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announced today that it has teamed with L.L.Bean and the Wisconsin Woodland
Owners Association (WWOA) in an effort to increase sustainably managed
woodlands in six Central Wisconsin counties. The project partners will provide
forest management assistance and third-party certification using certification
standards of the American Tree Farm System to woodland owners at no cost.
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initial pilot program is targeted at WWOA-member woodland owners in the Central
Sands Chapter, which includes: Wood, Portage, Waushara, Adams, Juneau and
Marquette counties. To date, 42 landowners owning more than 6,000 acres of
forest have committed to the program.
