News

TELE Website
March 21, 2016
The Sustaining Family Forests Initiative (SFFI) is pleased to announce the launch of our brand new Tools for Engaging Landowners Effectively (TELE) website. The new TELE...
Students role playing landowner typologies during the workshop
March 14, 2016
On February 18, Sustaining Family Forests Initiative (SFFI) staff hosted a Tools for Engaging Landowners Effectively (TELE) workshop for students at the Yale School of...
The Magic of Specificity
January 19, 2016
To mark the New Year, here is a magical tip that will improve your landowner outreach and your New Year resolutions: The more specific you can get regarding how, when and...
Example of Landowner Outreach Information Sheet
January 19, 2016
The Hamakua region of Hawaii’s Big Island becomes home to many new landowners each year. Many of these landowners are retirees, having moved to Hawaii from the mainland...
January 19, 2016
Thanks to continued generous support from the USDA Forest Service, SFFI will conduct nine Tools for Engaging Landowners Effectively workshops in 2016-2017! During the Fall of...
October 16, 2015
We are delighted to announce a new round of TELE workshops, thanks to additional funding on our grant from the U.S. Forest Service.  If you are involved with a new or...
September 30, 2015
This summer we posted an article comparing two flyers developed before and after our TELE workshop in South Carolina. The flyers were developed by the Indian Creek Woodland...