• Members receive MFLA’s magazine, The Woodland Steward, free. Each issue of The Woodland Steward is full of information about Massachusetts forests and ways that landowners can manage their woodlands to achieve their goals in an environmentally sustainable manner.
   
• Members are kept informed on issues that affect woodlands and woodland owners in Massachusetts. MFLA regularly updates its members on proposed new laws or regulations that may affect their land, and advocates on their behalf to have their interests taken into account by policy makers. As a member you can sign up for MFLA’s free monthly email newsletter, The Massachusetts Forest Update.

• Members can purchase forestry publications at a sizable discount through MFLA. Each year, MFLA adds one or two new publications that we think would be interesting for landowners.
   
• Through MFLA’s affiliation with the National Woodlands Association, MFLA members get NWOA’s quarterly magazine, National Woodlands, for free.
   
• Members are kept informed of upcoming programs, workshops, and Woods Walks that MFLA 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 MFLA’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. MFLA 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, MFLA finds answers for members on dozens of topics, ranging from tree identification to coping with wildlife problems to finding help with a tree health problem.

By Joining MFLA, You:

• Support MFLA’s efforts to educate landowners and the public about better ways to care for and protect our forests.
   
• Support MFLA’s efforts to improve environmental education of K-12 students through sponsorship of Project Learning Tree.
   
• Support MFLA’s efforts to advocate on behalf of forest landowners concerning regulations and laws that affect forests and forest management such as Chapter 61 or the Forest Cutting regulations.
   
• Support the Tree Farm program and its efforts to encourage sustainable forest management in Massachusetts by private landowners.
   
• Support MFLA’s efforts to protect working forests and improve forest practices.