NYFOA was founded in 1963 to encourage well informed management of privately owned woodlands in New York State and to promote, protect, represent, and serve the interests of woodland owners.

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Best Forestry Schools
In a recent listing of the best forestry bachelor's degrees, SUNY-ESF made the top of the list. ...read more
NYFOA Announces Appointment of Executive Director
NYFOA is pleased to announce the appointment of Craig Vollmer to serve as our association's Executive Director, effective February 1, 2021. ...read more
ESFPA Releases Recording of Zoom Meeting on "Forest Carbon & Family Forests"
On December 7, 2020, Empire State Forest Products Association (ESFPA) and co-sponsors, including NYFOA, hosted a Zoom presentation on "Forest Carbon & Family Forests". There were over 200 participants logged in at the time or the presentation. ESFPA subsequently released a recording of that presentation which can be linked to here. ...read more

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Featured Member Profile
Frank Winkler
One of the great benefits of the member profile feature over the years has been the diversity of knowledge and experience shared with the entire membership, and thereafter archived for future reference. As we can’t currently all be out visiting with and learning from each other in person in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the generosity of members sharing their stories in the Forest Owner continues to provide one of the primary teaching tools in NYFOA’s toolkit—peers educating peers based on hands-on experience in their own woodlots. The member profile this time out is of Frank Winkler, who as a long-time natural resource educator, and with a life-long connection to his wooded property, provided a wealth of information and lessons learned far above and beyond my request, only the highlights of which we will have space to cover here.
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