Press Releases

In a ceremony held at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s headquarters in Washington, DC yesterday,Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack presented the Department’s Abraham Lincoln Award for protectingnatural resources to the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities and its USDA partners in the Forest Service (USFS) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The award, the Department’s […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (“Endowment”) today announced the launch of the revitalized wood bioenergy facility database and mapping tool (www.wood2energy.org). The site is the most comprehensive database of its kind in North America. The vision for Wood2Energy.org was to develop a database and mapping tool that aggregates facility level data to deliver […]

New community-based networks in Georgia and Arkansas have been funded through the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention (SFLR) program, an effort to promote forest health and productivity while stemming the loss of African American-owned rural land. The SFLR program, a partnership of the U. S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment), the Natural […]

New community-based networks in Georgia and Arkansas have been funded through the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention (SFLR) program, an effort to promote forest health and productivity while stemming the loss of African American-owned rural land. The SFLR program, a partnership of the U. S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment), the Natural […]

$5 Million Enviva Forest Conservation Fund Announces 2016 Conservation Grants U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (May 26, 2016) Bethesda, Md. and Greenville, S.C – The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund (the Fund), a $5 million, 10-year program designed to protect tens of thousands of acres of bottomland forests in northeast […]

“You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.” Baseballlegend Satchel Paige’s quote is especially apropos to a new report released today by the U.S. Endowmentfor Forestry and Communities (Endowment). Lessons From the Attempted Hardwood Check-off reviews the ups, downs, and lessons learned […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (March 17, 2016) The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) hosted a special session at the 2016 Sustainable Water Management Conference to highlight the important role that forests play in protecting drinking water. “Seeing Green: Improving Water Quality and Quantity throughForestry” featured six […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (February 29, 2016) The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) hosted a special session at the 2016 Utility Management Conference to highlight the important role that forests and other types of natural or green infrastructure play in protecting drinking water sources, reducing water […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SCFor IMMEDIATE RELEASE (February 9, 2016) Over the coming three years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Forest Service (USFS), and the U. S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities will invest more than $4 million to stabilize African American forestland ownership across generations […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (February 8, 2016) Catalyst. Synergist. Collaborator. Facilitator. These are just a few of the roles played by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) to benefit working forests and forest-rich communities. Always focused on its charter to “ultimately support the North American forest […]