Forestry Reading Room

University of Arkansas School of Law Division of Agriculture www.nationalaglawcenter.com Forestry Reading Room Compilation of State Forestry Organizations Rusty W. Rumley Staff Attorney and Nastasya Knyazhishcheva Graduate Assistant ALABAMA Alabama Forest Owners Association, Inc. http://www.afoa.org/ Alabama Forestry Commission http://www.forestry.state.al.us/ Alabama Cooperative Extension System http://www.aces.edu/counties/ Alabama Forest Resources Center http://www.alfrc.org/ Alabama Forestry Association http://www.alaforestry.org/ Alabama State Board of Registration for Foresters http://www.asbrf.alabama.gov/ Auburn University School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences http://www.forestry.auburn.edu/ ALASKA Alaska Cooperative Extension Services http://uaf.edu/ces Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry http://forestry.alaska.gov/ Alaska Forest Association http://www.akforest.org/index.html University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Natural Resources & Agricultural Sciences http://www.uaf.edu/salrm/forest_sciences/index.html ARIZONA Arizona State Forestry Division http://www.azsf.az.gov/ Arizona Cooperative Extension http://extension.arizona.edu/programs/forest health Northern Arizona University College of Engineering, Forestry & Natural Sciences http://www.for.nau.edu/cms/ Arizona State Land Department http://www.land.state.az.us/index.html ARKANSAS Arkansas Forestry Association http://www.arkforests.org/ Arkansas Forestry Commission http://www.forestry.state.ar.us/ University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service http://www.arnatural.org/forestry.htm Arkansas Timber Producers Association http://www.arkloggers.com/ 1

University of Arkansas at Monticello School of Forest Resources http://www.afrc.uamont.edu/sfr/ Winrock International Forestry & Natural Resources Management http://www.winrock.org/fnrm/ State of Arkansas Board of Registration for Foresters http://www.arkansas.gov/abof/ CALIFORNIA California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection http://www.fire.ca.gov/ California Forestry Association http://www.foresthealth.org/ California Forest Foundation http://www.calforestfoundation.org/ The Forest Foundation http://www.calforests.org/ California Licensed Foresters Association http://www.clfa.org/ Forest Landowners of California http://forestlandowners.org/ California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection http://www.bof.fire.ca.gov/ California Natural Resources Agency http://resources.ca.gov/ Center for Forestry at U.C. Berkeley http://forestry.berkeley.edu/ Natural Resources Management at Cal Poly http://www.nrm.calpoly.edu/ University of California, Berkeley http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/site/index.php COLORADO University of Colorado Extension http://www.ext.colostate.edu/index.html Colorado State Forest Service http://csfs.colostate.edu/ Colorado Division of Forestry http://forestry.state.co.us/ Colorado State University Department of Forest, Rangeland & Watershed Stewardship http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/frws home/ Colorado Department of Natural Resources http://dnr.state.co.us/ Colorado Tree Farmers http://www.treefarmer.com/ Colorado Forestry Association http://www.coloradoforestry.org/ Colorado Timber Industry Association http://www.coloradotimber.org/ CONNECTICUT Connecticut Forest and Park Association http://www.ctwoodlands.org/ Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Forestry http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2697&q=322792&depnav_gid=1631&depnav= University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Forestry http://www.canr.uconn.edu/ces/forest/ Eastern Connecticut Forest Landowners Association http://www.ecfla.org/ Connecticut Professional Timber Producers Association http://www.timproct.org/ University of Connecticut: Department of Natural Resources Management and Engineering http://www.nrme.uconn.edu/ Yale University of Forestry and Environmental Studies http://environment.yale.edu/ DELAWARE Department of Agriculture: Forestry http://dda.delaware.gov/forestry/conser.shtml Delaware Forestry Association http://www.delawareforest.com/ University of Delaware: Cooperation Extension http://ag.udel.edu/extension/ FLORIDA Florida Forestry Association http://www.floridaforest.org/ University of Florida School of Forest Resources and Conservation http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/ 2

Florida Division of Forestry http://www.fl dof.com/ GEORGIA Georgia Forestry Commission http://www.gfc.state.ga.us/ Georgia Forestry Association http://www.gfagrow.org/ University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources http://www.forestry.uga.edu/ Georgia Board of Foresters http://sos.georgia.gov/plb/foresters/ Georgia s Master Timber Harvester Program http://ga mth.forestry.uga.edu/ Southern Region Extension Forestry http://sref.info/ HAWAI I Department of Land and Natural Resources http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/dofaw Hawaii Forestry Extension http://www2.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/ Hawaii Forest Institute http://www.hawaiiforestinstitute.org/ Hawaii Forest Industry Association http://www.hawaiiforest.org/ Hawaii Agriculture Research Center http://www.harc hspa.com/ Hawaii s Forestry Website http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/hfciforest/ University of Hawaii Natural Resources and Environmental Management http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/nrem/ IDAHO University of Idaho Extension Forestry http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/extforest/ University of Idaho Forest Products http://www.cnrhome.uidaho.edu/forp/ Idaho Department of Lands http://www.idl.idaho.gov/index.htm Idaho Forest Owners Association http://www.idahoforestowners.org/ Idaho Tree Farm Program http://www.idahotreefarm.org/ Idaho Forest Products Commission http://www.idahoforests.org/ Idaho Women in Timber http://www.idahowomenintimber.org/ ILLINOIS University of Illinois, Extension Forestry http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/forestry/ Illinois Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry http://dnr.state.il.us/conservation/forestry/ Illinois Forestry Association http://www.ilforestry.org/ Illinois Forestry Development Council http://ifdc.nres.uiuc.edu/ Southern Illinois University Carbondale Department of Forestry http://www.coas.siu.edu/default2.asp?active_page_id=111 Northwest Illinois Forestry Association http://nifatrees.org/site/home.html Illinois Tree Farm http://www.illinoistreefarm.org/ University of Illinois Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences http://nres.illinois.edu/ INDIANA Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Purdue University http://www.ag.purdue.edu/fnr/pages/default.aspx Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry http://www.state.in.us/dnr/forestry/ Indiana Woodlands http://www.inwoodlands.org/ 3

IOWA Iowa Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division http://www.iowadnr.gov/forestry/index.html Iowa State University Forestry Extension http://www.extension.iastate.edu/forestry/ Forestry Contacts and Organizations in Iowa http://publications.iowa.gov/3419/1/f 340.pdf Iowa Woodland Owners Association http://www.iowawoodlandowners.org/ KANSAS Kansas Forest Service http://www.kansasforests.org/ Kansas State University Department of Horticulture, Forestry & Recreation Resources http://www.hfrr.ksu.edu/desktopdefault.aspx Kansas State University Research and Extension http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/library/desktopdefault.aspx?tabid=16&topic=forestry Kansas Forest Products Association http://www.ksforest.org/ KENTUCKY University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Department of Forestry http://www.ca.uky.edu/forestryextension/ Kentucky Division of Forestry http://www.forestry.ky.gov/ University of Kentucky Department of Forestry http://www.ca.uky.edu/forestry/ University of Kentucky Wood Utilization Center http://www.ukwoodcenter.net/default.htm Central Kentucky Forest Management http://www.growingforests.com/ Kentucky Forest Industries Association http://www.kfia.org/ Kentucky Woodlands Owners Association http://www.kwoa.net/ Kentucky Tree Farm Association http://www.kytreefarm.org/ LOUISIANA Louisiana State University Ag Center http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environment/forestry/ Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry http://www.ldaf.state.la.us/portal/desktopmodules/browseby/portal/offices/forestry/tabid/63/default.aspx Louisiana State University Forest Products Development Center http://www.lfpdc.lsu.edu/ Louisiana Tech University College of Applied and Natural Sciences School of Forestry http://www.latech.edu/ans/forestry/index.shtml Louisiana Forestry Association http://www.laforestry.com/ Louisiana Forest Products Association http://www.laforestproducts.org/explore.cfm/overviewforestproduc/ MAINE Maine Forest Service http://www.maine.gov/doc/mfs/index.shtml Maine Tree Foundation http://www.mainetreefoundation.org/programs/tf.html Maine Land Trust Network http://mltn.org/ University of Maine School of Forest Resources http://www.forest.umaine.edu/ Maine Forestry http://www.maineforestry.net/ Forestry in Maine Directory http://www.suscom maine.net/~mrkndne/ University of Maine Cooperative Extension http://www.umext.maine.edu/topics/forestry.htm Maine Wood Products Association http://www.mwpa.org/ MARYLAND University of Maryland Cooperative Extension http://extension.umd.edu/environment/index.cfm 4

Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service (state laws and regulations) http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/ Maryland Forests Association http://mdforests.org/ Allegany College of Maryland: Forestry http://www.allegany.edu/careers/foresttech/ MASSACHUSETTS Department of Conservation and Recreation (state laws and regulations) http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/forestry/index.htm MassWoods Forest Conservation Program http://www.masswoods.net/ Massachusetts Forest Landowners Association http://www.massforests.org/ MassAcorn: A Cooperative Resource Network http://www.massacorn.net/ MICHIGAN Michigan Department of Natural Resources Forest Management Division http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7 153 30301 23833,00.html Michigan Tech University School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science http://forest.mtu.edu/ Michigan State University Cooperative Extension Forestry AoE Team http://wildfire.for.msu.edu/extension/default.htm Michigan Forest Association http://www.michiganforests.com/ Michigan Forest Products Council http://www.michiganforest.com/ Michigan Forest Resource Alliance http://www.mfra.org/mfra.php MINNESOTA University of Minnesota Cooperative Extension http://www.extension.umn.edu/topics.html?topic=2&subtopic=91 University of Minnesota Duluth: Natural Resources Research Institute http://www.nrri.umn.edu/default/ MyMinnesotaWoods.org http://www.myminnesotawoods.umn.edu/ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/index.html Woodland Advisor http://cfc.cfans.umn.edu/wa/ Minnesota Forestry Association http://www.minnesotaforestry.org/ Minnesota Forest Industries http://www.minnesotaforests.com/ Minnesota Forest Resources Council http://www.frc.state.mn.us/ MISSISSIPPI Mississippi Forestry Association http://msforestry.net/ Mississippi Forestry Commission http://www.mfc.ms.gov/ Mississippi State University College of Forest Resources http://www.cfr.msstate.edu/forestp/index.asp Mississippi State University Coordinated Access to the Research and Extension System: Forestry http://msucares.com/forestry/index.html MISSOURI Missouri Department of Conservation: Forestry (Wildlife code) http://www.mdc.mo.gov/forest/ University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry http://www.centerforagroforestry.org/ University of Missouri Extension: Forestry http://extension.missouri.edu/main/displaycategory.aspx?c=76 5

Missouri Forest Products Association http://www.moforest.org/ Missouri Forest resources Advisory Council http://www.confedmo.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56&itemid=63 Missouri Forestkeepers http://www.forestkeepers.org/ Association for Temperate Agroforestry http://www.aftaweb.org/ MONTANA Department of Natural Resources & Conservation Forestry Division http://dnrc.mt.gov/forestry/ University of Montana College of Forestry and Conservation http://www.cfc.umt.edu/ Montana Forest Owners Association http://www.forestsmontana.com/ Montana Tree Farm System http://www.mttreefarm.org/ NEBRASKA Nebraska Forest Service http://www.nfs.unl.edu/ Nebraska Natural Resource Districts http://www.nrdnet.org/ Nebraska Statewide Arboretum http://arboretum.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska Lincoln Buffer Research Projects http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/index.jsp National Agroforestry Center http://www.unl.edu/nac/ Nebraska National Forest http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/nebraska/ Bureau of Plant Industry of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture http://www.agr.state.ne.us/division/bpi/bpi.htm Nebraska Arborists Association http://www.nearborists.org/ NEVADA Nevada Division of Forestry http://forestry.nv.gov/ University of Nevada http://www.ag.unr.edu/nres/ NEW HAMPSHIRE University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension http://extension.unh.edu/forestry/forestry.htm New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands http://www.nhdfl.org/ Forest Society http://www.spnhf.org/ New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development http://www.dred.state.nh.us/ New Hampshire Owners Timberland Association http://www.nhtoa.org/ NEW JERSEY Department of Environmental Protection Division of Parks and Forestry http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/forest/index.html New Jersey Forestry association http://www.njforestry.org/ New Jersey Forestry Service http://www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/forest/ Rutgers University Cook College http://sebs.rutgers.edu/about/transition.asp NEW MEXICO New Mexico State University http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/forest/index.html New Mexico State Forestry Division http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/fd/index.htm New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute http://www.nmfwri.org/ National Forests of New Mexico http://www.sangres.com/newmexico/national forests/ 6

New York Cornell University http://www.cce.cornell.edu/content/view/31 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/309.html New York Forest Owners Association http://www.nyfoa.org/ College of Environmental Science and Forestry http://www.esf.edu/ Forestry Services http://www.nycgovparks.org Forest and Shade Tree Pathology http://www.forestpathology.org/ New York State Urban and Community Forestry Council http://www.nysurbanforestrycouncil.com/ North Carolina North Carolina State Board for registration for Foresters http://www.ncbrf.org/ North Carolina Division of Forest Resources http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/ Haywood Community College, Natural Resources http://dnrhcc.blogspot.com/ North Carolina State University Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources http://cnr.ncsu.edu/fer/ North Carolina State Cooperative Extension http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/index.php?page=forestresources North Carolina Forestry Association http://www.ncforestry.org/ Forest Service http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hills http://www.fac.unc.edu/ North Carolina Forest Stewardship Program http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/fsandfl/whatisfs.htm NCWoodlands http://www.ncwoodlands.org/ Southern Forestry Foundation http://www.southernforestryfoundation.org/ Consulting Foresters in North Carolina http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/managing_your_forest/consulting_foresters.htm North Dakota North Dakota Forest Resource Management http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/lbakken/forest/frm/frm_home.htm North Dakota Forest Service http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/lbakken/forest/ North Dakota Urban and Community Association http://www.nducfa.com/ North Dakota State University http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/trees/handbook.htm North Dakota State Land Department http://www.land.nd.gov/ Ohio Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/default.aspx?alias=www.dnr.state.oh.us/forestry Ohio Woodland Stewards Program http://woodlandstewards.osu.edu/site/ Ohio Forestry Association http://www.ohioforest.org/ Ohio Timber and Forestry Consulting http://www.ohiotimber.com/ Ohio State University Extension http://ohioline.osu.edu/forests/index.html Oklahoma Oklahoma Forestry Services http://www.forestry.ok.gov/ Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry http://www.oda.state.ok.us/ Oklahoma Forestry Association http://www.oklahomaforestry.org/ 7

Oklahoma State University Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources http://www.oces.okstate.edu/weather environment techonolgy Oregon Oregon State University Extension http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/extended/extserv/ Oregon State University Wood Science & Engineering http://woodscience.oregonstate.edu/ Oregon Department of Forestry http://egov.oregon.gov/odf/index.shtml Oregon Forest Resources Institute http://www.oregonforests.org/ Oregon Forest Industries Council http://www.ofic.com/ Oregon Forestry http://oregonforestry.net/default.aspx PENNSYLVANIA Department of Conservative and Natural Resources: Bureau of Forestry http://egov.oregon.gov/odf/index.shtml Pennsylvania Forest Stewards http://vip.cas.psu.edu/paprogram.html Penn State Natural Resources Extension http://rnrext.cas.psu.edu/ Penn State School of Forest Resources: WoodPro http://woodpro.cas.psu.edu/homepage.htm Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/ Pennsylvania Forestry Association http://pfa.cas.psu.edu/ Central Pennsylvania Forestry http://centralpaforest.blogspot.com/ Pennsylvania Sustainable Forestry Initiative http://www.sfiofpa.org/ RHODE ISLAND Department of Environmental Management: Division of Forest Environment http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/forest/index.htm Rhode Island Forest Conservators Organization http://rifco.org/ SOUTH CAROLINA Clemson Extension Forestry and Natural Resources http://www.clemson.edu/extension/natural_resources/index.html South Carolina Forestry Commission http://www.state.sc.us/forest/ South Carolina Board of Registration for Foresters http://www.llr.state.sc.us/pol/forestry/ South Carolina Forestry Association http://www.scforestry.org/ SOUTH DAKOTA South Dakota Resource Conservation and Forestry http://www.state.sd.us/doa/forestry/ South Dakota State University College of Agriculture http://www3.sdstate.edu/academics/collegeofagricultureandbiologicalsciences/horticultureforestryl andscapeandparks/index.cfm TENNESSEE Tennessee Division of Forestry, Tennessee Department of Agriculture http://www.tennessee.gov/agriculture/forestry/index.html University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture: Forest Products Center http://wood.tennessee.edu/ Tennessee Urban Forestry Council http://www.tufc.com/ Tennessee Forestry Association http://www.tnforestry.com/ 8

Forest Resources Research Center http://forestry.tennessee.edu/ Tennessee Forest Council http://www.tennesseeforests.org/ TEXAS Texas Cooperative Extension Service http://texasextension.tamu.edu/ Texas Forest Service http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/main/default.aspx Texas A&M University Department of Forest Science http://essm.tamu.edu/ Texas Forestry Association http://www.texasforestry.org/ Texas State Forest Festival http://www.texasforestfestival.com/ Northeast Texas Forest Landowners Association http://www.txforest.org/ UTAH Utah State University Forestry http://extension.usu.edu/forestry/ Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands http://forestry.utah.gov/ffsl.htm TreeUtah: NPO http://www.treeutah.org/ VERMONT University of Vermont Division of Forestry http://www.uvm.edu/extension/environment/?page=forestry.html Extension Forestry in Vermont http://stumpage.uvm.edu/ Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation http://www.vtfpr.org/ ACORN Cooperative Resource Network http://www.vtacorn.net/ Vermont Woodlands Association http://www.vermontwoodlands.org/ Community Forests Project http://www.familyforests.org/ Environmental Conservation: Land and Forestry http://www.vermont.gov/portal/agriculture/index.php?id=174 VIRGINIA Virginia Cooperative Extension http://www.uvm.edu/extension/environment/?page=forestry.html Virginia Department of Forestry http://www.dof.virginia.gov/index.shtml Virginia Tech Department of Wood Science & Forest Products http://www.vtwood.forprod.vt.edu/ College of Natural Resources http://www.forestry.vt.edu/ Virginia Forestry Association http://www.vaforestry.org/ Virginia Sustainable Forestry Initiative Program http://www.virginiasfi.org/ WASHINGTON Washington State University http://www.uvm.edu/extension/environment/?page=forestry.html Washington Department of Natural Resources http://www.dnr.wa.gov/pages/default.aspx Washington Forests http://www.washingtonforests.com/ University of Washington School of Forest Resources http://www.cfr.washington.edu/ Washington Forest Protection Association http://www.wfpa.org/ Washington Agriculture and Forestry Education Foundation http://www.agforestry.org/ School of Forest Resources http://www.packforest.org/ Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition http://www.newforestrycoalition.org/ Washington Farm Forestry Association http://www.wafarmforestry.com/ Washington County Forest Conservancy District Board http://www.wcfb.sailorsite.net/wcfb/home.html Washington Forest Law Center http://www.wflc.org/ 9

WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia Division of Forestry http://www.wvforestry.com/ Appalachian Hardwood Center http://ahc.caf.wvu.edu/ West Virginia Forestry Association http://www.wvfa.org/ West Virginia State Board for Registration of Foresters http://www.wvlicensingboards.com/foresters/ WISCONSIN Division of Forestry http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/forestry/ University of Wisconsin Madison Forestry Extension http://www.fwe.wisc.edu/extension/index.html The Aldo Leopold Foundation Woodland School http://www.aldoleopold.org/woodlandschool/index.shtml Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association http://www.wisconsinwoodlands.org/ Wisconsin Maple Syrup Producers Association http://www.wismaple.org/ Wisconsin s County Forest Association http://www.wisconsincountyforests.com/ Wisconsin Forestry http://www.wisconsinforestry.org/ Forest Planning http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/landcenter/forestplanning.html Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association, Inc. http://www.wlwca.org/ University of Wisconsin Extension http://www.uwex.edu/ Wyoming Wyoming State Forestry Division http://slf web.state.wy.us/forestry.aspx University of Wyoming: Cooperative Extension Service http://ces.uwyo.edu/ Wyoming Wilderness Association http://www.wildwyo.org/ Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts http://www.conservewy.com/forestry.htm 10