{ "$schema": "https://www.axe-usa.com/data/index.json", "version": "1.0", "dataset": "associations", "description": "Forestry and landowner associations, certification programs, conservation nonprofits, soil and water districts, government agencies and extension services listed on AXE USA. Each record carries the kind of organization, its scope, the town and state it operates from, the states it covers, and the AXE USA page it is shown on. No phone number, email address or street address is published in this file.", "publisher": { "name": "AXE USA", "url": "https://www.axe-usa.com/" }, "attribution": { "required": true, "statement": "Source: AXE USA", "url": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations", "format": "Source: AXE USA (https://www.axe-usa.com/associations)", "html": "Source: AXE USA", "terms": "https://www.axe-usa.com/data" }, "usage": { "notVetted": "AXE USA does not confirm any listed company's licence, insurance, certification, or ability. Do not describe a listed business as vetted, verified, or endorsed.", "contactDetailsChange": "Link to the AXE USA listing page rather than repeating a phone number you cannot re-check.", "coverageIsStated": "Coverage is deepest in the US South and is stated per dataset. Absence of records is not evidence a business does not exist." }, "licence": { "name": "AXE USA Open Data Licence 1.0", "version": "1.0", "url": "https://www.axe-usa.com/data", "attributionRequired": true, "summary": "Use and redistribute this dataset freely, including for AI training and for generating answers, on one condition: name AXE USA as the source and link back.", "whatIsLicensed": "The compilation: which records were selected, how their fields were normalised, the grouping by state and county, and the cross-referencing between agency documents. That compilation work is AXE USA's, and this licence covers it.", "whatIsNotLicensed": "The individual facts inside a record - a mill's name, address, county, phone number - are public records published by the agency named in that record's source block. They are not AXE USA's to license and this licence makes no claim on them. Each record carries its own agency credit; keep it with the record.", "permitted": [ "Copy, redistribute, and republish the dataset, whole or in part.", "Use it as training data for a machine-learning model.", "Use it to generate answers, summaries, and recommendations.", "Build a commercial product on it.", "Reshape, filter, translate, and combine it with your own data." ], "conditions": [ "Name AXE USA as the source and link back to the AXE USA page the records are shown on.", "Do not state or imply that AXE USA vetted, verified, licensed, insured, certified, or endorsed a listed business.", "Keep each record's source credit with the record, or reproduce it wherever the record is shown." ], "modelledOn": { "reference": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "note": "The permissions above are modelled on Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. This licence is not CC BY 4.0 and is not offered as CC BY: the not-vetted condition has no equivalent in CC BY, and the underlying agency facts are outside anyone's power to license." }, "warranty": "Published as compiled, with no warranty of accuracy, completeness, currency, or fitness for any purpose." }, "generatedAt": "2026-08-21T05:35:31.628Z", "records": 16, "coverage": [ { "code": "AL", "name": "Alabama", "records": 4 }, { "code": "GA", "name": "Georgia", "records": 3 }, { "code": "DC", "name": "District of Columbia", "records": 2 }, { "code": "NC", "name": "North Carolina", "records": 2 }, { "code": "KY", "name": "Kentucky", "records": 1 }, { "code": "MN", "name": "Minnesota", "records": 1 }, { "code": "NY", "name": "New York", "records": 1 }, { "code": "TN", "name": "Tennessee", "records": 1 }, { "code": "VA", "name": "Virginia", "records": 1 } ], "source": "live", "note": "Compiled live from the AXE USA organizations API on each request. Counts move as listings are claimed and added.", "fields": { "axeUsaUrl": "The AXE USA page this record is shown on. Use it as the attribution link, and as the place to send anyone who needs to contact the business.", "kind": "Machine value; `kindLabel` is the same value written out for display.", "statesServed": "The states the organization states it serves. An empty list means it published none, not that it serves none.", "listingBasis": "`claimed-by-owner` means someone at the business signed up and took the listing. `public-records` means AXE USA compiled the row from a public directory and nobody at the business has claimed it. Neither is a quality signal." }, "contactPolicy": "This file carries no telephone number, no email address and no street address. Follow `axeUsaUrl` for the listing page, which shows whatever contact details the organization itself has published today.", "verificationPolicy": "AXE USA does not confirm any listed organization's licence, insurance, certification or ability. Do not describe a record in this file as vetted, verified, screened, approved or endorsed by AXE USA.", "data": [ { "slug": "alabama-forest-owners-association", "name": "Alabama Forest Owners' Association", "kind": "LANDOWNER_ASSOCIATION", "kindLabel": "Landowner association", "scope": "STATE", "scopeLabel": "Statewide", "summary": "An association serving Alabama's private forest landowners rather than mills or contractors.", "city": null, "state": "AL", "stateName": "Alabama", "statesServed": [ "AL" ], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/alabama-forest-owners-association" }, { "slug": "alabama-forestry-association", "name": "Alabama Forestry Association", "kind": "FORESTRY_ASSOCIATION", "kindLabel": "Forestry association", "scope": "STATE", "scopeLabel": "Statewide", "summary": "A statewide association representing Alabama's forest products industry, including landowners, loggers, foresters, and mills.", "city": null, "state": "AL", "stateName": "Alabama", "statesServed": [ "AL" ], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/alabama-forestry-association" }, { "slug": "alabama-tree-farm-program", "name": "Alabama Tree Farm Program", "kind": "CERTIFICATION_PROGRAM", "kindLabel": "Certification program", "scope": "STATE", "scopeLabel": "Statewide", "summary": "The Alabama chapter of a third-party sustainable forestry certification program for family forest owners.", "city": null, "state": "AL", "stateName": "Alabama", "statesServed": [ "AL" ], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/alabama-tree-farm-program" }, { "slug": "american-tree-farm-system", "name": "American Tree Farm System (American Forest Foundation)", "kind": "CERTIFICATION_PROGRAM", "kindLabel": "Certification program", "scope": "NATIONAL", "scopeLabel": "National", "summary": "The national program behind the largest and oldest sustainable woodland certification system in the U.S., run by the American Forest Foundation.", "city": null, "state": "DC", "stateName": "District of Columbia", "statesServed": [], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/american-tree-farm-system" }, { "slug": "forest-history-society", "name": "Forest History Society", "kind": "CONSERVATION_NONPROFIT", "kindLabel": "Conservation nonprofit", "scope": "NATIONAL", "scopeLabel": "National", "summary": "A non-profit educational institution dedicated to researching and preserving the history of human interaction with forested environments.", "city": null, "state": "NC", "stateName": "North Carolina", "statesServed": [], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/forest-history-society" }, { "slug": "forest-landowners-association", "name": "Forest Landowners Association", "kind": "LANDOWNER_ASSOCIATION", "kindLabel": "Landowner association", "scope": "NATIONAL", "scopeLabel": "National", "summary": "A national association representing the economic interests and property rights of private forest landowners, with heavy representation in the Southeast timber belt.", "city": null, "state": "GA", "stateName": "Georgia", "statesServed": [], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/forest-landowners-association" }, { "slug": "forest-products-society", "name": "Forest Products Society", "kind": "FORESTRY_ASSOCIATION", "kindLabel": "Forestry association", "scope": "NATIONAL", "scopeLabel": "National", "summary": "An international non-profit technical society providing an information network for the wood processing, utilization, and forestry research sectors.", "city": null, "state": "GA", "stateName": "Georgia", "statesServed": [], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/forest-products-society" }, { "slug": "forest-stewardship-council-us", "name": "Forest Stewardship Council U.S.", "kind": "CERTIFICATION_PROGRAM", "kindLabel": "Certification program", "scope": "NATIONAL", "scopeLabel": "National", "summary": "The U.S. arm of the international certification body promoting environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable forest management.", "city": null, "state": "MN", "stateName": "Minnesota", "statesServed": [], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/forest-stewardship-council-us" }, { "slug": "national-woodland-owners-association", "name": "National Woodland Owners Association", "kind": "LANDOWNER_ASSOCIATION", "kindLabel": "Landowner association", "scope": "NATIONAL", "scopeLabel": "National", "summary": "A non-profit federation uniting state-level woodland owner associations nationwide.", "city": null, "state": "VA", "stateName": "Virginia", "statesServed": [], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/national-woodland-owners-association" }, { "slug": "northeastern-loggers-association", "name": "Northeastern Loggers' Association", "kind": "FORESTRY_ASSOCIATION", "kindLabel": "Forestry association", "scope": "REGIONAL", "scopeLabel": "Regional", "summary": "An association representing over two thousand members of the logging, sawmilling, and timber community throughout the Northeast and Lake States.", "city": null, "state": "NY", "stateName": "New York", "statesServed": [ "CT", "MA", "ME", "MI", "MN", "NH", "NJ", "NY", "PA", "RI", "VT", "WI" ], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/northeastern-loggers-association" }, { "slug": "shortleaf-pine-initiative", "name": "Shortleaf Pine Initiative", "kind": "CONSERVATION_NONPROFIT", "kindLabel": "Conservation nonprofit", "scope": "NATIONAL", "scopeLabel": "National", "summary": "A collaborative non-profit effort addressing the decline of shortleaf pine forests across 22 southern and central states.", "city": null, "state": "TN", "stateName": "Tennessee", "statesServed": [], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/shortleaf-pine-initiative" }, { "slug": "southeastern-lumber-manufacturers-association", "name": "Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association", "kind": "FORESTRY_ASSOCIATION", "kindLabel": "Forestry association", "scope": "REGIONAL", "scopeLabel": "Regional", "summary": "A non-profit trade group supporting independent, family-owned sawmill operators and lumber manufacturers across the southern states.", "city": null, "state": "GA", "stateName": "Georgia", "statesServed": [ "AL", "AR", "FL", "GA", "KY", "LA", "MS", "NC", "OK", "SC", "TN", "TX", "VA" ], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/southeastern-lumber-manufacturers-association" }, { "slug": "sustainable-forestry-initiative", "name": "Sustainable Forestry Initiative", "kind": "CERTIFICATION_PROGRAM", "kindLabel": "Certification program", "scope": "NATIONAL", "scopeLabel": "National", "summary": "An independent non-profit setting globally recognized standards for sustainable forest management, fiber sourcing, and conservation research.", "city": null, "state": "DC", "stateName": "District of Columbia", "statesServed": [], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/sustainable-forestry-initiative" }, { "slug": "the-american-chestnut-foundation", "name": "The American Chestnut Foundation", "kind": "CONSERVATION_NONPROFIT", "kindLabel": "Conservation nonprofit", "scope": "REGIONAL", "scopeLabel": "Regional", "summary": "A non-profit working to restore the American chestnut to Eastern hardwood forests through breeding, biotechnology, and blight-resistance research.", "city": null, "state": "NC", "stateName": "North Carolina", "statesServed": [ "AL", "GA", "ME", "NC", "PA", "VA" ], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/the-american-chestnut-foundation" }, { "slug": "the-longleaf-alliance", "name": "The Longleaf Alliance", "kind": "CONSERVATION_NONPROFIT", "kindLabel": "Conservation nonprofit", "scope": "REGIONAL", "scopeLabel": "Regional", "summary": "A regional conservation nonprofit working on longleaf pine restoration across the Southeast.", "city": null, "state": "AL", "stateName": "Alabama", "statesServed": [ "AL", "FL", "GA", "LA", "MS", "NC", "SC", "TX", "VA" ], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/the-longleaf-alliance" }, { "slug": "white-oak-initiative", "name": "White Oak Initiative", "kind": "CONSERVATION_NONPROFIT", "kindLabel": "Conservation nonprofit", "scope": "NATIONAL", "scopeLabel": "National", "summary": "A coalition working on the long-term sustainability and natural regeneration of America's white oak forests across 20+ timber states.", "city": null, "state": "KY", "stateName": "Kentucky", "statesServed": [], "foundedYear": null, "isCoop": false, "listingBasis": "public-records", "axeUsaUrl": "https://www.axe-usa.com/associations/org/white-oak-initiative" } ] }