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Collierville, Tennessee, Oct 15, 2025 – The North American Forest Foundation (NAFF) is excited to introduce our newest board member— Terry Haddix Please join us in welcoming Terry Haddix, Operations & Strategic Accounts Manager for Nova USA Wood Products, to our board of directors! I’ve spent more than 30 years in the wood products industry, … Continue reading “North American Forest Foundation Welcomes New Board Member, Terry Haddix”

Collierville, Tennessee, Oct 15, 2025 – The North American Forest Foundation (NAFF) is excited to introduce our newest board member—Adam Duplisea Please join us in welcoming Adam Duplisea, Vice President of Sales-North America for Nyle Dry Kilns, to our board of directors! My name is Adam Duplisea, and I am in my fourth year with … Continue reading “North American Forest Foundation Welcomes New Board Member, Adam Duplisea”

Orange, CA June 10, 2025 – The North American Forest Foundation (NAFF) is excited to introduce our newest board member—Brian Conklin from Gutchess Lumber Please join us in welcoming Brian Conklin to our Board of Directors! Brian started his career in the industry in 1994 at Matson Lumber. He went on to Gutchess Lumber in … Continue reading “North American Forest Foundation Welcomes New Board Member, Brian Conklin”

Partners in Educating the Next Generation: Missouri Forest Products Association and North American Forest Foundation The wood flooring or furniture purchased today does more than beautify a home. It helps to promote healthy forests now and in the future because the health–and existence–of future forests depends on a thriving market for wood products. Establishing that … Continue reading “Missouri Forest Products Association makes Donation to NAFF”

Collierville, Tennessee, Feb 19, 2025 – The North American Forest Foundation (NAFF) is excited to introduce our newest board member—Clay Miller Please join us in welcoming Clayton (Clay) Miller to our Board of Directors! Clay leads the sales and purchasing functions of Aurora Timberland. Timberland is the hardwood lumber sales brand of Alexandria Moulding. In … Continue reading “North American Forest Foundation Welcomes New Board Member, Clay Miller”

Collierville, Tennessee, June 1, 2024 – The North American Forest Foundation (NAFF) is excited to introduce our newest board member—Ellery Jones, Executive Director of Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association (MLMA) The North American Forest Foundation (NAFF) is excited to introduce Ellery Jones, Executive Director of Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association (MLMA). Founded in 1954, MLMA is a professional … Continue reading “North American Forest Foundation Welcomes New Board Member, Ellery Jones”

Omaha Children’s Museum is currently in contract discussions with institutions, including Richmond Children’s Museum in Richmond, Virginia. The traveling exhibit “Forever Forest” returned to Omaha Children’s Museum for another showing from February 5, 2022 – April 6, 2022. It was the museum’s headlining exhibit during this period and was on display in its special gallery. … Continue reading “River Legacy Nature Center in Arlington, Texas, in 2023. Its next confirmed stop will be the Midland County Centennial Library in Midland, Texas, in 2025.”

Collierville, Tennessee, November 30, 2023 – Funding to support Truth About Trees App development for Jr. High Aged Students The North American Forest Foundation has received a $6,000 grant from the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund to support its Truth About Trees App project. NAFF Executive Director, Allison DeFord, said the funds would be used to develop … Continue reading “North American Forest Foundation Receives Grant from the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund”

Collierville, Tennessee, March 20, 2023 – The North American Forest Foundation (NAFF) is excited to introduce new board member, Chelsea Zuccato of Patrick Lumber Chelsea Zuccato has been in the lumber industry for over 15 years, during which time she graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Business Marketing (2017). She currently serves … Continue reading “North American Forest Foundation Welcomes New Board Member”

Collierville, Tennessee, August 22, 2022 – The North American Forest Foundation (NAFF) is excited to introduce two new board members—Jimmy Thornberry of Powell Valley Millwork and Butch Bernhardt of Western Wood Preservers Institute   North American Forest Foundation Introduces Butch Bernhardt as newest Board Member. Collierville, Tennessee, September 22, 2021 – The North American Forest Foundation … Continue reading “North American Forest Foundation Welcomes Two New Board Members”