Supported by the Endowment and produced by Mila Alvarez, State of America’s Forests is an online multimedia guide that helps users explore the many benefits that forests provide, understand challenges facing this renewable resource, and learn about forest management and conservation.

The United States leads forest stewardship through public and private efforts – For the past century, U.S. forestland has been relatively stable, at an average of 755 million acres, and accounts for almost 8 percent of the world’s total forest area. Twenty-five percent of U.S. forestland is primary forest—naturally regenerated forest of native species, with no indication of human activities and undisturbed ecological processes. The living biomass in U.S. forests stores 17 billion metric tons of carbon. Fifty-eight percent of U.S. forestland is privately owned.

The guide includes modules that provide detailed information on forest benefits, threats, and stewardship. The interactive website provides information on fire; the role forests play in providing clean water; the threat of forest insects and diseases; invasive plants; invasive animals; and much more.