giving & membership

Certain threats bearing down upon Cook Forest and the woodlands that surround and support it are of urgent importance – particularly the irreversible destruction that would be wrought by woolly adelgid infestation – and are impossible to surmount without your support.  As a functioning ecosystem, the forest extends beyond the borders delineating state land from private.  HELP US:

• Protect the entirety of the Black Forest that so many of us love;
• Control invasive insects and plants in and around Cook Forest;
• Shield the state park from pollutants;
• Educate & assist local landowners in implementing sound forest management practices; and 
• Minimize the effects of other pressures — 

Help us keep its waters cool and clean, its forest whole and healthy, and its future certain. 

The Cook Forest Conservancy strives to educate the next generation of stewards of the forests, to preserve crucial habitat, and to maintain the unique and peaceful nature of Cook Forest into the future.  The CFC will work to protect hemlocks on state-owned and on private property, and to encourage sustainable forestry practices through education and landowner assistance programs.  The CFC is partnering with the Friends of Cook Forest and the State Park itself to replace six trail bridges – bridges which form an integral part of the character of beautiful Cook Forest, and without which many trails will become unusable.

Please join us in these programs, and in protecting this unique island of old-growth forest.