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Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust: Lessons Learned |
- It is important to consider what will happen to land after it is protected.
- Stewardship activities cost money and staff time. It is important to identify ways that land can help pay for the costs of stewardship.
- Look to the communities served by your organization when assessing the possibility of forest management activities. Does it fit with their culture and philosophies?
- Managing for timber can create a reliable and renewable revenue source for conservation organizations, educate the public about stewardship through example, and contribute to a locally-based, working forest economy.
- Forest management activities should be opportunities to educate and engage the public. Avoid the appearance that it is something to hide.
- The best way to encourage good stewardship is to practice good stewardship.
- Some people will never approve of cutting trees and that is okay.
- Organizations interested in managing for timber can start small and develop a forest management plan for one parcel. This creates an opportunity for discussion between the organization and its constituents and avoids an abrupt change in organizational philosophy.
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