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FSC Family Forests Alliance

The FSC Family Forests Alliance has been created to provide a national mechanism for bringing together individuals and organizations committed to promoting responsible forest stewardship through FSC standards. By creating a forum for communication, cooperation, and information sharing, participants in the Alliance can pursue issues of common interest, learn from one another, and enlarge the community of landowners and small businesses practicing responsible forestry.  

Alliance Organizers:

The four primary purposes of the FSC Family Forests Alliance are to:

  • Advocate for FSC policies, public policies, and procurement policies that better serve FSC-certified family forests.
  • Operate as a forum to share information and strategies for successful models of certification, forest management, policy development, and market development.
  • Provide more visible networks and membership opportunities for family forest owners who feel underserved by existing forest management models and landowner organizations.
  • Work collaboratively to develop new resources and tools for group certification programs.


Alliance Partners:


Alliance partners are individuals or organizations that support the purposes of the Alliance and are currently involved with or pursuing the development of an FSC certification program for family forestowners. Benefits of being a partner include receiving notices and updates from the Alliance about issues related to family forest certification, an opportunity to contribute to the four purposes of the Alliance, and access to the other partners inthe Alliance as resources for solutions to certification's technical challenges.

Alliance Sponsors:

  • Verso Paper, First Founding Sponsor ("Verso Paper Founding Sponsor of Alliance" click here for press release)
  • Fox Foundation (in memory of Elaine Fox), Founding Sponsor
  • NewPage Corporation, Founding Sponsor
  • Ford Foundation
  • Flintridge Foundation
  • Potlatch Corporation
  • The Johnson Foundation
  • Stora Enso
  • Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation



For more information about the FSC Family Forests Alliance and becoming a partner or sponsor, please contact:
Kathryn Fernholz, Executive Director of Dovetail Partners and Secretariat for the FSC Family Forests Alliance, info@dovetailinc.org , 612-333-0430.

To download a one-page flyer about the Alliance, click here (pdf).

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    FSC Identifies Next Steps for Family Forest Certification
    International Meeting Participants Define the Opportunities
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