Press Releases

The production of energy using a renewable material such as wood can have positive impacts on all three legs of the sustainability stool – society, the economy, and the environment.  So [...]

The State of Institutional Woody Biomass Facilities in the United States, a report just released by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment), is available at [...]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today announced the addition of Signe Cann as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  “We are indeed fortunate to find someone with such [...]

In 2010, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) announced creation of a one-of-a-kind database of industrial and selected community-scale users of wood-to-energy facilities [...]

Two sites in the Carolinas have been selected as pilots for the launch of a collaborative $1.2 million grant program to help stem the loss of African American owned forests.  The program is a [...]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) has awarded a $42,000 grant to two USDA Forest Service scientists to synthesize existing research about the impacts of floodplain [...]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today made its first foray into engaging citizen scientists by putting its support behind a planned mobile phone application, [...]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today released its 2012 Annual Report. Creating financial linkages between urban water consumers and the rural forest landowners [...]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today announced that Tracy Mehan, a principal with The Cadmus Group, Inc., of Waltham, Massachusetts, has been retained to [...]

Wood energy pellets: love them or hate them. It all depends upon your perspective and understanding. That’s why the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today released two [...]