Benefits of Membership
Benefits of Joining the Massachusetts Forestry Association   

  • Members receive MFA’s magazine, The Woodland Steward, free five times per year.  Each issue of The Woodland Steward is full of information about Massachusetts's forests and ways that landowners can manage their woodlands to achieve their goals in an environmentally sustainable manner.


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This 20 acre beaver pond is part of an 800 acre woodland MFA helped protect permanently in Granville and Tolland

  • Members can purchase a variety of forestry publications at a sizable discount through MFA, saving money and increasing their knowledge. Each year, MFA adds one or two new publications that we think would be interesting for landowners.  Members may also qualify for discounts on automobile insurance or other forestry products.

  • Members are kept informed on issues that affect woodlands and woodland owners in Massachusetts.  MFA regularly updates its members on proposed new laws and regulations that may affect their land, and advocates on its members’ behalf to have their interests taken into account by policy makers.

  • Members are kept informed of upcoming programs, workshops, and Woods Walks which MFA sponsors each year around Massachusetts.  Attending a workshop is a way to get more information about topics that can help you manage your woodland.  Each of MFA’s Woods Walks or Tree Farm Tours provides the opportunity to see how other landowners are caring for their land and pick up ideas that may be useful in managing your own land.

  • Members can get help with questions or problems they have in caring for their land.  MFA provides its members with help concerning property taxes on their land, how to find and choose a forester, steps to take when you have a timber harvest, and ways to protect your land for the future.  Each year, MFA staffers find answers for members on a wide variety of topics, ranging from tree identification to coping with wildlife problems to finding help with a tree health problem.

By Joining MFA, you: 

  • Support MFA’s efforts to educate landowners and the public about better ways to care for and protect our forests.

  • Support MFA’s efforts to improve environmental education of K-12 students through sponsorship of Project Learning Tree.

  • Support MFA’s efforts to advocate on behalf of forest landowners concerning regulations and laws that affect forests and forest management.

  • Support the Tree Farm program and its efforts to encourage sustainable forest management in Massachusetts by private landowners.

  • Support MFA’s efforts to protect working forests and improve forest practices.