Their story is our story.
Join the more than 500 landowners who have become a part of The Forest Fund and reaped financial and ecological rewards from growing world-class forests on marginal farmland bordering our great river systems.
For Flood-Weary Farmers, a New Way to Stay on the Land
The $500 million in destroyed crops resulting from this latest
Is it too good to be true?
After several years in the program administered by GreenTrees,
A New Hope for the Battered Mississippi Delta
"I was never a forester and I’m no tree-hugger,
The GreenTrees reforestation program is a win-win for the landowner, the land and the Delta region. As we move toward a new energy and clean up the environment, the role of landowners and rural areas cannot be underestimated.
– Blanche Lincoln Former U. S. Arkansas Senator and Chair of the Agriculture Committee in the Senate
What Others are Saying About GreenTrees
“When a farmer tells me, ‘this is a good program, I’m doing well,’ that’s a pretty strong statement. it’s the most successful carbon sequestration program in the United States because it works.”
— Charlie Morgan State Forester for Mississippi
“Reforesting an area of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley flood plain says a lot for conservation capitalism. It allows landowners greater flexibility and
economic opportunities than some of the conventional techniques.”
— Dr. Ted Leininger Project Leader at the Center for Bottomland Hardwood Research in Stoneville, Mississippi, which helped develop the technique of interplanting cottonwoods and hardwoods as a means of converting crop lands to forest.
“GreenTrees is a great program. It supports the MS Delta and that’s important to Norfolk Southern and important to this county.”
— Wick Moorman Chairman and CEO of Norfolk Southern
“The GreenTrees reforestation program is a win-win for the landowner, the land and the Delta region. As we move toward a new energy and clean up the environment, the role of landowners and rural areas cannot be underestimated.”
— Blanche Lincoln Former U. S. Arkansas Senator and Chair of the Agriculture Committee in the Senate