Endowment Announces Changes to Board of Directors
Effective at the conclusion of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities’ (the Endowment) November 2010 meeting of the Board of Directors, Dick Molpus, completed his term of Board [...]
Endowment Grantee Releases Report on Payment for Watershed Services
EcoAgriculture Partners, a DC-based group working to help agricultural communities manage their landscapes, has released two versions of the report, Payment for watershed services in the United [...]
National Conservation Easement Database
Filling a gaping hole in conservation planning, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) today announced the release of the National Conservation Easement Database [...]
USDA Study Supports Use of Wood as “Greenest” of Building Materials
In Washington, DC, today, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the findings of a new U.S. Forest Service study indicating that wood should be favored as a primary building material in [...]
Endowment Announces Woody Biomass Joint-Venture Investments
Carlton Owen, President & CEO of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today announced awards of more than $1.4 million in Woody Biomass Joint Venture Funds to [...]
Woodworkers Share Time and Talent for Endowment Home
Members of the Greenville Woodworkers Guild (Greenville, SC), are in the process of crafting a number of items for the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities’ (the Endowment) recently [...]
State Forest and Wildlife Plans Focus of Latest RFP
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today released a Request for Proposals (RFP) entitled: “Coordinating State Forest Action Plans (State Forest Resource [...]
Second Edition of “Issues in the Forest” Looks at Wood Pellets
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) and its partners at the National Association of State Foresters, today released the second edition in the new “Issues in the [...]
New Book Points to Importance of Markets to Forest Conservation
A new book produced by the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory — Sustainable Development in the Forest Products Industry — provides strong evidence of the link between a [...]
Endowment Releases Request for Proposals to Review Fund Performance
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today released a request for proposals (RFP) seeking a qualified vendor to conduct an independent review of the organization’s [...]