FORECON's Services

Tree Farm

Sustaining forests, watersheds, and healthy habitats through the power of private stewardship.

Interested in becoming a Tree Farmer?

Whether you own 10 acres or 10,000, you take pride in the land and forest you own. Becoming a tree farm can improve the quality of your property and future benefits. Together with the American Tree Farm System, FORECON, Inc., can help you practice sustainable forestry by managing your forest to meet your present needs without compromising the future of your forest. Committed to protecting watersheds and wildlife habitat, conserving soil and, at the same time producing the wood America needs and uses, make tree farmers a precious asset.

Please feel free to contact one of our seven FORECON, Inc. offices throughout New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia to speak with one of our Certified Tree Farm Inspectors or Certified Foresters. We will gladly help you join the other 90,000 forest owners, who have become Tree Farmers.

Take a look at the documents below for more information about the tree farm certification and it's benefits to you.

• Introduction (PDF: 73KB)
• What is Tree Farming? (PDF: 227KB)
• Certification: Definition and Background (PDF: 46KB)
• Press Releases (PDF: 136KB)
• Eligibility Requirements for Tree Farm Certification (PDF: 112KB)
• Standards of Sustainability for Forest Certification (PDF: 122kB)
• Forest Management Planning Template (PDF: 119kB)

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