The Wisconsin Young Forest Partnership

The Wisconsin Young Forest Partnership The Wisconsin Young Forest Partnership (WYFP) aims to enhance young forest habitat across Wisconsin's landscape to benefit declining wildlife populations.

Like much of the Eastern United States, young forests in Wisconsin have been in a decline for the last half century which have negatively impacted wildlife species that depend on it for some of their life-cycle. The Wisconsin Young Forest Partnership (WYFP) aims to enhance young forest habitat across Wisconsin to benefit declining wildlife populations, such as the American Woodcock and Golden-Wing

ed Warbler. One organization would not be able to adequately make an impact, but by joining the efforts and resources of 16 federal and state agencies, wildlife and forestry organizations, non-profits, and timber companies, the WYFP is able to create a landscape-scale conservation approach through public and private lands. Private landowners own over 50% of the land in Wisconsin, so are considered an important part to achieve landscape-scale conservation. The Partnership performs outreach to private landowners to educate them about the importance of management, such as timber harvests, to benefit wildlife on their properties. WYFP combines the resources from its 16 partners to provide private landowners with technical and financial assistance to get habitat management done on their properties. WYFP also hosts workshops for landowners, trainings for natural resource professionals, conducts education presentations to school groups or clubs, advocates for young forest in policy, conducts research to ensure management efforts are providing anticipated benefits, and creates young forest demonstration areas on public land to showcase what young forest management looks like. To learn more, check out our website: www.wiyoungforest.org
If you are a landowner interested in getting technical or financial assistance, fill out our survey to begin the process. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WYFP-survey

WYFP’s 16 partners include:
U.S. Forest Service
WI Department of Natural Resources (WDNR)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
My Wisconsin Woods
American Bird Conservancy (ABC)
Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS)
Pheasants Forever
Wisconsin County Forest Association
Lumberjack RC&D
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
The Forestland Group, LLC
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Wisconsin Society of American Foresters
Wisconsin Bird Conservation Partnership
Aldo Leopold Foundation (ALF)

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Rhinelander, WI

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(715) 966-5160

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Like much of the Eastern United States, young forests in Wisconsin have been in a decline for the last half century. Young forest habitat is made up of quick growing, sun loving trees and shrubs like aspen (popple), tag alder, paper birch, and jack pine. Since these species require sunlight to grow, they need a disturbance like a windstorm, wildfire, or a tornado to occur. Many natural disturbances are suppressed by humans though.

The Wisconsin Young Forest Partnership (WYFP) aims to enhance young forest habitat across Wisconsin to benefit declining wildlife populations, such as the American Woodcock and Golden-Winged Warbler (pictured above). One organization would not be able to adequately make an impact, but by joining the efforts and resources of 14 federal and state agencies, wildlife and forestry organizations, non-profits, and timber companies, the WYFP is able to create a landscape-scale conservation approach through public and private lands.

Private landowners own over 50% of the land in Wisconsin, so are considered an important part to achieve landscape-scale conservation. The Partnership performs outreach to private landowners to educate them about the importance of management, such as timber harvests, to benefit wildlife on their properties. WYFP combines the resources from its 14 partners to provide private landowners with technical and financial assistance to get habitat management done on their properties.

WYFP also hosts workshops for landowners, trainings for natural resource professionals, conducts education presentations to school groups or clubs, advocates for young forest in policy, conducts research to ensure management efforts are providing anticipated benefits, and creates young forest demonstration areas on public land to showcase what young forest management looks like.