Index to this Page:
- General Forestry Resources
- Universities and Research Organizations
- Professional Organizations and Non-profit Groups
- Miscellaneous
General Forestry Resources
- Forest World
- A large site with extensive information about forestry and the forest products industries, including trees of the world, a marketplace, 6500 Internet links, a photogallery (including a contest), news, conferences, etc. A marvelous site!
- WWW Forestry Virtual Library
- This list is maintained by Jarmo Saarikko and is sponsored by the EMIT laboratory at the Finnish Forest Research Institute, METLA, in Helsinki. Many, many links! (Do an Internet search for "forestry" or related topics, and this site usually shows up near the top of the list.)
- Forestweb
- A major Internet provider of news, information and on-line services to the forest products industry.
- Forestry Journals on the Internet
- A list of horticulture and forestry journals.
- ForestryIndustry.com
- A leading forestry vertical community on the Internet. A variety of journals are featured dealing with issues such as logging, wood processing, and forestry., One example is Paper Industry.
- ForestNet.com
- Another useful resource. Includes the Logging and Sawmilling Journal.
- Forestry Images
- ForestryImages.com offers 4,500 color JPEG images of forest plants, insects, silvicultural practices, invasive organisms, and general natural scenes. Need a shot of bamboo, wood beetles or redwoods? A resource for people teaching forestry, ecology, or similar topics. This is a joint venture by the US Forest Service and the University of Georgia.
Universities and Research Organizations 
- Oregon State University
- This site for the College of Forestry includes useful pages about forest products and careers. You may also wish to visit the Oregon State Wood Science and Engineering Department.
- The University of Minnesota's Department of Wood and Paper Science
- The Wood and Paper Science Department, in the College of Natural Resources at the University of Minnesota, conducts teaching, research, and extension programs in the areas of forest products and wood and paper science and engineering. The department is located in St. Paul.
- New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd
- The New Zealand Forest Research Institute is said to be the principal supplier of research and technology development to the New Zealand forestry sector.
- Oregon Dept. of Forestry
- Good resource, including a great page of links.
- Dept. of Forestry at Michigan State Univ.
- The American Forest & Paper Association
- AF&PA is a large U.S. trade association, actively engaged in public relations, lobbying, and promotion of the forest products industries. It was once called the American Paper Institute. Their attractive site is informative and interesting.
- Canada's Forest Network
- The Forest Products Society
- The society is in Madison, Wisconsin. It is a "non-profit organization promoting technical information transfer to further the socially beneficial use of wood and fiber resources." They publish the Forest Products Journal.
- Quebec Forest Industries Association (QFIA)
- The Quebec Forest Industries Association represents most of the pulp and paper producers and lumber producers in Quebec.
- AIChE Home Page
- It's not forest products per se, but it's vital for chemical engineers. This useful site provides information on upcoming meetings - including many extended abstracts online - as well as info on other divisions, AIChE activities, etc.
- Numerous other technical and scientific organizations
- A giant list!
- Alaska Forest Products Information
- Richard St. Barbe Baker, Man of the Tree
- The story of a man who may have planted more trees than any other person.
