125 Sunderland Rd, North Amherst, MA, 01059

413-549-0001

Proof of sustainable forest management is the fact that Cowls has been selectively harvesting high quality logs from its Hampshire and Franklin County timberland for nearly 300 years. Cowls is a national leader in environmental forest management and lumber production and has won numerous national awards for exceptional environmental practices.

Cowls' timberland, being actively managed, actively produces oxegyn at optimal levels, and obsorbs CO2 from the environment. Cowls' timberland is open for public recreation so people in the Pioneer Valley not only benefit from cleaner water, air, and sustainable wood products, but they also enjoy enormous recreational opportunities.

Cowls supports the work of the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, where both Cinda and Evan Jones were campers and then Junior Counselors as kids. Cowls also supports innumerable other local community causes and its owners serve on many local community service boards and committees. Cowls' focus social issue is improving the availability of workforce community housing so that the people who protect and serve and teach our community can afford to live here.

Cowls has won the Association of Fish and Wildlife's private lands stewardship award for exceptional forest management practices that significantly improve wildlife habitat. Cowls has also won Forest Stewardship Awards from the American Forest Foundation and the National Hardwood Association for wildlife habitat improvement efforts. Cowls hosts Amherst's Salamander Crossing and contributes to the program's continued success.

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