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The National Woodland Owners Association (NWOA) is
a nationwide organization made up of non-industrial private woodland owners
with offices in the Washington DC area. Membership includes landowners in
all 50 states and Canada and also includes affiliations with 33 state and
287 county woodland owner associations throughout the United States.
Founded by non-industrial private woodland owners in 1983, NWOA is
independent of the forest products industry and government forestry
agencies. NWOA works with all organizations to promote non-industrial
forestry and the best interests of woodland owners. Some of these
organizations include: The National Council on Private Forests, Natural
Resources Council of America, National Forestry Association, and Society of
American Foresters.
NWOA, with its 32 affiliated state organizations working as the Alliance of
Landowner Associations, has become the most active,
independent landowners group in the country. The alliance starts at the
grass-roots level and is comprised of local and state associations of forest
and woodland owners. Its purpose is to develop policy, legislation and
representation at the national level as one unified voice as well as provide
educational and networking opportunities to landowners throughout the
country. Currently there are 33 state forest and woodland owner associations
that make up the alliance, and that number is growing each year. It is NWOA’s goal to have all 50 states represented by this influential alliance.
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