CFPA began a program of applied research and outreach in January 2005 to support work by the Goodwin Collaborative. The Farnum Endowment, a CFPA fund that the Farnum family established to support research on growing trees in Connecticut, provides funding for this CFPA work.

The Goodwin Collaborative includes UConn’s forestry extension unit and DEP’s Forestry Division and Kellogg Environmental Center. It is centered at the Goodwin Conservation Center in Hampton CT, but its work includes training and outreach state-wide. The Connecticut Chapter of the Society of American Foresters assists the collaborative in hosting Forums and other meetings. 

The first three reports examine price trends for major Connecticut timber species. The trends are important because the either add to or detract from the basic biological productivity of timber growth and improvements in log quality with size and age. The fourth report integrates our general understanding of growth, quality, and price trends in analysis of timber investments.

Subsequent reports will amplify these initial results and improve the ability of forest owners and their advisers to estimate returns in specific ownership and ecological categories. In particular, the reports will help forest owners manage for non-timber values using harvesting and timber growth to at least partially pay for their efforts.

Comments and suggestions on this series of reports should be directed to William Bentley – 

Dr. Bentley is a CFPA Associate and Principal of Salmon Brook Associates in North Granby CT. He is Professor Emeritus of Forest Policy and Management, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY. His considerable experience includes forestry research, both domestic and international, and rural development in India and several other nations.

CFPA Research Note No. 1, White Pine Stumpage Price Trends In Southern New England

CFPA Research Note No. 2 , Quality Hardwood Stumpage Price Trends In Southern New England

CFPA Research Note No. 3, Price Trends for Low Quality Stumpage In Southern New England

CFPA Research Note No. 4, Estimating Responses to Forest Management Investments on Connecticut Woodlands: A Simple Model

CFPA Research Note No. 5, A Strategic Outlook for Connecticut Timber Investors

CFPA Research Note No. 6, Forest Fragmentation in Connecticut, What Do We Know and Where Are We Headed?

CFPA Research Note No. 7, The Carbon Markets: Forests, Credits, and Uncertainty