Abstract
Forestry cooperatives provide strategies for reaching increasingly diverse and numerous forest landowners with forest management advice and profitable management services. Forestry cooperatives currently thrive in at least 17 countries. We use a case study method to compare four US-based entities, each using a different strategy that involves cooperation beyond the traditional landowner-harvesterprocessor-marketer chain of custody. Keys to successful co-ops include maximizing forest owner control and flexibility, emphasizing amenity and environmental qualities over short-term profits, cautiously integrating harvesting processing and marketing functions, accessing capital from public grants and private investors, and having good management skills and a sophisticated resource inventory system. Public forestry agencies, private forestry consultants, and forest scientists can support cooperative forestry ventures by implementing a few strategic initiatives discussed in the conclusion.
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