The Group is dedicated to promoting woody crop research and is a partnership between the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the industry-funded National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), and university researchers.

The organization receives funding from BASF, B.B. Hobbs, Boise Cascade, Dupont Forestry Products, Morbark, Netafim Irrigation, Rain Bird Agri-Products, Toro Ag/Drip In Irrigation, and Westvaco. (http://www.woodycrops.org/; accessed 6/11/01)