​OUR VISION
Forests are a keystone to life
on the Key Peninsula - and treated as such.​​
OUR MISSION
To connect Key Peninsula forest owners, no matter their objectives or size of forest, with resources, tools, shared labor, and the fulfillment found in a strong working relationship with trees, so that our forests are well managed and benefit our community forever.
ABOUT US
WHO WE ARE
The Forest Stewards of the Key Peninsula is an organization of volunteers dedicated to fostering a community that is passionate about preserving the natural beauty of this area.
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We strive to create a sustainable and thriving forest ecosystem on the Key Peninsula for generations to come and promote responsible harvest and sustainable forest practices by providing knowledge, best practices, and shared resources.
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Our initiatives include organizing educational; events, supporting local conservation projects, and proving resources to empower individuals to take an active role in forest stewardship.
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This is a great space to share information about our community, our initiatives, and our commitment to forest stewardship. All are welcome! Join us in our mission to protect and enhance the forests of the Key Peninsula.
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OUR GOALS
Attainable principles that guide our activities and philosophies as we grow...​
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We are a place of first resort for good information, knowledge, and resources.
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We foster and empower forest stewards across the KP to be connected as a community, and able to share ideas through work parties, classes, forest walks and socials.
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We welcome and support forests of all sizes that are striving to be healthy, sustainable, and resilient, with clearly defined objectives; including those managed for regular harvest.
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We encourage and embrace a diversity of approaches to forest stewardship within a framework of long-term ecological thinking.
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Our group intersects and promotes integration with local conservation efforts, "cross pollinating" and helping to increase their visibility.
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OUR DREAMS
​While working to achieve our current goals, we also are open to and actively dreaming of possibilities. Aspirational dreams for the future...
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We create and promote a local micro-economy for sustainable forest-based products
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We see and work toward an end to the clearcutting and flipping of properties without forest management~ no more land lost to scotch broom.
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The Key Peninsula community at large builds and sustains a shared understanding of the importance of forest health and a forested rural landscape.
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The Key Peninsula becomes known regionally for our forests and as a model of a culture of good forest stewardship
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Provide this community with a dedicated PT Forester
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