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SFF is a non-profit subsidiary of the Northern Forest Center 
Sustainable Forest Futures (SFF) promotes a competitive and sustainable forest economy in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and northern New York.
The Regional Wood Products Consortium is a collaboration between SFF and the wood products manufacturing industry in the four state region. The Consortium facilitates innovation and access to markets to enhance the economic competitiveness of the region’s wood products manufacturing industry. Read more...
The Community Forest Collaborative is a partnership among the Trust for Public Land, the Northern Forest Center, SFF, and the Quebec Labrador Foundation. The Collaborative promotes the establishment and implementation of community owned forests as a tool for economic development, community development and working forestland conservation. Read more...
The Cut-to-Length (CTL) Harvesting Initiative is a partnership involving SFF, the Lyme Timber Company and Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI). The CTL Initiative encourages and facilitates the use, where practical, of this advanced harvesting technology. The use of CTL has environmental benefits, and has the potential to provide economic benefits to landowners, loggers and the broader forest economy. Read more...
Through its New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) financing program, SFF—as a working partner of Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI)—facilitates financing for forestland projects that promote economic development, community benefits and working forestland conservation. Read more...
Regional Wood Products Consortium
Recent Webinars:
Specialized Innovation Workshop Series - Full Presentations & Resources Available:
Community Forest Collaborative
New report recommends strong support for Community Forests.
SFF has a specialized Board of Directors, including leaders from the wood products manufacturing industry, and members with expertise relating to financing, economic development, and community development.
SFF receives significant grant support from a number of sources, including the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, the Northeast Utilities Foundation, the USDA Forest Service - Wood Education and Resource Center, the Betterment Fund, and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.