Working Groups are communities of interest that help members connect with others interested in enriching forest science and practice through the development of educational programs and participation in research.
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Focuses on collecting, summarizing, evaluating, and applying information in the management and biological study of forests, including forest mensuration, statistical sampling issues, and inventory
Focuses on the applications of remote sensing and fosters the integration of remote sensing, geographic information systems, and related spatial technologies, including computer hardware, software, geographic data, and how to efficiently process and analyze information
Focuses on helping forestry professionals understand and address the issues confronting the nation’s private forest landowners and, in particular, family forest landowners, but also includes topics relevant to industrial, timber-investment management organization, tribes, conservation organizations, and other private ownership groups
Focuses on issues, programs, policy, and regulatory laws in urban forest management
Focuses on international forestry issues, including the policies and practices of forest conservation and management for ecological, social, and economic objectives
Focuses on all aspects of agroforestry, including windbreaks, riparian buffer plantings, wildlife plantings, alley cropping, block plantings, and forest grazing (silvopasturing)
Focuses on the relationships between forests and the environment, particularly the growth and development of forests
Focuses on the properties of soils that influence the distribution and growth of trees, and affect management practices
Focuses on all aspects of forest hydrology and watershed management
Focuses on the relationship of forests and forest management on fish and wildlife resources
Focuses on physiology and ecophysiology at the tree, stand, and landscape levels
Focuses on genetics, including gene conservation, selection and breeding, seed orchard management, vegetative propagation, and tissue culture techniques
Focuses on disseminating information on the science of silviculture to practicing foresters and the research community
Focuses on forest engineering, harvesting, and the manufacturing, marketing, and utilization of forest products
Focuses on the science, technology, research, and application of fire management in support of wildland fire protection, forestry, and rangeland ecosystem programs
Focuses on forest insects and diseases, including invasive species
Focuses on the economic, legal, and policy issues affecting natural resource management
Focuses on how an organization anticipates the future and moves to adapt its activities, structure, and function to be an effective land management organization
Focuses on climate change, carbon management, and domestic renewable energy and the forests' role in reducing and preventing GHG emissions
Focuses on the planning, operations, strategic, and tactical models to facilitate the management of forest resources at scales ranging from individual organisms to global systems
Focuses on sustainable forestry and forest certification, including sustainable management, trade issues, forester credentialing, forest auditing, and labeled forest products
Focuses on the role of wilderness in natural resources management, as well as on national and international issues
Focuses on creating a community of practice that supports participation by the full diversity of people in the science and management of forests
Focuses on the integration of human beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors regarding natural resources into natural resource management, planning, decisionmaking, and activities
Focuses on the diverse philosophical perspectives—past, present, and future—that drive forest management, including ethics and the philosophy of science