Footage from Jefferson County Expo now on YouTube
On April 27, 2013, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities hosted the Jefferson Opportunity Expo in Louisville, GA. Presenters included several national and regional experts about programs that encourage saving toward home ownership, education, and entrepreneurship as a pathway out of poverty and three women who succeeded in those programs. Their presentations are informative, […]
Department of Defense Grant Protects Florida’s Forests
More than 20,000 acres of longleaf pine and other forests near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, will be permanently protected through one of two grants announced for the 2013 Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative Challenge (REPI) Challenge Program. The Eglin easement is the largest land transaction in the REPI program’s history. It adds to the […]
Sustainable Finance Strategies for Watershed Protection
Nearly 100 years ago the leaders of a sleepy southern textile town took unprecedented steps to ensure that its citizens would have secure and readily available drinking water for decades to come. There was only one problem – those decades did come and so did lots more people. Today, Greenville, South Carolina, home to the […]
Agriculture Secretary cites Endowment Partnership
On Monday, June 17, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack participated in his very first Google+ Hangout to discuss opportunities available through USDA’s StrikeForce Initiative for Rural Growth and Opportunity. In the last five minutes of the Hangout, the Endowment-led Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Program was cited as an exemplary partnership (see clip above). […]
2013 Interns Join Endowment Team
Anne-Marie Melief and George Flowers, 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. Melief graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Earth and Environmental Sciences. She also worked for three years at […]
New Report Assesses Appoaches to Expand Community-Scale Clusters of Wood-to-Energy Facilities to Enhance Renewable energy and Forest Health
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 finds a report released today by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment). The report, “Financing Woody Biomass Clusters: Barriers, Opportunities, and Potential […]
Wood For Energy Use in Schools, Hospitals and Other Facilities Growing
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 www.usendowment.org. This report, based on research by Katie Premo, Endowment intern, and Kate MacFarland, USDA Forest Service (USFS) staff, fills the gap and points to the growth […]
New Chief Financial Officer Joins Endowment
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 rich experience, but perhaps more importantly, one who shares the passion for our mission as well,” said Endowment President Carlton Owen. In her role with […]
Woody Biomass Energy Database Upgraded and Expanded
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 across North America. Today the Endowment is unveiling major improvements in the database. The site — www.wood2energy.org — is a searchable database open to anyone with interest in the state of […]
Partners Launch the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Program
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 joint venture of the U. S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and the USDA […]