Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) have long been collected for food, medicine, income,
and pleasure, traditionally in rural areas. NTFPs include edible products (mushrooms, nuts …

Currently several hundred species of plants, fungi, invertebrates, and mammals are
harvested or hunted annually from America's public forests for either commercial, traditional …

Many products are harvested from the forests of the United States in addition to timber.
These non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are plants, parts of plants, or fungi that are …

Nontimber forest products (NTFP) have received increasing attention from harvesters, forest
managers, researchers, and the public in the 1990s. Nontimber forest products, referred to …

Many products are harvested from US forests that are not derived from timber. These
nontimber forest products (NTFPs) are called by many names; regardless of the term, they …

Forests always have been places for humans to harvest foods, medicines, and materials for
clothing, shelter, spiritual practices, and decoration. From prehistoric to contemporary times …

summary A quiet revolution is taking place in America's forests. Once seen primarily as
stands of timber, our woodlands are now prized as a rich source of a wide range of …

Many products harvested from forests are not derived from timber, nor do they require trees
to be of marketable size for timber. Long before the technology existed to cut trees, people …

Wild forest foods tend to be valued for their unique qualities (flavor, aroma, appearance,
fragrance, texture and/or nutritional qualities) rather than for their presence in large …

Jackie makes birch bark and sweet grass baskets, stitched with spruce root. Her work is so
fine that a New England folklife institute has recognized her as a master basketmaker. Nora …