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One of the most important issues in forestry today is land conservation—keeping forest as forest. The Guild is actively engaged in land conservation through (1) Guild members' work on establishing conservation easements, (2) supporting conservation groups in their management of their lands, and (3) advocating for working forest conservation easements that protect forests and sustain communities. The excellent forestry practiced by Forest Guild members is well suited to the management and restoration of forests reserved for wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities, watershed protection, or other non-commercial purposes.
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Forest Wisdom Issue 14
Forest Wisdom #14 (fall 2009) explores issues related to managing forests for wildlife and biodiversity. Articles range from restoring meadows to maintain rare butterfly habitats in the forests of western Oregon, to safely returning fire to highly fire-dependent forest ecosystems in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, to identifying forest management objectives for a small group of “focus species” whose habitat needs are representative of a wide range of other wildlife in the forests of Maine. Though focusing on a wide variety of wildlife, all of the articles share a common goal of restoring and maintaining forest ecosystem health in order to provide a natural habitat for native species.
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