Press Releases

Patrick Starr, a senior at Furman University, Greenville, SC, has been named the 2012-2013 David E. Shi Sustainability Fellow.  This fellowship will play out as  a year-long collaborative venture between Furman University and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment).  The fellowship is sponsored by Piedmont Natural Gas under its Partners program. Starr, […]

Katie Premo and Sofi Delgado Perusquia, two recent graduates of Furman University, Greenville, SC, are the new interns at the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment). Both will work with the Endowment for a year. Premo earned a degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences with a concentration in Environmental Studies. During her time […]

In North Carolina, forestry is a major economic driver, employing an estimated 80,000 people and adding nearly $5 billion to the State’s gross domestic product. The 33 counties in the eastern part of the state are among the most productive timberlands in the world, but forestry is only part of the story. Working forests here […]

If helping conserve Southern working forests for the economic, cultural, and environmental benefits they provide is your passion, then the U.S. Endowment has a contract opportunity for you. The Endowment seeks a highly-motivated contractor to help implement the Partnership for Southern Forestland Conservation’s newly-minted strategy. The Partnership (www.pfsfc.org), a coalition of about 35 agencies and […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (May 15, 2012) “Two years ago the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) and the USDA Forest Service announced a $4 million joint venture to advance promising community-scale wood-to-energy technologies and wood procurement systems. We had hoped the recession was sputtering to […]

The application form for the 2012 Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) Challenge: A New Model to Accelerate and Expand Base Buffering Outcomes – Georgia/Florida Pilot Program is now available on the U.S. Endowment’s web page. Interested applicants may download the fillable pdf here or via email by contacting cameron@runslikeclock.work.  The deadline for proposals is April 13, 2012. “The purpose […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) and its partners at the National Association of State Foresters, today released the third edition in the new “Issues in the Forest” series – “BIOCHAR:  Turning Wood to Gold.” “The information age is yielding an overload for many professionals and others interested in staying abreast of the […]

In recognition of World Forestry Day, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) has joined with The Conservation Fund’s ShadeFund, the Forest Guild, Dovetail Partners, and the Pinchot Institute to create a multimedia project titled, “24 Ways Forestry Improves Our Lives.” “Forests play a wide array of important roles in our lives. From […]

“We are notorious ‘borrowers’ of great ideas,” says U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities President Carlton Owen.  “One of the things that has made our young organization successful is our willingness to ask others for their input and to look to other sectors for great ideas that could be applied in new ways.”  Perhaps there […]

Lack of a clear and consistent national energy policy, confusing and sometimes contradictory state policies, and a lack of parity in terms of government programs and incentives with other renewable energy sources are major barriers to expansion of woody biomass for thermal use, say experts convened by the U. S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities […]