HAWLEY - The Delaware Highlands Conservancy announces a new 2012 edition of the Shop Local Save Land Guide to Wood Products, Professionals, and Resources. The Shop Local Save Land Guide is an easy-to-use one-stop resource for finding local wood products businesses and providers, from consulting foresters to saw mills. The Guide connects landowners and consumers to forestry professionals, local wood products industries and services, and educational resources in the Upper Delaware River region.

The Conservancy publishes this guide as an extension of their award-winning Shop Local Save Land initiative, which began in 2008 with production of our popular and useful guide to local farms and farmers’ markets. The initiative encourages consumers to connect to the local farm and forest product providers of the Upper Delaware River region.

Complimentary copies of Shop Local Save Land Guides are available at many fine businesses, visitors bureaus,  chambers of commerce, and conservation districts, or may be found at both the PA and NY offices of the Delaware Highlands Conservancy, 508 River Street in Hawley, PA and 120 Segar Road in Kauneonga Lake, NY. Look for it at the Festival of Wood on August 4th and 5th at Grey Towers National Historic Site in Milford, PA.

The companion website, www.ShopLocalSaveLand.com, provides searchable listings as well as interesting articles, upcoming events in the area, and a tool to design your own driving tour of farm and forest providers in the area.