Press Releases

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 […]

When an entire city relies on drinking water from one reservoir, that resource should be actively protected. An impact report released today by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) highlights a creative approach to protection in Raleigh, North Carolina. The report features the Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative (Initiative), a dynamic partnership between […]

We at the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) hope you will join us as we celebrate World Wetlands Day 2018!  This day is set aside as an annual celebration marking the adoption of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands signed February 2, 1971 in Ramsar, Iran.  World Wetlands Day is intended to raise awareness […]

Leveraging lessons from the natural world can lead to more efficient and impactful work for a non-profit tasked with advancing stewardship of North America’s working forests. That’s the thesis behind the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities’ (Endowment) 2017 Annual Report, Working with Nature.Touching on natural concepts such as biomimicry and environmental adaptation, the report […]

Greenville, S.C. and Durham, N.C. – An additional 133 acres of land, including critical hardwood bottomland forest, will be protected in perpetuity thanks to a conservation easement on the property partially funded by the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund (the Fund). The Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC) was instrumental in securing the priority landscape in the Raleigh […]

“If we are going to keep forests as forests, we must respect and value them. We must ensure markets for wood and wood products. And invest in and support vital research and conservation.” This central message and many others come to life in a new “white board” animation produced on behalf of the North American […]

Greenville, S.C. – The headwaters of Otterdam Swamp and Three Creek are closer to long-term protection via a working forest conservation easement on forest lands in the region. The easement is made possible through a partnership between the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) and the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund. Permanent protection of the property—totaling 1,079 […]

Endowment Launches Website Detailing the State of America’s Forests –USAForests.org goes live- Greenville, S.C. – The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) today announced the launch of an interactive website that tells the story of America’s forests. The website—State of America’s Forests—will house a number of tools that serve as a portal to a […]

New members added to board of directors; officers elected – Kevin Schuyler and Rachel Jacobson Join Endowment – The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) announced today the election of Board members and officers for 2018 at the organization’s semi-annual meeting held this year in Vancouver, Canada. The Board welcomed Kevin Schuyler to […]

Virginia Outdoors Foundation Protects 408-acre Floodplain Forest -Enviva Forest Conservation Fund Helps with Donated Conservation Easement- Greenville, S.C. – A donated conservation easement will protect from development a prime, 408- acre bottomland hardwood forest and help demonstrate the compatibility of wetland forest management and biodiversity conservation. Protecting this tract will also preserve scenic viewsheds along […]