Misc.

View of the 440 acre tract recently put under easement in Montgomery County, NC. Photo by Emily Callicutt. Three Rivers Land Trust and The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund Protect 440 Acres Along Little River, Montgomery County, North Carolina Greenville, S.C. — January 12, 2024 –  Two separate tracts, jointly known as the Little River Thickety […]

Recently, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) hosted a forum with the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission Coalition titled “Building Resilience: Wealth Creation and Regional Readiness for a Federal Commission in the South.” More than 200 participants joined the webinar to engage in an early discussion on how the SCRC could assist and […]

End of the Year Message from Endowment President and CEO, Pete Madden. Dear Valued Partners and Grantees, As a challenging year draws to a close, we remain focused on our long-term mission and our relationships with all our partners and grantees. We are looking to the future with hope and optimism, confident that the partnerships […]

CARES Act and Paycheck Protection for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Help Under the CARES Act We at the Endowment wanted to ensure that those who have been challenged by economic events — long before COVID-19 arrived on the scene — have access to pertinent information about the CARES Act.  We’ve put together this brief three-minute […]

Released on November 12, 2019, the Aspen Institute’s report “Rural Development Hubs: Strengthening America’s Rural Innovation Infrastructure” summarizes findings and recommendations from interviews with 43 Rural Development Hubs from across the nation who are intermediaries leading the effort to do rural development differently.  According to the report, “Intermediaries are place-based organizations that work to improve […]