Think of a federal policy in the United States that relates to the country’s forests, and it is very likely that American Forests was a leader in getting it enacted. For example, the organization was instrumental in establishing the law that led to the creation of the U.S. Forest Service in 1905. More recently, we were intimately involved in passing a 2018 law that provides long-term funding for preventing and fighting forest fires and a 2020 law that doubles the federal investment in expanding public land for hiking, fishing and more.

American Forests has a 146-year track record of getting bipartisan-supported laws and government programs like these created or amended so we and others can create healthy and resilient forests in cities and the large forest landscapes.