Dovetail's recent and current projects include:

Minnesota Made Homes

Demonstrating green building and locally-sourced building materials. Read more...

Forest Sector Business Clusters

Researching the experiences and opportunities for forest sector clustering. Read more...

Aitkin County Comprehensive Recreation Trail Plan

Developing a plan to guide recreation trails on public lands. Read more...

Northwoods Carbon Credits

Accessing ecosystem markets for forestland managers. Read more...

Northwoods Regional ATV Trail System (formerly the 70-Mile Trail Project)

This project includes the development of an extensive, first-rate ATV/OHV trail in Aitkin and Itasca Counties in Minnesota. The Trail is designed to be environmentally sensitive, economically beneficial, and community supported. Read more...

Crow Wing County Recreation Planning

The Crow Wing County Land Services Department has initiated a project to develop a comprehensive recreation trails plan for county-managed public lands.  The plan will be informed by an evaluation of potential high conservation value forests under the county’s management. Read more...

Using Industrial Clusters to Build an Urban Wood Utilization Program: A Twin Cities Case Study

This project will examine and describe how the business model of industrial ‘clusters’ is being used to support urban wood utilization in the Minneapolis-St. Paul (Twin Cities) metro area. This effort will develop resource materials and teaching tools—reports, workshops, case studies—that can be used by community leaders, businesses, local governments, NGOs and others. The ultimate project outcome will be for communities—large and small—to develop strong, sustainable urban wood utilization clusters by investing and supporting activities that build on one another. Suppport for this project has been provided by the USDA Forest Service and the Wood Education and Resource Center. Read more...