Editor's Column

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Forest Facts

By: Jim Petersen

The Evergreen Foundation is a nonprofit forestry research and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of science-based forestry
and forest policy. To this end, we publish Evergreen, a periodic journal designed to keep Foundation members and others abreast of issues and events impacting forestry, forest communities and the forest products industry.

In our research, writing and publishing activities, we work closely with forest ecologists, silviculturists, soil scientists, geneticists, botanists, hydrologists, fish and wildlife biologists, historians, economists, engineers, chemists, private landowners and state and federal agencies responsible for managing and protecting the nation's publicly owned forest resources.

All statistical information appearing in Evergreen is taken from publicly supported federal and state forest databases in place since the 1950s. Industry information is also used, but only when it can be independently verified.

All Evergreen manuscripts are reviewed before publication to ensure their accuracy and completeness. Reviewers include those interviewed as well as scientists, economists and others who are familiar with the subject matter.While not a peer review, this rigorous process makes for strong, fact-based presentations on which the EvergreenFoundation stakes its reputation.

Evergreen was founded in 1986. Initial funding came from a small group of Southern Oregon lumber companies interested in promoting wider citizen involvement in the federal government's congressionally mandated forest planning process. In the years since its founding, Evergreen has assumed a much wider role, providing public forums for scientists, policymakers, landowners, federal and state resource managers and community leaders across the nation.

Support for our educational mission comes from Foundation members and other public and private sector organizations that share our commitment to science-based forestry. We also generate revenue from reprint sales - and from "Our Daily Wood," a hand-finished fourpound wood block that is the volumetric equivalent of the amount of wood fiber consumed ever 24 hours by every person on Earth.

The Foundation operates under Internal Revenue Service 501(c)(3) regulations that govern the conduct of tax-exempt organizations created for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes. As such, we do not lobby or litigate. Forestry education is our only business. Contributions to the Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent the law allows. There is a membership application card in the centerfold of this magazine. For more information, contact Kathleen Petersen, Development Director, The Evergreen Foundation, P.O. Box 1290, Bigfork, Montana or log on to our website at www.evergreenmagazine.org

"We must always consider the environment and people together, as though they are one, because the
human need to use natural resources is fundamental to our continued presence on earth."