A breath of fresh air: Why communities need resilient forests for outdoor recreation 

By Cameron Walker | March 26, 2025

From filtering our air to providing spaces for outdoor recreation, trees help us breathe. But for some communities, the resilience of surrounding forests is more directly linked to the economic stability and everyday livelihoods of residents.

Reviving longleaf pine: A critical habitat for southeast wildlife

January 16, 2025

Longleaf pine is home to several hundred species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, as well as more than 900 diverse plant species. American Forests and the Florida Forest Service have been working to bring these forests back to critical southeast ecosystems.

Seizing the seed supply moment

By Nicole Greenfield | January 9, 2025

An incredible year for cone collection to boost California's seed supply offers hope for the state’s reforestation efforts.

Two years later: The fight to save the whitebark pine continues

By Cameron Walker | December 16, 2024

In the two years since the whitebark pine’s listing, we've developed new partnerships with agencies including the National Park Service, put together a restoration plan that is shaping current whitebark pine recovery efforts, and expanded our support of research into whitebark resilience.

J.M. Kaplan Fund supports American Forests in advancing nature-based climate solutions

By Katherine Gustafson | October 14, 2024

The J.M. Kaplan Fund’s legacy of long-term stewardship helps to advance nature-based climate solutions.

The camp that’s training a new generation of cone collectors

By Cameron Walker | October 4, 2024

Welcome to Cone Camp, a place where forestry professionals gain the skills needed for reforestation from California’s conifer seed experts. This year, six Cone Camps across the Golden State brought people together for tree-climbing demonstrations, cone-surveying practice in the field and more — all with the goal of growing the knowledge needed for reforestation.

Gisel Garza: Cazadora de semillas 

By Lee Poston | September 20, 2024

La mujer detrás de un proyecto que promete abordar la escasez nacional de plántulas.

The state of the seed

September 3, 2024

American Forests introduced Seed September in 2022 as a month to raise awareness of the scarcity of one of our most important small resources. Two years later, this much is still true: we need seeds and trees more than ever before.

Restoring a future for our forests through the REPLANT Act 

By Brian Kittler | August 8, 2024

In the year since we announced our REPLANT partnership with the Forest Service, we’ve been hard at work. American Forests has been meeting with each of the nine Forest Service regions across the country to help them plan what they need to grow their restoration programs over the next decade.

Comeback of rare Kirtland’s warbler depends on unique reforestation strategy

By Cameron Walker | June 26, 2024

Managing jack pine forests helps this once-endangered bird thrive

Cultivating kuleana – shared responsibility – for Hawaiian landscapes and language with the Akaka Foundation for Tropical Forests

By Tori Jowers | May 28, 2024

The Akaka Foundation for Tropical Forests is bringing together culture and conservation to address the myriad issues that face Hawai’i’s treasured forest lands.

Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly receives American Forestsʻ Forest Resilience Champion Award 

March 20, 2024

The Forest Resilience Champion Award commends Shollyʻs critical work conserving whitebark pine, a federally designated threatened species that has experienced rapid decline across its range in the western U.S. over the past several decades. 

Forest Service awards American Forests $12M to support resilient reforestation for underserved communities 

March 15, 2024

American Forests will collaborate with the Forest Service and numerous partners to make resilient reforestation more affordable and accessible for underserved landowners, including federally recognized tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. 

A new era of leadership

By Jad Daley | February 5, 2024

A word from our president and chief executive officer

Restoration science in action

February 5, 2024

Direct seeding technique opens up great possibilities for whitebark pine restoration on three national parks.

Rio Reforestation: Cultivating a future for Texas thornforests

February 5, 2024

Annual planting event provides opportunity for vast community involvement in local thornforest reforestation efforts.

Rebuilding forest resilience in a fire-ravaged landscape

December 20, 2023

South central Oregon is pioneering a strategy for bolstering forest resilience to wildfire and climate change.

Gisel Garza: Seed hunter

By Lee Poston | March 7, 2022

How one woman and a pilot program are helping address a nationwide seedling shortage.

What is reforestation and forest restoration?

October 6, 2021

There's much more to growing a healthy forest than just putting seedlings in the ground. Reforestation, forest restoration and natural regeneration are related but separate ways to regrow a forest.

Family foundation working to boost nursery capacity

October 4, 2021

Learn about the Paul and June Rossetti Foundation’s impactful support of nursery research.

Growing pains: The race to plant billions of trees

By Allison Guy | October 5, 2020

We need to plant billions of seedlings — soon — to bring our forests back to health. But with the nation’s tree nurseries facing labor, infrastructure and other shortages, where will those seedlings come from?

Growing pains: the race to plant billions of trees

October 5, 2020

We need to plant billions of seedlings — soon — to bring our forests back to health. But with the

Replanting Paradise

September 11, 2020

The endeavor to grow forests that can take on the future impacts of climate change

Replanting Paradise

September 11, 2020

The endeavor to grow forests that can take on the future impacts of climate change By Austin Rempel Wolfy Rougle,

Project Showcase: Reforesting the Sky Islands of New Mexico

October 11, 2019

Read about our efforts to restore forests surrounding Bonito Lake in the mountains of New Mexico.

Project Showcase: Reforesting the Sky Islands of New Mexico

October 11, 2019

By Austin Rempel Plantings targeted areas where the fire killed all the seed-bearing trees, and seedlings were planted in clumps

Reforest America

October 7, 2019

Learn how climate change is threatening our forests and how American Forests ambitiously plans to reforest those disturbed landscapes across the country.

Reforest America

October 7, 2019

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A Trillion Trees? Let’s Talk About It…

July 24, 2019

A Trillion Trees? Let’s Talk About It… A recently released study in the journal Science advocates for reforestation as the