MEET TYRONE WILLIAMS

Exploring the Fourtee Acres Farm // Partner Empowerment Package

"If I was able to leave a managed stand of timber for my three sons, then they would be able to have a better quality of life."

– TYRONE WILLIAMS

As a 3rd generation North Carolina landowner, Tyrone Williams opens up about the importance of keeping forests as forests and passing on his responsibility to future generations.Tyrone's story connects the dots between forests, sustainable management, and the harmonious economic and environmental benefits that come with being a responsible steward of the land. Organizations like the Sustainable Forestry & African American Land Retention Project (SFLR) are working with small landowners - like Tyrone - to introduce them to sustainable forestry as a tool to increase family income and land value, with a broader goal of providing future generations with a better quality of life through forestland ownership and retention.

Zooming out, Katie Fernholz - the CEO of Dovetail Partners, an environmental non-profit - puts Tyrone's story in the larger context of the role sustainable forests play in helping to address the challenges that come with a changing climate.

Katie explores how the vast majority of forestland in the United States is privately owned and how, as a result of this dynamic, the majority of timber harvests come from privately owned forests like those owned by the Williams family. Katie takes us one step further, and outlines how strong markets and demand for forest products - including woody byproducts - are powerful incentives for landowners to replant trees and regrow forests, and a critical component of keeping forests as forests for the long-term.

Domestic wood bioenergy and biofuels are reshaping our energy landscape, deriving energy from sustainable wood byproducts and reducing our carbon footprint. From wood chips to pellets, these byproducts fuel biomass boiler systems, offering cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels. We're effectively turning waste into watts, powering our homes and cities with renewable energy. Woody byproducts are the backbone of this renewable bioenergy, supporting circular economies, local family farms like Fourtee Acres, reducing fossil fuel dependency, and maintaining forests in a sustainable cycle.

Watch the full video below and find resources to share the story.

Public link: https://forestproud.org/2021/04/01/tyrone-williams/

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Meet Tyrone | "Utilize every bit" (0:29 sec)

Meet Katie | "landowners and forests need markets"

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