Guidebook - Forest Management Certification on Private Forestlands in the U.S.

This is a resource for landowners and assistance providers in relation to forest management.

The purpose of this guidebook is to inform private forest landowners about certification, to help them decide if it is a path worth pursuing, and to highlight the steps and considerations involved in the process of becoming certified.  The guidebook does not specifically recommend certification nor endorse any particular certification system, but hopefully provides useful and objective information.  Futhermore, this guidebook is intended to build on the knowledge contained in prior publications and resources on certficiation, and to incorporate and highlight those efforts.