ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
The Empire State Forest Products Association was formed by lumbermen
and paper companies in 1906 "to promote the interests of its members and to
protect, perpetuate, and increase the forest growth of the State through the
establishment of a rational and constructive system of forestry." The group
continued as an advocacy organization dedicated to the practice of forestry and
the production of forest products on privately-owned land in New York
State.
