1. Community-Based Forestry in the United States
a report from the
U.S. Endowment for
Forestry & Communities

2. Community-Based Forestry in the United States
Access & Tenure

3. Access & Tenure: Public Lands

4. Public Lands Collaboration has helped resolve conflict
Policy barriers are inevitable… and sometimes devastating
Policy needs to be integrated into CBF efforts
Declines in raw material have eroded rural infrastructure and investment

5. Access & Tenure: Private Lands

6. Private Lands ½ of all forestland in US is privately owned
Key question: how can CBF generate public benefit in private forest landscapes?

7. Private Lands
Access & tenure especially critical for low income communities & communities of color
1910–2000: African-American forest holdings in the South fell from 15 million acres to 2 million

8. Private Lands: CBF Opportunities
Expand wealth (eg via new markets)
Land acquisition by low-income, African-American, and Native/tribal communities
Increase local capture of forest value streams

9. Private Lands: Challenges
Fragmentation: since % of all private forests have changed ownership
Clearing & development of forestland
Emergence of timberland investors: many sell after years