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The Great Lakes Forest Alliance, Inc. is a non-profit organization established to foster and facilitate cooperative efforts that enhance management and sustainable use of public and private forest lands in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, and Wisconsin.

We believe that through cooperation the states and province can achieve benefits for their citizens greater than if each worked alone.  To that end, the Alliance promotes the involvement of all those concerned with the region's forests to improve cooperation and coordination in forest policy and programs.

WHAT'S NEW?

Read the full report from the 2008 Crisis or Opportunity? conference

On June 23-25, 2008 the GLFA convened Crisis or Opportunity? Sustaining and Strengthening Forest-Based Industries in the Great Lakes Region in Madison, Wisconsin.

The 3-day conference was a landmark event, drawing over 200 people together to raise awareness and identify actions to enhance forest-based industries and the role they play in sustaining the region's economy, environment, and quality of life.

Informed by the conference, the GLFA is preparing to advance regional initiatives to grow a forest-based bioeconomy, support emerging markets for forest carbon, ecosystem services and green building, maintain the working forest land base, and address threats to forest health. read more