
• Community Guide to Preparing and Implementing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan, August 2008
• Engaging Socially Vulnerable Populations in Community Wildfire Protection Plans, August 2008
  
• Harnessing the Power of Local Wood Energy, August 2008
• 1 page Abstract; Summary
• Short Guide for Developing CFRP Restoration Prescriptions, January 2008
• Social and Economic Issues in Landscape Scale Restoration, January 2008
• Community Owned Forests: An Example from the Southwest, December 2007
• Climate Change, Carbon, and the Forests of the Northeast, December 2007
• Report Summary
• Navigating the Motives and Mandates of Multiparty Monitoring, September 2007
• Maltreatment and Injustice: An Overview of the Plight of Latino Forest Workers in the Southeast, August 2007
• Measuring Community Capacity for Protection from Wildfire, February 2007
• An Evaluation of Fuel Reduction Projects and the Healthy Forests Initiative, January 2007
• Workbook for Community Monitoring of Federal Fuel Reduction Projects, January 2007
• Ensuring Sustainable Forests through Working Forest Conservation Easements, June 2006
• Fuel Reduction Projects in Southwest Ponderosa Pine Forests: A Description of Sites and Treatments, June 2004
• State of the National Fire Plan, April 2004
• An Evaluation of Fuel Reduction Projects in the Eastern Cibola National Forest, November 2003
• Understanding Condition Class: An Evaluation of its Application at the National Forest Level, June 2003
• Condition Class of America's Lands: Appropriate Applications at the National Scale, June 2003
• Modifying Wildfire Behavior: The Effectiveness of Fuel Treatments, April 2003
• Summary
• Distribution of Timber Sales on Dixie and Fishlake National Forests, 1985–2001, December 2002
• Annotated Bibliography: Fuel Treatments and Fire Behavior, November 2001
• Distribution of Timber Sales on Northern New Mexico National Forests 1992–1999:
  Are Small and Medium Sized Businesses Getting Their Share? November 2001

Across the Landscape 

January/March 2010 — Forest Guild Biomass Policy Statement Approved; Save the Date for the National Meeting June 16-19; NJ CFN Workshop Resounding Success; Guild Members in the News; Guild Members Invited to Field Test New Landowner Engagement Tool; YCC Alumnus Success Story; SW Fire Consortium Upcoming Events; Guild Works on NM Statewide Assessment.

November/December 2009 — Mike DeBonis Named New Forest Guild Director; Save the Date for the 2010 Forest Guild National Meeting; MPC Elections Underway; NJ CFN Ecological Forestry Workshop; Helping to Save the Butternut Tree; NE Region Director’s Notes; A Guild Maine Workshop; Wood-Using Do’s and Don’ts in the SW; Guild Joins SW Fires Science Consortium; Publications Briefly Noted.

September/October 2009 — New Mexico Thermal Biomass Workshop, Zena Model Forest Update, Minnesota Intermediate Treatment Tour, New Mixed-Conifer Studies, Profile of the Goodrich Tree Farm (Guild Model Forest), Book Review of The Wild Garden, A Guild Member's Perspective on the Pacific Northwest Region meeting in British Columbia, Publications Briefly Noted.

July/August 2009 — Forest Guild to Conduct Fuel Treatment Research, Mike DeBonis Named Interim E.D., PNW Meeting in British Columbia; Save the Date for SE Regional Meeting, Guild Board Members Tour Santa Fe Watershed, Jubata Grass Removal in Mendocino County, Director's Notes from the NE, Publications of Interest, New Guild Research Publications.

May/June 2009 — NE Regional Meeting Recap, SE Regional Meeting, NW Regional Gathering in British Columbia, Notes from the NE Region,  Publications Briefly Noted, State of National Forestry Policy, A Guild Member's Look at Biochar, Forest Certification Systems in Nepal,  Educating Youth Through the Guild's YCC Program, Profile of Joe Lee Tract Model Forest in North Carolina

March/April 2009 — Preview of the Northeast Regional Meeting, Research Update: Climate Change, Southeast Regional Meeting, Costs of Forest Restoration in the SW, Washington and California Guild Events, Bussman Model Forest.

January/February 2009 — Guild National Meeting, New Mexico Climate Change Workshop, Up coming Guild meetings, Model Forest: Great Mountain, Rural Voices for Conservation.

September/October 2008 — Biomass Issues, NM Climate Change Workshop, Medocino Fire Use Task Force, Belton Model Forest, Publications of Interest, Wildfire Protection Planning, Lois Manno.

July/August 2008 — A Tribute to Fred Hunt, Gould Farm Model Forest, Upper Peninsula Forestry
Explored, Green Builders Tour, Arcata Community Model Forest, Arthur Carhart, Summer Interns, Publications of Interest.

May/June 2008 — Western Week in Washington, Acrata Community Forest, Regional Guild Meetings, Japanese Stiltgrass, Carbon Research.

March/April 2008 — Annual Meeting, Lake States Meeting, Congressional Testimony, CWPP Planning Guide, Ecological Forestry, Pioneer Forest, Northwest Region Meeting.

January/February 2008 — Climate Change and Carbon Report, Aimee Abby, Model Forest: Tree Shepherd Woods, Southeast Meeting, MPC Elections.

November/December 2007 — Ecological Forestry, GoodShop, Northeast Community Wood Energy Project, Pacific Northwest Meeting, Restoration of Ponderosa Pine Forests.

September/October 2007 —  Northeast Regional Meeting, Kenneth Baldwin: New Pacific West Region Director, Student Outreach Project, Biomass Research Project, Guest Opinion: Forest, Culture, and Sustainability.

July/August 2007 — Guild Meetings and Field Tours, Student Outreach Project, Climate Change Initiative, Collaborative Forest Restoration Map.

May/June 2007 — Guild Meetings, Collaborative Landscape Planning for Forests, Professional Membership Survey Completed, Finding Patterns in Natural Disturbances.

March/April 2007 — Developing a Guild Strategic Plan, A Changing Climate for Forests , On the Road for the Guild, Kevin Whitlock: New Pacific Region Director, Members Approve Guidelines Changes, Upcoming Guild Field Workshops in the Northeast.

January/Febuary 2007 — A Guild Model Forest at Work: Crummies Creek Tree Farm, Unintended Consequences of "Common Sense": Guild Weighs in on Oregon Measure 37, Vermont Members: Expanding a Traditional Use Value Appraisal Program.

November/December 2006 — New Executive Director Howard Gross, Annual Meeting, Membership and Policy Council Elections.