[3] Over the following decade, archival source materials were collected, an oral history interview program was created, and a scholarly quarterly journal began publication.
In 1955, under second executive director Elwood Rondeau "Woody" Maunder, the Society incorporated as an independent nonprofit organization under the new name "Forest History Foundation."
[4] In 1984 the Society was moved to its current home in Durham, North Carolina, establishing an affiliation with Duke University and the Nicholas School of the Environment.
The 16,750-square-foot facility in Durham, North Carolina, features a large library, archives, exhibit hall, and meeting room space.
A regular Issues Series is also published by the Society on environmental topics of contemporary interest such as fire, wetlands, and forests.
The Society provides further financial, editorial, and research assistance to other authors publishing books in the subject area of environmental history.