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Learnings From Multi-Year Pilot To Support Local Wood-To-Energy Projects The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) today released a report, “LEAF: Local Energy for American Fund Pilots, Outcomes, and Lessons,” that assessed results of an effort to enlist private capital in support of converting fossil fuel systems to locally-derived wood-to-energy. One of the greatest […]

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 […]

Blockchain technology, also known as hyperledger fabric in one of its forms, has been frequently mentioned among the most important innovations of the 21st Century. While many have heard of blockchain in connection with cryptocurrency and its ability to provide secure and secret transactions, a mirror image of the technology allows unprecedented transparency and the […]

The Healthy Watersheds Consortium Grant Program’s third-year of awards expands the pace of proactive watershed protection in the U.S. through conservation and improved stewardship of thousands of acres of lands that provide drinking water, flood risk reduction, and an array of economic and environmental benefits. The 22 awards total $4.168 million and will benefit organizations […]

Greenville, S.C. – Momentum continues to build on the successful State of America’s Forests platform as the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) today released six new components on the interactive website, usaforests.org. These new topics include: –  trends in forestland area and ecological regions, –  forest ownership, tree growth, mortality, harvesting, and planting, […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) announced today that efforts to develop a USDA Research and Promotion Program (a.k.a. “check-off”) for the U.S. biomass power and wood energy pellet producers has ended. “After more than three years of work and $500,000 in investment the decision to terminate work to aid America’s wood-to-energy sector […]

Greenville, S.C. – Benjamin Franklin wisely noted, “When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” In less than 90 days a city of nearly four million people could be without fresh water. That city, Cape Town, South Africa, is surrounded by the ocean yet suffers from an extended drought that has all but […]

The report “Forest Health Initiative: A Retrospective Look” released today by the Forest Health Initiative (FHI) provides insight into and describes outcomes of a ground-breaking multi-year project that set out to better understand the potential, value and role of modern biotechnology in addressing some of today’smost pressing forest health issues. Launched in 2009, FHI is […]

Greenville, S.C. – Protection of a key forest for the benefit of future generations was made possible by a $195,000 grant from the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund (the Fund). That funding leveraged another $800,000 in external funding, which allowed The Nature Conservancy to purchase property in Washington County, North Carolina, near the town of Plymouth. […]

Greenville, S.C. – Building on the successful launch of State of America’s Forests in December of 2017, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) today released three new packets of content on the interactive website, www.usaforests.org. The new topics include: forest insects and diseases; invasive plants; and invasive animals. These topics address some of […]