Forestry Cooperatives Conference

Forestry Cooperatives:
What Today’s Resource Professionals Need to Know
A National Satellite Conference
November 18, 2003

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Other resources related to forestry cooperatives:

Proceedings from this conference. This document is in development. A link will be posted here when it is complete.

Balancing Ecology and Economics: A Start-up Guide for Forest Owner Cooperation. A publication of Cooperative Development Services, University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, Community Forestry Resource Center, and Cooperative Development Institute. Available online at www.forestrycenter.org. Hard copies can be ordered by contacting any of the above organizations.

Community Forestry Resource Center Website. The CFRC website includes numerous documents and resources related to the development of forestry cooperatives. www.forestrycenter.org.

And, resources related to cooperative development and formation:

The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives (UWCC). The UWCC conducts extension, education, and research on all aspects of cooperatives. Their web site contains a vast amount of information on all types of cooperatives as well as links to most other co-op organizations.
Cooperative Development Services. CDS is a nonprofit organization created and governed by the cooperative community of the Upper Midwest for the purpose of developing cooperative businesses in all sectors of the economy. They have been involved in the development of forestry co-ops in the Midwest.
The Co-op Development Services newsletter (this link has a story on SWC).
Cooperative Development Institute.
Cooperation Works! A Center for cooperative business development that has been active in promoting forestry cooperatives.
The National Cooperative Business Association.
Cooperative Development Foundation.

The International Co-op Alliance (ICA).
United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Rural Business-Cooperative Service list of State Cooperative Specialist Contacts