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Growing, Strengthening and Increasing the Impact of ATFS

Innovations to Engage More Landowners and Drive Certification Growth

AFF is focused on removing the barriers—such as cost, awareness, landowner outreach challenges, forester capacity limitations, among others, that currently prevent more family forest owners from participating in active stewardship.

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E-Mail: The Path Forward for Strengthening, Growing and Increasing the Impact of ATFS

We all know that well-managed forests are the solution to multiple concerns plaguing our forest communities - from watershed protection to endangered species recovery to rural economic prosperity. Family forest owners are an essential piece of the forested landscape, and this work will help remove barriers that prevent ATFS from engaging more landowners in this active stewardship.

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Webinar: Continuing to Work with you to Strengthen, Grow and Increase the Impact of ATFS

Earlier this year, AFF began a program-wide assessment of the American Tree Farm System (ATFS) in conjunction with the Center for Nonprofit Strategies (CNPS) to understand the challenges facing ATFS and to develop a viable path forward that serves the diverse programs across the network. We've come with recommendations that will ehlp increase the future impact of ATFS.

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E-Mail: Working with you to Strengthen, Grow and Increase the Impact of ATFS

I am reaching out to you to share the results of the American Tree Farm System (ATFS) assessment we began a year ago. Thank you for your participation in this important fact-finding undertaking. We hope you will continue to be involved in this effort as we work to develop an implementation framework that will strengthen, grow and increase the impact of Tree Farm. 

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