American Forests (americanforests.org) is the nations oldest nonprofit citizens conservation organization. Citizens concerned about the waste and abuse of the nations forests founded American Forests in 1875. The organization is proud of its historic roots in the development of Americas conservation movement and proud of the new approaches the organization has developed to help people improve the environment in the 21st Century. American Forests Ecosystem Restoration and Maintenance Agenda presents our core values and seeks to build support for our policy goals. These goals focus on assisting communities in planning and implementing tree and forest actions to restore and maintain healthy ecosystems and communities. We also work with community-based forestry partners in both urban and rural areas to help them participate in national forest policy discussions. American Forests seeks to broaden awareness of the interdependence of communities and forests through our policy and communication activities with local partners.