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American Forest Products Industries (AFPI) begins operations, focusing on fire prevention outreach and support for self-regulation of privately owned forests.

The Clemons Tree Farm is recognized as the first in the American Tree Farm System®, a program of AFPI.

American Forest Products Industries evolves into the American Forest Institute (AFI), which assumes the role as governing body of ATFS.

The American Forest Foundation is chartered as the nonprofit arm of the American Forest Institute, tasked with performing its educational, scientific and charitable activities. ATFS now has a presence in all 50 states and is organized under a set of uniform national standards and principles.

The American Forest Council aligns with the American Paper Institute to form the American Forest & Paper Association, and the American Forest Foundation becomes an independent entity while retaining the American Tree Farm System as one of its programs.

The American Tree Farm System receives an international endorsement from PEFC, the world’s largest independent, nongovernmental organization that promotes sustainably managed forests through independent third-party certification.