Press Releases

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today released copies of its Annual Report 2010.  “Given that the United Nations declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests, we opted to have our 2010 Annual Report do double-duty,” said Endowment President Carlton Owen.  “We not only highlighted the state of our work but decided […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) today announced that it is partnering with an ad-hoc group of U.S. hardwood industry leaders operating as the “Blue Ribbon Committee on Hardwood Check-off” (BRC) to seek formal approval of a commodity marketing program for a range of hardwood and plywood products. “Simply stated, the Endowment is […]

In its landmark report, “Private Forests, Public Benefits” the USDA Forest Service identified the 15 watersheds across the nation most threatened by increased housing development.  “When we studied that report we were surprised to find that our own headquarters based in Greenville, SC, sat in the middle of the watershed rated as the 10th most threatened […]

Since launching its Healthy Forests; Healthy Watersheds Initiative in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service in early 2010, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) has been studying and investing more deeply in the potential of water as an environmental market to advance forest health and retention.  “One of our most difficult […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SCFor IMMEDIATE RELEASE (December 9, 2010) A vision that the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) and its partner The Conservation Fund have been working on for many months got a kick-start today as Mercedes-Benz USA announced the first corporate investment in ShadeFundTM. “Since our inception […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today released its financial statements for fiscal year (calendar year) 2009.  “Since our inception we’ve tried to be among the best-in-class in our commitment to openness and transparency in all that we do,” said Endowment President Carlton N. Owen.  “As part of that on-going commitment we today […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today released the second summary report flowing from a series of learning sessions being conducted jointly with the USDA Forest Service on the topic of woody biomass for energy.  “I don’t know how many times colleagues from agencies or other foundations have told me that they […]

The USDA Forest Service (Forest Service) and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) have developed a joint-venture designed to advance sustainable uses of woody biomass.  “Our goal is to develop and promote markets for low-value wood, further domestic energy production and grow jobs in rural America while retaining healthy, working forests,” said […]

Montana Community Development Corporation (MCDC) has released “Developing a Business Case for Sustainable Biomass Generation:  A Regional Model for Western Montana.”  The report, funded in part by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment), was a joint-venture by NorthWestern Energy and seven Montana saw mills and others.  The purposes was  to look at the potential […]

A new report by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) and the University of Tennessee Office of Bioenergy programs reviews the current state of research and development of technologies for utilizing wood for the production of energy.  The peer-reviewed report entitled, “Wood to Energy:  A State of the Science and Technology Report,”characterizes […]