The Forest Stewards Guild

Supporting The next generation of Forest Stewards: The Guild's youth program continues over 25 years of youth programming in new mexico. Since its inception, The Forest Stewards youth corps (fsyc) program has employed over 700 youth, achieved 300,000 hours of conservation service and education, awarded over 200 hours of college credit, and invested over 7 million in rural new mexico communities. Fsyc members have gone on to build successful careers in natural resource management and become strong leaders in their communities. The Guild also supports internships in south carolina and students across The country.

Public lands: for nearly three decades, The Guild has partnered public lands managers and communities. We have helped develop and implement plans for restoration and management. The Guild's work on public lands engages local communities that depend on these lands. Much of our work has been in new mexico where The Guild is actively engaged in The collaborative landscape Forest restoration program. In The zuni mountains, we have helped identify more than 35,000 acres of restoration which will provide a long- term supply of wood for existing businesses. Restoration in The zuni mountains stabilized forest-based economic development and yielded 93 durable, good paying jobs per year that have contributed 2.3 million in salary. At The national level, we are supporting federal policy efforts to conserve existing old growth forests and foster The development of old Forest conditions in new areas.

Fire management: fire plays an essential role in shaping our forests. We follow nature's model and use fire where it is needed to make communities more fire-adapted, restore ecosystems, encourage The next generation of Forest Stewards, and reduce The threat of unnaturally severe wildfire. The Forest Stewards Guild is dedicated to supporting fire as a natural process in fire-adapted ecosystems through our fire management program. We work on individual projects and at a landscape scale, to improve ecosystem health and increase wildfire resilience. Fire management projects included The all-hands all-lands burn team that adds capacity to existing efforts and can serve as a stand-alone organization to complete burns with insured and qualified burn bosses.

Various other projects