Spring 2018

T R E E F A R M N E W S 24 West Virginia Forestry Association Mountain State Forestry  | Spring 2018 www.wvfa.org ATFS Database Clean-Up Project THE AMERICAN TREE FARM SYSTEM is committed to maintaining the credibility of the ATFS program while minimizing administrative burdens. Earlier this year, they launched a 2-year database cleanup project in partnership with Edge Research. This project aims at reaching out to all ATFS landowners and updating crucial data like contact, property and interest information. Landowners in targeted states have been receiving emails and mailings from ATFS asking them to participate in a survey to help update the Tree Farm database. Having up to date information is crucial to supporting our network of landowners. Those that do not respond to emails and mailings will then receive a phone call, conducted by Edge Research. The callers may reference the name of the last inspector on record, to help jog the landowner’s memory of their affiliation with ATFS. 