Tree Farms are fam­i­ly – owned forests man­aged by peo­ple just like you.

Tree Farm fam­i­lies man­age their lands for wildlife and water­shed pro­tec­tion while also grow­ing wood for our dai­ly use.

Landown­ers who enroll in the Amer­i­can Tree Farm Sys­tem (ATFS) are fol­low­ing a man­age­ment plan that meets cer­tain stan­dards and guide­lines that demon­strate a com­mit­ment to stew­ard­ship of the land and are part of the solu­tion to meet the glob­al demand for sus­tain­able fiber by grow­ing cer­ti­fied wood.

Rec­og­nized by SFI

Fam­i­ly forests cer­ti­fied to the Amer­i­can Tree Farm Sys­tem are rec­og­nized by the Sus­tain­able Forestry Ini­tia­tive and qual­i­fy as cer­ti­fied for­est con­tent for the SFI on-prod­uct label.

ATFS sup­ports Tree Farm­ers with the direct involve­ment of some 5,500 vol­un­teer inspect­ing foresters and oth­ers across the coun­try who make them­selves avail­able as cer­ti­fiers or pro­gram administrators.

Texas Forestry Asso­ci­a­tion admin­is­ters the Tree Farm pro­gram in Texas. In addi­tion to cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, Tree Farm­ers in Texas receive infor­ma­tion and edu­ca­tion­al mate­ri­als about for­est man­age­ment as well as up-to-date infor­ma­tion about issues and con­cerns per­tain­ing to the forest­lands of Texas. Texas Forestry Association’s Tree Farm Com­mit­tee spon­sors an annu­al Tree Farm field day and oth­er work­shops through­out the year. 

Are you inter­est­ed in Tree Farm certification? 

Con­tact the TFA office, your forester, or the Area Chair (see Texas Tree Farm Lead­er­ship) cov­er­ing your coun­ty for more information.

Texas Tree Farm Leadership