Advancing Private Lands Conservation Through Family Forest Certification
Using Forest Stewardship Council certification as an organizing principle, this conference will expand cooperation and define a national growth strategy among landowner associations, government agencies, and other family forest advocates.
Wingspread Conference Center, Racine, WI, July 19-21, 2007
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Verso Paper, First Founding Sponsor of The Alliance: "Private forests account for nearly 60% of America's forestland," says Craig Liska, Verso's Vice President of Sustainability. Learn More
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Last update: July 18, 2007
Participant Partners Represented
Woodland Owners: Blue Ridge Forest Cooperative; Cook County Sustainable Forestry Cooperative; Northwest Natural Resources Group; Residents Committee to Protect the Adirondacks; Southern Forests Network; Sustainable Woods Network; Wisconsin Family Forests.
Private Sector: Columbia Forest Products; Georgia-Pacific; New England Forestry Consultants, Inc; NewPage Corporation; Rapid Improvement Associates; R.S. Berg & Associates; Sappi; Stora Enso Wood Supply U.S.; Verso Paper.
Associations & NGOs: Community Forestry Resource Center; Dovetail Partners; Forest Stewardship Council-US; Rainforest Alliance; Scientific Certification Systems; Sustainable Northwest; The Nature Conservancy; Trust to Conserve the Northeast Forests.
Foundations: FSC Global Fund, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation; Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation.
Government: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; US Forest Service.
Education: University of Tennessee, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Alliance & Conference Sponsors: Verso Paper, First Founding Sponsor of The Alliance, along with Alliance Founders NewPage Corporation & Fox Foundation + the Flintridge Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Johnson Foundation, Potlatch Corporation & Stora Enso US.
Location: Winspread Conference Center, Racine, WI
Timing: We will be starting at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, and ending after lunch on Saturday, July 21. Plan your travel with those parameters. If traveling by plane to Mitchell Field in Milwaukee, Wingspread staff will be in touch with you in advance to pick you up and drop you off.
Cost: The only cost at Winspread per participant is $412 for the two night's stay at the Guest House. This is payable to Wingspread when you arrive.
Scholarship Support: There is very limited scholarship support to cover room cost and perhaps travel. If you have asked for and received approval for a scholarship, the room cost will be covered at Wingspread. For travel, you will need to get us ticket stubs, travel itineraries & receipts, misc. receipts (e.g. taxi fares, tips, parking), or gas receipts and mileage if you drove. You can mail the originals to Katie Fernholz, Dovetail Partners, 528 Hennepin Ave., Suite 202; Minneapolis, MN 55403. (Phone Katie at 612.333.0430 if you have questions.)
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