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U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (December 7, 2018)

The nation’s largest public charity dedicated solely to keeping forests as forests and advancing family-wage jobs in forest-rich rural communities plans to showcase a new type of concrete infused with cellulosic nanomaterial at its headquarters.

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) and its national partners the USDA Forest Service, Oregon State University and Purdue University have been studying a product that can enhance the performance of concrete through the addition of cellulosic nanomaterials (CN) produced from wood. The team is conducting three field applications around the nation: a small sidewalk in Madison, WI; a county bridge deck in northern California, and, the largest commercial test in the world, the Endowment’s parking lot in downtown Greenville, South Carolina.

The Endowment will showcase this emerging innovation with a rebuild of the 100 by 40 foot parking lot. The project will involve head-to-head comparison pours of 32 tons of CN enhanced concrete side-by-side with an equal amount of traditional concrete. The long-term goal is to test how well the CN compares to traditional concrete when it comes to reducing carbon emissions, materials used and cost.

“The Endowment is proud to be taking part in this project,” said Carlton Owen, the organization’s president and CEO. “Our goal is to help make future development more sustainable.”

Cellulosic nanomaterials are produced by breaking down wood to its tiniest, strongest components through mechanical and chemical processes similar to making paper. For example, a human hair is approximately 80,000 to 100,000 nanometers wide. The head of a pin is one million nanometers wide. Cellulosic nanomaterials are approximately six nanometers wide.

At the nano scale, materials take on novel properties, said Dr. Alan Rudie of the U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory. In the case of cellulose, nanomaterials are as strong as steel with only one- fifth the weight. Among other features, they can be used as reinforcing in transparent materials.

“Researchers are testing these cellulosic nanomaterials in a wide range of applications from substrate for flexible computer chips, to composites for car and airplane bodies, lighter and stronger than steel,” said Dr. Rudie. “Our team expects that concrete will be among the first commercial applications.”

The addition of CN to concrete produces a stronger product which has significant advantages over traditional mix, said Dr. Jason Weiss of Oregon State University. By adding CN, there is a 15 percent gain in product strength. Thus, products could use fewer raw materials and perform just as well.

Addition of these materials could have significant positive benefits for the environment as well. Concrete is largely a mix of small rocks (aggregate), sand, water and cement. Manufacturing cement is an energy intensive process that constitutes about 4 percent of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. The cement and concrete industries are actively working to reduce the carbon footprint of their products with CN being among the most promising options.

By adding CN to concrete the mixture causes more of the cement to react than in a traditional mix thereby enabling less cement to be used resulting in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions with equivalent or increased strength. There are other benefits as well, as these materials are not particularly expensive. So, it could be possible to have a win for the planet and for the pocketbook.

But there are even more wins in the forest, said Dr. Rudie. Forest managers are working to restore forests and reduce the risks of catastrophic wildfire and other threats. These management activities largely target low value wood with few markets.

“Removing low value wood is expensive, so finding markets is critical to forest health and sustainability,” he said. “Products made with CN could provide one of the most important answers to keeping our forests as forests and ensuring their health and sustainability.”

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For more information contact:

Carlton N. Owen
President & CEO
+1-864-233-7646
carlton@runslikeclock.work

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) is a not-for-profit public charity working collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative, and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation’s working forests and forest-reliant communities – www.usendowment.org

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (November 16, 2018)

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) today announced that it is accepting pre-proposals for the 2019 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program Challenge. The Request for Pre-Proposals and the downloadable PDF pre-proposal form are available on the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Community’s webpage or by contacting Peter@runslikeclock.work. The deadline for pre-proposal submission is 8 p.m. EST, Friday, January 25, 2019. Up to $15 million is available for one or multiple awards. Final awards are planned to be announced in June of 2019.

The REPI Challenge, established in 2012, is a competitive process to seek projects that accelerate land conservation and military mission protection through innovative partnerships and shared financing.

Partners are strongly encouraged to coordinate closely with local installation or range staff to verify the presence of key National Defense Strategy capabilities prior to proposal development.

The REPI Challenge seeks to engage the private sector to access and tap unconventional and high-leverage sources of funding, attract additional philanthropic support, and take advantage of market-based approaches to advance program goals.

Last year, the 2018 REPI Challenge resulted in $4.8 million in awards that leveraged nearly $15.8 million in non-DoD partner funding to Ft. Benning, Georgia, and Ft. Huachuca, Arizona. The Army at Ft. Benning will
use $3.7 million in REPI Challenge funds to leverage more than $5 million from The Nature Conservancy and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to acquire a 7,051 acre parcel that increases the installation’s compatible buffer by 25% and that benefits at-risk species conservation. The Army and its Sentinel Landscape partners at Ft. Huachuca will use $1.1 million in REPI Challenge funds to leverage more than $3 million in partner funds for a 1,050 acre easement that will reduce competition for scarce water resources in the San Pedro River Watershed.

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For more information contact:

Peter Stangel
+1-404-915-2763
peter@runslikeclock.work

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) is a not-for-profit public charity working collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation’s working forests and forest-reliant communities. – www.USEndowment.org

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) is a not-for-profit public charity working collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative, and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation’s working forests and forest-reliant communities – www.usendowment.org

New members added to Board of Directors; officers elected
– Mark Reed and Cris Stainbrook join Endowment –

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (October 29, 2018)

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) announced today the election of Board members and officers for 2019 at the organization’s semi-annual meeting held this year in Madison, Wisconsin. The Board welcomes Mark Reed and Cris Stainbrook to serve three-year terms.

Mark Reed of New York City is founder and manager of Contact Fund a private investment fund focused on high-impact community development in the city. He is also a director of fourth-generation, family-owned Simpson Investment Company based in Seattle, Washington. Prior to moving to New York, Mark managed an after-school program for public housing residents in San Francisco’s Mission District and managed a community youth center. He currently serves on the board of SeaChange Capital Partners and is former Chair of the Board of the Rudolf Steiner School in Manhattan. He holds a bachelor of arts in Anthropology from Stanford University and an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Management at NYU.

Cris Stainbrook of Little Canada, Minnesota, is President of the Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) where he has served since its inception in 2002. Cris, Oglala Lakota, spent 13 years at Northwest Area Foundation. During his final four years there he served as the community activities lead, overseeing a rapidly growing staff and implementing new programs aimed at developing community-directed plans. He was a founding member of Native Americans in Philanthropy and of the Two Feathers Endowment of the Saint Paul Foundation. He currently serves as the board chair of the Native Governance Center. Stainbrook holds a bachelor of science from the University of Iowa and a master’s degree in fisheries science from Oregon State University.

Rachel Jacobson of Washington, DC and Mark Emmerson of Redding, CA were re-elected to three-year Board terms.

Judith Stockdale of Chicago was elected as Vice Chair and Kevin Schuyler of Charlottesville, VA was elected Treasurer. Colin Moseley of Seattle, WA continues as Chairman for a final year.

Board and staff expressed appreciation to and celebrated outstanding service by outgoing members Tamar Datan of Leesburg, Virginia, and Jon Voigtman of Nassau, The Bahamas.

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For more information contact:
Carlton N. Owen, President & CEO, 864-233-7646, carlton@runslikeclock.work

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) is a not-for-profit public charity working collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative, and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation’s working forests and forest-reliant communities – www.usendowment.org

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (September 26, 2018)

The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund (the “Fund”) today announced that it is making $100,000 available for the 2018 fiscal year to support exceptional projects that emerge outside of the normal annual cycle for the Fund’s grant making. Applications for this one-time funding opportunity will be considered through January 2019. Individual awards up to $50,000 will be considered for projects meeting the fund criteria.

Those criteria may be viewed by visiting envivaforestfund.org. Ecological quality of a tract and associated conservation values particularly for cypress-tupelo, Atlantic white cedar, pocosins, and/or Carolina Bays will be given strong consideration.

“Private landowners and their partners must sometimes act quickly to protect vitally important forests,” said Jennifer Jenkins, Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer of Enviva. “Personal or other circumstances may require a family forest owner to seek funding outside the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund’s annual grant cycle, and we wanted to address this need.”

The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund is a $5 million, 10-year program established by Enviva Holdings, LP in December 2015 to permanently protect environmentally sensitive bottomland and wetland forests.
Administered by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the “Endowment”), the Fund awards grants annually to nonprofit organizations and government agencies for conservation projects in North Carolina and Virginia.

“There are opportunities to protect tracts having high ecological and conservation values that may not
lend themselves to the current funding cycle. Having the flexibility to support those opportunities could help avoid the threat that a particular parcel will be converted to non-forest use or miss the opportunity to protect an area that links to other conservation plans,” said Alicia Cramer, Senior Vice President at the Endowment.

The Fund’s goal is to be a catalyst for investments in forest and habitat conservation in the North Carolina coastal plain and southeastern Virginia region. Three years into the planned 10-year partnership, eight projects have been funded with a total commitment of over $1.5 million. When these projects are completed, the Fund will have protected an estimated 14,000 acres of sensitive wetland forest and other habitats.

Follow these links to the application: usendowment.org/rfps/envivafund or envivaforestfund.org

To learn more about the Enviva Conservation Fund, please visit envivaforestfund.org.

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About the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund

The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund is a $5 million, 10-year program established by Enviva Holdings, LP in December 2015 to permanently protect environmentally sensitive bottomland and wetland forests.
Administered by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, the Fund awards grants annually to nonprofit organizations and government agencies for conservation projects in North Carolina and Virginia.

The next grant cycle will begin in late 2018. To learn more about the Enviva Conservation Fund, please
visit envivaforestfund.org. In 2018, the Fund expanded into southeastern North Carolina to include
additional high-priority conservation areas. Now most counties in the North Carolina coastal plain, as well as counties in southeastern Virginia, are eligible for the Fund.

About the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) is a not-for-profit public charity
working collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative, and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation’s working forests and
forest-reliant communities. To learn more about the Endowment, please visit our website at www.usendowment.org.

For more information contact:
Alicia Cramer, Senior Vice President, 205-792-8650, alicia@runslikeclock.work

North Carolina Coastal Land Trust and Partners Protect Critical Habitat in Columbus County, North Carolina

Enviva Forest Conservation Fund at Work

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC

For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (August 20, 2018)

Greenville, S.C. and Durham, N.C. – Nearly 3,000 acres of wetlands, critical bottomland hardwood forests, and Waccamaw River frontage have been acquired by the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust. The project was made possible thanks to the support of a dozen partnering organizations, including the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund.

Considered one of the Southeast’s wildest, most beautiful, and most ecologically significant rivers, the Waccamaw River runs approximately 140 miles across southeastern North Carolina and eastern South Carolina. The iconic river drains an area of approximately 1110 square miles in the coastal plain and is revered for its conservation value. The river water chemistry and geology are rare on the coast; as a result, many of the plants and animals that flourish in the Waccamaw are unique to its habitat and not found anywhere else on Earth. Nine rare and endemic fish and mollusk species have been documented. Rare bird species such as the Wayne’s black-throated green warbler, a race of the species found only along the South Atlantic Coastal Plain, and swallow-tailed kites are known to occur in the area. American Rivers, a non-profit organization which protects wild rivers, restores damaged rivers, and conserves clean water for people and nature, designated the Waccamaw River in North and South Carolina as a National Blue Trail to promote outdoor recreation and conservation along the waterway.

The acquisition will protect seven miles of river frontage and is directly across the river from the Columbus County Game Lands which encompasses more than 20,000 acres and connects to 17,000 acres of The Nature Conservancy’s Green Swamp Preserve, resulting in one of the largest conservation corridors in North Carolina. “These healthy, well-managed forests clean water for drinking, reduce flood damage, and provide wildlife habitat. More than one-third of this land will eventually be open to the public, providing much needed recreation lands,” said Carlton Owen, President and CEO of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, which administers the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund.

The property features cypress-gum swamp, blackwater bottomland hardwoods, remnant Atlantic white cedar forest, loblolly pine and additional wetlands. Acquisition of this parcel protects a large portion of the Cross Swamp Significant Natural Area. According to the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, this area hosts, “one of the best examples of the Blackwater Bottomland Hardwoods remaining in the state; maybe one of the best in the world.”

Coastal Land Trust transferred approximately 1,000-acres in fee title to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, to be managed as public game lands. Coastal Land Trust will retain the remaining 2,000 acres to be managed as a nature preserve. Both entities will develop site-specific management plans and will coordinate on future enhancement and/or restoration activities such as prescribed burning and Atlantic white cedar restoration.

Many distinguished conservation groups partnered to make this possible including: the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Open Space Institute, The Conservation Alliance, North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Enviva Forest Conservation Fund, and North Carolina Environmental Enhancement Grant Program. A portion of the funding was provided through privately-raised funds.

“The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund grant was critical to the success of this project which represented a major tour de force of partners coming together for land conservation along the Waccamaw River. The Coastal Land Trust is so appreciative of Enviva’s support,” stated Janice L. Allen, Deputy Director of the Coastal Land Trust.

The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund was launched in December of 2015 by Enviva, the world’s largest producer of wood energy pellets. After three years of a planned 10-year partnership, eight projects have been funded, committing more than $1.5 million. When these projects are completed, an estimated 14,000 acres of sensitive wetland forest and other habitats will have been protected.

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About North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
Founded in 1992, the mission of the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust is to enrich the coastal communities of North Carolina through conservation of natural areas and working landscapes, education, and the promotion of good land stewardship. The Coastal Land Trust has become the largest land trust geographically in the state of North Carolina, serving 31 counties along the entire coastal plain. The Coastal Land Trust is committed to saving and restoring special places in the coastal plain like barrier islands, nature parks and preserves, family farms, and longleaf pine forests. To learn more about the Coastal Land Trust, please visit their website at www.coastallandtrust.org.

About the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund
The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund is a $5 million, 10-year program established by Enviva Holdings, LP in December 2015 to permanently protect environmentally sensitive bottomland and wetland forests. Administered by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, the Fund awards grants annually to nonprofit organizations and government agencies for conservation projects in North Carolina and Virginia. The next grant cycle will begin in late 2018. To learn more about the Enviva Conservation Fund, please visit envivaforestfund.org. In 2018, the Fund expanded into southeastern North Carolina to include additional high-priority conservation areas. Now most counties in the North Carolina coastal plain as well as counties in southeastern Virginia are eligible for the Fund.

About the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) is a not-for-profit public charity working collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative, and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation’s working forests and forest-reliant communities. To learn more about the Endowment, please visit our website at www.usendowment.org.

For more information contact:
Alicia Cramer, Senior Vice President, 205-792-8650, alicia@runslikeclock.work

Sustainable forestry & land retention program receives national recognition
– HUD Secretary Ben Carson presents award –

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) is pleased to announce that the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention (SFLR) Program is a 2018 recipient of the Secretary’s Awards for Public-Philanthropic Partnerships.

The award, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in partnership with the Council of Foundations, recognizes innovative partnerships that focus on housing and community development for low- and moderate-income families. The SFLR program is a partnership of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment), USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and USDA Forest Service (USFS). The program promotes intergenerational land retention and family asset creation for African American landowners across the southeast.

“The success of the Sustainable Forestry and Land Retention Project demonstrates the power of government, philanthropy, and community collaboration to advance opportunity. We at the Endowment are proud to support a program that leverages public and private investment designed to empower African American families and communities to retain rural family land ownership, enhance forest health, and build intergenerational wealth,” said Endowment President and CEO Carlton Owen.

The SFLR program was launched in 2013 as an effort to aid African American landowners in turning their forested properties into economic assets. The program capitalizes on innovative partnerships between local, state, and federal organizations to assist landowners in this process. SFLR provides a variety of support to these landowners, including access to legal assistance and opportunities for sustainable forestry. To date, the program supports 8 project sites across 7 states and more than 800 landowners. The participants own a combined 68,423 acres, ensuring land assets remain held by historical landowners.

SFLR has continued to strengthen networks that support, connect, and empower landowners. These networks are catalysts through which African American landowner leaders are emerging and organizing— both locally and regionally. Ultimately, it is the empowered leadership of these landowners and those they influence that will define the program’s legacy.

In accepting the award, Owen noted, “We at the Endowment extend our deepest thanks to the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Council of Foundations for this recognition. But, let’s be clear, the SFLR program would not be possible without support from our federal and state partners, as well as our eight anchor organizations.”

For more information contact:
Carlton N. Owen, President & CEO, 864-233-7646, carlton@runslikeclock.work
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) is a not-for-profit public charity working collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative, and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation’s working forests and forest-reliant communities – www.usendowment.org

Department Of Defense Awards Protect Land And Water Resources In Georgia, Arizona – 8,201 Acres Conserved To Help Ensure Compatible Land Uses For Military Testing And Training

Learnings From Multi-Year Pilot To Support Local Wood-To-Energy Projects

Enviva Forest Conservation Fund Awards 2018 Grants

Expands restoration and conservation of sensitive forest ecosystems and wetlands

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC

For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (May 23, 2018)

Bethesda, Md. and Greenville, S.C. – The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund (the Fund) today announced the recipients of its 2018 suite of grants. The projects funded will help conserve a total of more than 5,000 acres, protecting ecologically sensitive bottomland forests in the coastal regions of Virginia and North Carolina.

“We are so proud to work with our conservation partners in the Virginia-North Carolina coastal plain, one of the most biodiverse and beautiful areas in the country,” said Enviva Chairman and CEO, John Keppler. “This work will lead to the protection of thousands of acres of sensitive forest lands and ensure that these forests provide ecosystem and economic benefits for generations to come.”

The 2018 Enviva Forest Conservation Fund grant recipients include:

The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust, in partnership with North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission: The Fund is providing $100,000 to help acquire more than 3,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forest for conservation along the Waccamaw River in Columbus County, North Carolina (NC). The wetlands are home to federally and state-listed species of concern, as well as many coastal dependent migratory bird species. Approximately 2,000 acres of the property will be owned by the NC Coastal Land Trust, held in a conservation easement and managed for ecosystem restoration and conservation of native wildlife. The remaining 1,000 acres of the property will be transferred to the State of North Carolina and will be open to the public for hiking, fishing, and hunting. This is the Fund’s first award in our newly expanded region of southeastern North Carolina.

Virginia Department of Forestry: The Fund is contributing $175,000 towards the protection of two high conservation value riverfront tracts including 270 acres of lowland forest along the Nottoway River and 545 acres of wetlands on the Meherrin River in Southampton County, VA. The properties will be held in conservation easements and will be a combination of working forests with riparian and habitat protection, as both are home to plant and animal species of concern including the rare Crowfoot Sedge (Carex crus-corvi) and the Yellow Lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa).

Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation: The Fund is providing $100,000 towards the acquisition of two properties in Isle of Wight County, Virginia along the Blackwater River and Antioch Swamp. The purchase, totaling more than 300 acres, will expand the Antioch Pines Natural Area Preserve. The properties include 90 acres of bottomland, featuring bald cypress as well as diverse hardwoods, and approximately 215 acres that will be restored to native long leaf pine. Once a thriving and biodiverse ecosystem, home to myriad plant and animal species, the long leaf pine forests have lost more than 90 percent of their original extent in the U.S. South.

The Nature Conservancy (TNC): The Fund is awarding $50,000 to help with the acquisition of a permanent conservation easement on approximately 900 acres of wetlands, including 400 acres of cypress-tupelo swamp forest and 500 acres of freshwater tidal marsh. The property runs along the North Landing River, part of the Intercoastal Waterway in the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The easement, which will be co-held by TNC and the VA Department of Conservation and Recreation, will link over 7,800 acres of conservation land and will become part of Virginia’s North Landing River Natural Area Preserve System which boasts one of the highest diversities of rare species east of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.

“In this third year of the Fund, I continue to be amazed at the caliber of organizations represented and the breadth and depth of conservation objectives reflected in these proposals,” said Endowment President and CEO, Carlton Owen. “These grants not only contribute to forest health and the restoration and conservation of habitats for innumerable species, but they also provide landowners with financially attractive alternatives to selling their land or converting it to non-forest uses.”

Including those announced today, the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund has supported eleven projects totaling almost $1.5 million in grants. An estimated 15,500 acres will be protected when these projects reach completion. The forests conserved as a part of the Fund help clean drinking water, purify the air, buffer structures from storms, and provide habitat for many species of wildlife, while at the same time providing jobs and economic opportunity for rural families and private landowners.

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About the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund

The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund is a $5 million, 10- year program established by Enviva Holdings, LP in December 2015 to permanently protect environmentally sensitive bottomland and wetland forests. Administered by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, the Fund awards grants annually to nonprofit organizations and government agencies for conservation projects in North Carolina and Virginia. The next grant cycle will begin in late 2018. To learn more about the Enviva Conservation Fund, please visit envivaforestfund.org.

In 2018, the Fund expanded into southeastern North Carolina to include additional high-priority conservation areas. Now most counties in the North Carolina coastal plain as well as counties in southeastern Virginia are eligible for the Fund.

About the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) is a not-for-profit public charity working collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative, and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation’s working forests and forest-reliant communities. To learn more about the Endowment, please visit our website at www.usendowment.org.

Media Contacts:

Yonina Mrose, Communications Director Enviva Holdings LP, yonina.mrose@envivabiomass.com (240) 482-3811

Alicia Cramer, Senior Vice President U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, (205) 792-8650 , alicia@runslikeclock.work