A Great Resource

The Northern Forest region of northern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York is home to more than 2 million people who live in rural communities, larger towns and small cities surrounded by the largest intact forest in the eastern United States.

Heating with Biomass

“The Center is a great resource. They help us consider our project as part of the bigger picture. We need to understand issues like how wood supply might be affected if the demand increases because of so many new biomass projects.”

–Dick Harris, chairman of the Colebrook, NH, District Heating Fact Finding Committee.

Voice for the Region

“Working with The Center and the four Northern Forest states, we get to weigh in on how this region with resources will respond. It is so helpful to have The Center staff focus on policy while we’re focused on day-to-day problems.”

– John Bartow, Executive Director, Tug Hill Commission

Payments for Carbon

“It may be worthwhile for smaller landowners to get into the carbon market, especially if they can earn enough to cover their property taxes.The income could help them keep the land in the family, or at least compensate the landowner for the benefits his land is providing to society."

–Northern Forest Center partner John Gunn, Ph.D, Senior Program Leader, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences

A Regional Context

“Ways of the Woods will help our learners of all ages understand their community in the context of the broader Northern Forest region. It will help them understand that the education they receive here is applicable to so many issues and opportunities in the region.”

--Katharine Eneguess, president of White Mountains Community College and member of the Northern Forest Center Board of Directors

Resource Programs

The center helps communities, businesses and landowners generate income from the sustainable use of the forest through:

Capacity Programs

Center programs build capacity across the region through:

Community Programs

The Center's place-based projects integrate multiple strategies to demonstrate how they can benefit their host communities:

Support Our Mission

Invest in the future of the Northern Forest by making a donation to the Northern Forest Center. Your contribution can help create economic opportunities that promote conservation and community benefits.

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Program Highlights

Program promotes use of local wood to replace oil heat - 11/11/11
The Northern Forest Center and partners are launching the Model Neighborhood Project in Berlin, NH, to help move the Northern Forest region away from dependence on imported oil toward a local energy…Read More
Town of Saranac Moving Ahead with Biomass Pre-feasibility Study - 10/24/11
The Center in collaboration with the Biomass Energy Resource Center (BERC) and the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) held a second information session for Town of Saranac residents. Th…Read More
Town of Colebrook Receives Funding for Biomass Feasibility Study - 10/08/11
The Town of Colebrook received $100,000 from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation's Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund for a biomass district heating feasibility study. In addition, The Center is…Read More
County Tourism Networks Provide Training to 200 Maine Businesses - 08/10/11
Since January, 2011, more than 300 people from over 200 Maine Woods businesses have participated in training workshops sponsored by the Maine Woods Tourism Training Initiative (MWTTI). Trainings…Read More