Newly formed National Alliance of Forest Owners

A nationwide group of private forestland owners announced the formation of the National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) and the appointment of David P. Tenny as its president and chief executive officer.

[From the press release] 

Tenny will assume the leadership of NAFO later this month, and the group plans an announcement reception in Washington, D.C. in June. NAFO’s 14 member companies represent over 28 million acres of U.S. forestland.

Tenny joins NAFO from the American Forest & Paper Association, where he was vice president of forestry and wood products. Prior to that, Tenny served as deputy undersecretary for natural resources at the United States Department of Agriculture and on staff of the Committee on Agriculture in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served as counsel and policy advisor on natural resources and related issues.

The National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) is a growing national alliance of U.S. private forest owners, managers and organizations dedicated to protecting and enhancing the economic and environmental values of privately owned forests through targeted policy advocacy at the national level.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS

The National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) is a growing national alliance of U.S. private forest owners, managers and organizations dedicated to protecting and enhancing the economic and environmental values of privately owned forests through targeted policy advocacy at the national level.

NAFO was incorporated on April 10, 2008 as a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. with a charter membership representing over 28 million acres of private forestland located throughout the United States. NAFO members include the following companies:

The Campbell Group (Portland, OR)

Forest Capital Partners (Portland, OR)

Forest Investment Associates (Atlanta, GA)

Green Diamond Resource Company (Seattle, WA)

GMO Renewable Resources (Boston, MA)

Hancock Natural Resource Group (Boston, MA)

The Lyme Timber Company (Hanover, NH)

Molpus Woodlands (Jackson, MS)

Plum Creek (Seattle, WA)

Port Blakely Tree Farms, LP (Seattle, WA)

Potlatch Corporation (Spokane, WA)

Resource Management Service, LLC (Birmingham, AL)

Stimson Lumber Company (Portland, OR)

Wagner Forest Management (Lyme, NH)

As a national leader in policy advocacy representing private forestlands, NAFO welcomes large, mid-sized and family forestland owners as well as state, regional and national organizations in all regions of the country that share its vision and values.