Who Shapes the Forest?

Much of Evergreen’s work asks an essential question:
Who shapes how forests are understood and managed—and whose knowledge becomes the authority when decisions are made?

And why?

This year, Evergreen published work that centers two voices too often treated as secondary rather than essential: women working at the intersection of stewardship and foresight, and tribal nations whose forest management is grounded in long-term responsibility to land and place.

These perspectives are not alternatives to science. They are ways science is applied, interpreted, and carried forward over time—through practice, observation, and accountability.

Featured articles:

• Restoring Foresight — a reflective piece that brings together a series of articles exploring women’s leadership in stewardship, responsibility, and long-term decision-making, and the role foresight plays in caring for forests across generations.
  (This article links to the other pieces in the series.)
• The Hope of Forest Collaboration and Anchor Forestry — an interview with Gary Morishima, cofounder of the Intertribal Timber Council, explaining how tribal forestry integrates applied science, cultural responsibility, and collaboration as a framework for enduring forest management.

Though published several years ago, Morishima’s insights remain timely because they are rooted in principles that do not expire: stewardship as responsibility, forests as living systems, and decisions measured in generations rather than news cycles.

Taken together, these pieces show that understanding forests requires more than technical data alone. It requires listening to those whose knowledge is shaped by continuity, consequence, and long-term relationship with the land.

Evergreen makes space for this work because credibility is not only about credentials—it is about responsibility to what the land reveals over time.

Explore Further

Evergreen’s Anchor Forests reporting examines long-term, place-based stewardship in action, including four short videos and coverage of independent evaluations such as the latest IFMAT report assessing tribal forest management outcomes.

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