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The Alliance is comprised of non-profit conservation organizations and others dedicated to credible certification and other market-based solutions for protecting and restoring forest ecosystems. The website includes information about forest certification programs, sustainable procurement policies, and more. News notes are courtesy of Southern Forests Network News Notes www.southernsustainableforests.org

Book Description An anthology of poetry on the subject of coal in southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky–coal miners, their families, their communities, their environment, their goverance. About the Author The editor, Chris Green, is an English professor at Marshall University and works closely with the Appalachian Studies Association. He is author of Door to…

Appalachian Voices’ volunteers and interns gave thousands of hours this year to protect the mountains. We would like to thank them for their work and let everyone know what they accomplished! We had 117 volunteers and interns this semester working over 4000 hours on our Clean Air Campaign, Mountaintop Removal Campaign, the Appalachian Voice, our…

Forest certification for nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners is an issue receiving much attention across the country. Certification offers a variety of benefits to NIPF landowners: it provides independent assurance to landowners that their land, including both timber and nontimber values, is being managed sustainably; it often reveals ways to improve forest management overall regardless…

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[ Georgia ] Southern Company and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation today announced that six additional grants have been awarded to conservation and natural resource agencies through the Power of Flight and Longleaf Legacy partnership programs. Since 2002, Southern Company and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation have contributed more than $4.7 million through…

[Louisiana] Nearly half of the landowners who responded stated they understand the concept of forest certification well or to some degree, Vlosky said. But more than three-quarters are unwilling to bear the cost of certification. Of the 123 home centers that responded, one-third said they sell certified wood products and that those products make up…

Catalog giants like Dell, William Sonoma and Victoria ‘s Secret have turned the page, pledging to use more recycled paper. If your mailbox looks anything like mine during the weeks before Christmas, it is overflowing with catalogs. Retailers mailed out about 19 billion catalogs last year, according to the Direct Marketing Association. Most of the…

To the Editor: In its November 25 editorial “Taming King Coal,” the Times points to the dangers of building a new generation of coal-fired power plants using old pulverized coal technology that makes it impossible to capture the global warming gas carbon dioxide. It should be noted that even if the nation switches to more…

[Tennessee] David Mercker with University of Tennessee Forestry shares some interesting information with us on forest certification: The concept of forest certification has grown as a tool to foster sustainable forest management. In order to examine certification on family-owned forests, UT Extension staff sent a survey to 1,050 landowners in three counties in West Tennessee.…