Forest History Society

05/08/2026

Congratulations, Bob Izlar, (center) Director, Emeritus and now FHS Fellow! Pictured here with immeidate, past-chair, Clark Seely, and President and CEO, Tania Munz.

04/16/2026

Join us for the next talk in the spring 2026 speaker series on Tuesday, April 21, at noon with Vicki Christiansen, who will reflect on her more than forty-year career in forestry and wildland fire, exploring major changes in forest management over the past several decades and how her experiences shape her perspective on the future of forestry.

Public Land Management: One Leader’s Journey in Forestry
Vicki Christiansen, 19th Chief, United States Forest Service
Tuesday, April 21, 12-1 p.m. U.S. EDT

https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8CiIiZhwT6azguhbJcKFhg #/registration

04/08/2026

The Forest History Society has earned: The Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency It is the highest level of recognition awarded to nonprofits for sharing in-depth information about their goals, strategies, and impact. It signifies maximum transparency, allowing organizations to highlight metrics and board demographics.

03/31/2026

This month, FHS attended the American Society for Environmental History meeting in Kansas City, MO. Thanks to our Board Members, Lisa Brady, Mark Madison, and Mark Hersey for helping us staff the booth!We were thrilled to help celebrate Mark Hersey and Stephen Brain, who received the ASEH’s Distinguished Service Award for their contributions to the Society and to the field of environmental history. American Society for Environmental History

03/04/2026

We're looking for an Oral/Public Historian! The Forest History Society is seeking a highly organized and collaborative Oral/Public Historian (OPH) to our new multi-year initiative, Forests of the Last 50 Years. Learn more and apply!

Forest History Society

03/04/2026

We're hiring! The Forest History Society is seeking a Library Associate to support the Forests of the Last 50 Years Project—an initiative dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing public access to materials documenting the history of forests from the 1970s through the 2020s. Learn more about the project here: This position offers an opportunity to contribute to the preservation of contemporary forest history and to work with a dynamic team dedicated to research, education, and storytelling. See full details and apply at

Forest History Society

02/24/2026

JOIN US THIS THURSDAY for: “Slow Wood: Connecting Forest History with Ecological Forestry and Green Building”
Can we reconnect American housing to sustainably-managed local and regional forests? Through the colonial period, houses were mostly constructed and heated directly from local woodlands, but the sustainability of that relationship is debatable. During the nineteenth century, the lumber industry was transformed to a system of national large-scale extraction with devastating consequences. Today, although wood production in America has become a more renewable resource in the limited sense of “sustained yield,” not much of housing ties to diverse local forests that provide multiple ecological benefits. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KOct-TLTQrSZTx1IyxEoTw

02/17/2026

Visit the Cradle of Forestry - Heritage Site & Discovery Center Discover history!

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02/17/2026

Register for: “Slow Wood: Connecting Forest History with Ecological Forestry and Green Building”
Can we reconnect American housing to sustainably-managed local and regional forests? Through the colonial period, houses were mostly constructed and heated directly from local woodlands, but the sustainability of that relationship is debatable. During the nineteenth century, the lumber industry was transformed to a system of national large-scale extraction with devastating consequences. Today, although wood production in America has become a more renewable resource in the limited sense of “sustained yield,” not much of housing ties to diverse local forests that provide multiple ecological benefits.

Brian Donahue is Professor Emeritus of American Environmental Studies at Brandeis University, an environmental historian, and a farm and forest policy consultant. He co-owns and manages Bascom Hollow Farm in Gill, Massachusetts. Donahue is the author of Reclaiming the Commons: Community Farms and Fo...

01/20/2026

Explore this new digital exhibit Weyerhaeuser Company: A Century of Advertising. In its more than 125 years of operating, the Weyerhaeuser Company has published hundreds of print advertisements and a range of other media to market its products and services. For the company, advertising has not just been a means to sell lumber and wood-based products, but also an effective way to educate the public about the company’s values and its approaches to managing forest lands. https://foresthistory.org/digital-collections/weyerhaeuser-century-of-advertising/Weyerhaeuser