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Keeping your forest healthy is the best way to ensure a healthy return on your investment. And ensuring a healthy forest begins by implementing your Forest Stewardship Plan.

Learn about the stories of forest stewardship successes made possible through a shared purpose and a shared commitment to conservation.

 

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John Keller (right) and his son Billy, are pictured here outside the family’s forest cabin in Cowlitz County.

 Featured Forest Steward ... John Keller



For John Keller, perhaps the most important thing his forest produces is memories.

Working along side his father and grandfather – playing, exploring and wandering for hours under the forests’ canopy – young John developed a deep and lasting attachment to the land.
 

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NRCS Resource Conservationist Jeff Swotek (left) and private forest landowner Donna Albert examine one of several thousand trees planted as part of their effort to improve the forest’s health through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

 Featured Forest Steward ... Donna Albert


They thought they’d just let nature take its course.

But after a few years, Donna and Leonard Albert realized that growing a natural, healthy forest would also require a healthy dose of nurture.
 

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Photo of John Lawder in his forest.

 Featured Forest Steward ... John Lawder


Over twenty years ago, he and his wife, Nancy, began working toward that dream, eventually investing in 170 acres of forest land in eastern Washington.

But, Mr. Lawder soon came to realize that owning a forest, and managing a healthy forest – were two distinctly different things.

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Photo of Ed Daellenbach talking about using NRCS' Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).

 Featured Forest Steward ... Ed Daellenbach


His friends and neighbors cannot believe the change.

“When they stop by they say ‘this can’t be the same place you bought a few years ago,’” Ed Daellenbach says of his privately owned forest just south of Spokane, Washington.

< Featured Forester - Ed Daellenbach

 

pinecone and branch graphic icon - "Keeping your forest Healthy" campaign       Featured Forest Steward Successes...

Family Forest Owners recovering one year after the storm: NRCS program provides critical assistance
             Story provided by Washington State Department of Natural Resources


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