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Forest Stewardship Program
The Forest Stewardship Program provides assistance to private forest landowners to develop plans for the sustainable management of their forests. Although the Forest Service provides funding and program administration, the services to landowners are provided through the State Forester.
Program Services
The Forest Stewardship program provides education and technical assistance to owners of non-industrial private forestland who wish to increase their management activities. The information and assistance provided to
landowners is intended to help them understand actions they might take to manage, enhance, and protect the productivity of timber, fish and wildlife habitat, water quality, wetlands, recreational value, and aesthetics.
The Forest Stewardship Program assists landowners who are not currently using a Forest Stewardship Plan or similar multi-resource management plan to guide their management practices. Landowners with existing management plans may be eligible for the program if they expand their management activities to meet the requirements of the Forest Stewardship Program.
The Forest Stewardship Program includes reforestation, nurseries, and genetic resources to provide high quality seedlings for reforestation from known seed sources for plantings on state and private lands.
Private forest owners are directed to work through their State Foresters Office for individual assistance.
State Forester Contacts:
Contact:
Jennifer Hensiek, Program Coordinator
406-529-8159
jennifer.hensiek@usda.gov