Northeastern Area

State and Private Forestry Success Stories

These success stories are just a few examples of how the technical and financial assistance provided by the Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry improves forest health and increases community vitality.

The Success Stories are sorted by the year in which they were published. The grants, projects and events described may have occurred in the year before their publication. Click here for a list of all Northeastern Area Success Stories by program area.

Conservation Education

• You are the Forest Manager—Interactive CD-ROM

Fire and Aviation Management

• Education and Preparedness Efforts Produce Results
• Incident Command System Training
• Michigan Expands Its Firewise Communities Project
• Traprock Hazard Reduction Project
• Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Assessment Model

Forest Health

• Coordinating Across State Lines for Healthier Forests
• Detecting Tiny Invasive Insects Early Can Make a Big Difference
• From Obscurity to Notoriety: Large Gray Willow
• Getting Prepared for the Emerald Ash Borer
• Predicting Forest Health on the Green Mountain National Forest
• Protecting Forest Health Through Spatial Information

Forest Legacy

• Conserving New Jersey’s Highlands/Upper Delaware River Watershed
• Protecting Forested In-holdings in Larger Protected Blocks
• Protecting Forests in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Watershed
• Protecting Jobs and Forests—The Katahdin Forest Project in Maine
• Protecting Minnesota’s Private Forests
• Protecting Working Forests and Partnerships in the Heartland

Stewardship

• 2005 NEFA Forum Advocates Ongoing Mechanism
• Cost Effective Small-Scale Harvesting

Urban Forestry

• Assuring Reliable Power and Healthy Trees
• Placing a Price on Nature’s Free Services—Trees Pay US Back
• Program Links Urban Youths to Careers
• Restoring Nature to Urban and Industrial Habitat—Green Infrastructure
• Revitalizing Baltimore City Watershed
• Workshops Build Trail Accessibility for All

Wood Education and Resource Center

• Hispanic Worker Integration in the Wood Products Industry
• International Standards for Wood Packaging Material
• New Hampshire’s Sawmills Success Story
• Woody Biomass: Making Wood ‘WERC’ for U.S.