Young Forest Initiative

A fresh way to create wildlife habitat - Using science-based land management techniques, the Young Forest Initiative partners try to create the right amount of young forest in the right places to ensure healthy populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, pollinators, and other wildlife.

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Partner Category

Those who experience the outdoors and wildlife first-hand become its greatest conservationists.  We partner with these groups to foster their love of wildlife and conservation.

Here we partner with a wider variety of other organizations on projects to meet shared conservation goals.

Other Partners

Here are just a few of our National Partners. You can view the full list of FWS partners, along with the regions and areas of focus our work together entails.

Partnership Services

Through our partnerships we are able to expand our capabilities through the inclusion of services in areas such as:

  • Grant opportunities
  • Sponsorship of grants
  • Cooperative Agreements

To find out more about how our partner provides services view our partner services below.