Forest Landowners Association (FLA)
60% of the nation's forestlands are privately owned, in order to sustain private forests FLA works to sustain the people who own them. The association works on the behalf of all private landowners interests regardless of whether they are members or not. Since 1941, FLA has provided its members, who own and operate more than 40 million acres of forestland in 48 states, with education, information, and national grassroots advocacy, which enables them to sustain their forestlands across generations and help protect the rights of America's private forest landowners - along with the diverse habitats, clean water and air, recreation and the other, irreplaceable benefits that private forests provide. Outreach on behalf of private forest landowners nationwide enhances landowners forestland management practices and stewardship, and provides peace of mind that they have an advocate working to bring them richly deserved compensation for their work that safeguards America’s forestlands.
Viable markets and reasonable regulations are fundamental to sustaining private forests, forestry related jobs and forest stewardship. FLA communicates advice, support and information to policy makers on behalf of all private landowners, educating them on how proposed legislation could affect private forest management, stewardship and owners’ rights. FLA provides a voice for forest landowners on national and regional issues, and follows every piece of legislation appearing before Congress that affects forest landowners and their property. Every year, Congress debates hundreds of pieces of legislation with the potential to enhance or diminish forest landowners' rights to manage their land. FLA's mission is to support, through advocacy, education and information, forest landowner's responsible management of their private property.
FLA continually represents forest owners’ interests. Members of the Forest Landowners Association are a diverse group of individual & institutional landowners, consulting foresters, and corporations. Motives for their support are varied but the common thread that compels their participation is the fact that FLA is a leading advocate of all private landowners-regardless of size, corporate structure, location, certification status, or tax classification. Forest Landowners Association works with many organizations that are interested in preserving the rights of forest landowners, promoting open market access for all forest products, and protecting the forest resource while considering the impacts of laws and regulations on the landowner.
Read more about this topic: Private Landowner Assistance Program
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