Granite State Division

GRANITE STATE DIVISION

The Granite State Division (GSD) represents the New Hampshire membership. Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 11:15am-1pm at the Society for the Protection of NH Forests, 54 Portsmouth St, Concord, NH 03301.

2020 Student Intern Grant

Purpose:       To financially assist New Hampshire forestry businesses or other entities (non-profit or for profit) to hire a student intern so that the student would receive needed experience in their chosen field. The Grant amount is a $1000 matching grant given to each of three entities, or less than three entities with grants totaling $3000 if less than three applications are received.

Eligibility:       New Hampshire businesses or other entities where forestry related work is the prime focus of the intern’s work. Owner, forest manager or a staff member must be a member of the Granite State Division – Society of American Foresters. Intern must be enrolled in or a recent graduate of a 2 year, 4 year or graduate SAF accredited program majoring in forestry or a forestry related program. Process to apply:       Send a letter of intent to the GSD Executive Committee via e-mail to Susan Romano, susanromano2017@gmail.com by June 1, 2020. The letter should contain the following:

• Proposed length of employment
• Type of experience proposed for the intern by percent of time for the items listed under Selection Criteria below.

GSD-SAF will send information about this grant program to UNH to inform students. Businesses will be responsible for hiring the intern of their choice, which may be from any SAF accredited program, and will also be responsible for payroll expenses including taxes and worker’s compensation insurance. At the end of the internship, the business will submit a letter describing the length of employment, experience gained by the intern and a confirmation that a minimum of the grant amount plus a matching amount was spent on the intern for either payroll or training. The grant amount will be sent to the business at that time. Selection Criteria:       GSD/SAF will consider length of employment and core experience provided as part of the selection process, recognizing the differences between 2 year, 4 year and graduate programs. Higher consideration will be given to core forestry related functions such as:   

• Forest management planning/Silvicultural prescription preparation
• Timber cruising/inventory
• GPS/GIS data collection
• Timber Marking
• Timber Sale Layout and Preparation
• Boundary maintenance
• Forest Research
• Land Surveying

List any other type of work experience proposed.

Downloads

• Bylaws 2020
• Proposed Strategic Plan for 2020-2022
• Comparison with 2016-2019 Strategic Plan
• 2019 Budget Report & 2020 Proposed Budget
• 2019/2020 Budget Report Explanation
• 2019 Winter Meeting Minutes
• Proposed Budget 2019
• Budget Explanation 2019
• Winter Meeting Minutes 2018
• Proposed By-Laws 2019

 GSD Draft Strategic Plan (12/2015)

This draft Strategic Plan represents existing resources and goals while recognizing GSD’s place in National SAF’s broader organizational structure. As such, the plan was modeled off National SAF’s strategic plan and tailored to our state based on our priorities.

Student Incentives Fund

Please consider donating to the Student Incentives Fund to support student forestry internships and SAF meeting attendance.   

Good Forestry in the Granite State Visit the UNH Good Forestry website to view the final publication and to download or purchase copies.

Policy Letters 

• 2017_Biomass Letter 1-24-2017
• 2010_Comments on proposed BCAP rule 2-8-2010
• 2010_Good Forestry in the Granite State_4-23-2010
• 2010_Letter to DOER Commission re: Biomass_10-20-2010

Position Statements

• 2011_Northern Pass Project expired 5-3-2016
• 2008_Use of Working Forest Conservation Easements_expired 2013

EC Meeting Minutes

• November 13, 2007 (33 kb)
• April 10, 2007 (31 kb)
• March, 13, 2007 (32 kb)
• January 2, 2007 (31 kb) 
• December 12, 2006 (31 kb)
• November 15, 2006 (32 kb)
• August 8, 2006 (10 kb)
• July 12, 2006 (40 kb)

Newsletters
Granite State Division newsletters may be viewed by clicking on a date below.

• Feb 2007 
• May 2007

Links
Here are some useful links for anyone interested in forests or the timber industry in New Hampshire:

• UNH Cooperative Extension  
• NH Forester Licensing Board 
• NH Division of Forests & Lands 
• NH Project Learning Tree 
• NH Timberland Owners Association 
• Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests 
• White Mountain National Forest
• NH Tree Farm Program

* New England Society of American Foresters does not necessarily endorse the views or content on this webpage.