GOLD-STANDARD MANAGEMENT
MESSAGE
Local landowners don’t receive enough credit for their stewardship of southern forests.
Their gold-standard management produces fresh air and water, household material needs, and wood for the buildings we live and work in, while still growing more trees than they harvest.
[Alternate opening: While forests get the applause for the environmental benefits they generate, it is the landowner who plants the seedlings, nurtures them into trees, investing resources and hard work, patiently waiting for the trees to become a forest.]
We’re supporting efforts to keep trees in their care through economic investments, modern forest management techniques, and through supporting sustainable timber markets.
