Innovators in Rural Community Economic Development

2001

Community Forestry Made Real: Case Studies in Landowner Cooperation

This report describes the efforts of several Vermont forest landowners who developed cooperative relationships with their neighbors in order to provide habitat for wildlife.


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So, You're Thinking of Starting a Forest Landowner Co-Op?: An Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography describing materials and resources available in the Northern Forest for those interested in finding out more about how, why, and when cooperative action forest landowners makes-sense ecologically, economically, and socially.


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What is Participatory Research and Why Does it Matter?

A compilation of six readings chosen to provide examples of participatory research in the United States and Canada.


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The Story of the East Branch of Fish Creek Working Group in Tug Hill, New York

This report demonstrates how a grassroots effort to protect forest values can succeed where top-down federal and state efforts failed.


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Who's Planning for Forests?: Results from a Region-Wide Contest

This report summarizes results of the 2001 Town Plans contest, with excerpts from most of the submissions.


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Yellow Wood Notes, Summer 2001

Updates on Our Work; A Summer Puzzler; Using a Listserv to Create Connections; National Community Forestry Center Update; Mike Ballard joins the staff of YWA


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Yellow Wood Notes, Winter 2001

Updates on Our Work; Technological Options for Rural Communities; Measuring Missouri; A Real Tough Puzzler; National Community Forestry Center; New Faces; Coming of Age in St. Albans, VT


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