Northern Forest Center

Northern Forest Center We connect community, forest stewardship, & economic development to help rural communities thrive.

The Northern Forest Center envisions a future for the Northern Forest characterized by:

1) Resilient and innovative place-based economies,
2) Thriving communities
3) Healthy forest ecosystems. It is a vision of the Northern Forest as a place that stands out as a model for others seeking to live sustainably and well in a rural, forested landscape. This vision has remained constant since the Cent

er was founded in 1997, and it is one that is shared by a growing number of individuals and organizations across the Northern Forest region.

📢 Final call to apply! Deadline June 5, 2026.The Forest Business Accelerator is seeking startups in the U.S. developing ...
06/02/2026

📢 Final call to apply! Deadline June 5, 2026.
The Forest Business Accelerator is seeking startups in the U.S. developing new or improved forest and wood products, materials, technologies, or services. If your work supports a more innovative and resilient forest economy, we encourage you to apply.
🔗 Apply at https://forestaccelerator.com/cohort-2026/





The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund is re-launching the Forest Business Accelerator to provide forest business startups and seed stage businesses with a comprehensive commercialization curriculum and connections to industry experts, customers, suppliers, partners, pilots and investors.

You won't want to miss it! Join the U.S. Forest Service and the National Forest Foundation for a discussion on timber ma...
06/01/2026

You won't want to miss it! Join the U.S. Forest Service and the National Forest Foundation for a discussion on timber management of the White Mountain National Forest.
🕡 Wednesday 6/3, 6:30-8:00 PM
📍 Mad River Coffee House, Campton NH

Sense of Place is a collective of partners whose mission is to connect the public to their natural resources through place based community forums and outdoor field experiences.

💰 The Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program has announced funding for projects that restore, enhance, and protect ...
05/29/2026

💰 The Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program has announced funding for projects that restore, enhance, and protect high priority aquatic resources across the state.
⌛ Deadline to submit letters of intent: June 17

Apply MNRCP awards competitive grants each year to projects that restore, enhance, and protect high priority aquatic resources in Maine. MNRCP funding rounds are usually announced in April or May. Public agencies, non-profit conservation organizations, tribes, and municipalities are encouraged to su...

🪵🔥 This past heating season, the Center's Feel Good Heat campaign partnered with the Maine Pellet Fuels Association to p...
05/28/2026

🪵🔥 This past heating season, the Center's Feel Good Heat campaign partnered with the Maine Pellet Fuels Association to promote Maine-made bagged wood pellets and heighten public awareness of modern wood heat across Efficiency Maine channels.

The Center has leveraged its Feel Good Heat campaign to support Maine groups in further promoting modern wood heat through their focused initiatives.

We are proud to support sustainable trail building on town owned lands! Check out this great project by the Caledonia Tr...
05/27/2026

We are proud to support sustainable trail building on town owned lands! Check out this great project by the Caledonia Trail Collaborative.

💭 In the Center's latest "What We're Thinking" piece, President Rob Riley shares his thoughts on the recent roll back of...
05/26/2026

💭 In the Center's latest "What We're Thinking" piece, President Rob Riley shares his thoughts on the recent roll back of Vermont's Act 181 which directs the state to revise its land use law to balance conservation and housing. Citing the Center's housing project in Greenville, Maine, Rob underscores how rural housing solutions don't happen simply because regulations encourage them. Instead, they require aligned local leadership, coordinated investment, technical expertise, and patient partnership.

Removing controversial provisions alone won’t solve the state’s rural housing challenges. Vermont hasn’t just tweaked Act 181. It’s rolled it back definitively. In a rare show of unanimity, on May 5 the […]

💻 Missed our webinar? In partnership with the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, the Center convened a group of three busine...
05/25/2026

💻 Missed our webinar? In partnership with the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, the Center convened a group of three businesses to discuss forest-based entrepreneurship and innovation across the region. We were joined by:
👉 Jesse Cook of Lyme Green Heat/PK Wood Heat
👉 Lee Khan of Home Grown Fuels
👉 Michael Preminger of Cambium

This is the eleventh installment of webinars focused on forest stewardship and the wood products industry, as part of the Center's Building the New Forest Fu...

💰 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has opened its Rural Business Development Grants to promote economic development an...
05/22/2026

💰 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has opened its Rural Business Development Grants to promote economic development and job creation.
⌛ Deadline: June 15 (for Strategic Economic and Community Development applications) and June 30 (for remainder of applications)

This program is designed to provide technical assistance and training for small rural businesses.

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Concord, NH
03301

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