Through planting, direct seeding, and forest management partnerships, we can target 3 new trees for each dollar invested.
Hardwood Forestry Fund Members know that wood is a renewable resource, and that healthy, vibrant forests provide benefits to wildlife, the environment, and to people.
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The Hardwood Forestry Fund is a 501 (c) (3) educational foundation that establishes sustainable forests for future generations' natural resource needs. Contributions are tax-deductible.
Our award-winning sustainable forestry program is a cost effective way to establish sustainable forests through tree planting and educational forest management projects on land damaged by fire, storms, insects or disease, or open idle land that was a former forest.
The May 2008 project created a legacy – by establishing a sustainable hardwood forest. The project manager says “The education the children involved in this project received from the natural resource professionals may last a lifetime.”
Volunteers hand planted American chestnut,…
The spring 2009 project plants red oak, black cherry, sugar maple, and tulip poplar seedlings in sunny gaps in the understory of an existing mature forest. This planting effort increases species diversity to promote long term sustainability of the site.…
The February 2009 Arkansas planting project creates two species diverse forests on abandoned field sites. Benefits of the tree planting include improved wildlife habitat, forestry education, and timber production. By planting native hardwoods that include nut and acorn producing trees,…
In 2003, a severe ice storm devastated the Tygarts State Forest located in northeastern Kentucky. Hardwood Forestry Fund contributors provided a forest management grant to help with site preparation work on 245 acres to remove broken trees and to encourage…
