USDA Plan to Promote use of Green Building and Wood to Keep Forests as Forests
Last evening before a star-studded crowd representing the who’s who of forests in the U.S., Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack went where none of his predecessors had ever gone. Using the launch of the United Nation’s International Year of Forests 2011 as backdrop, Vilsack committed the USDA Forest Service and the entire USDA to “preferentially […]
Endowment Elects Datan to Board of Directors
What do Amazon rainforests and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) have in common? Tamar Datan. Datan, Executive Vice President of the Virginia-based Amazon Conservation Team, has been unanimously elected to a position on the Endowment’s Board of Directors effective April 1, 2011. “We couldn’t be more pleased that someone with Tamar’s diverse […]
Annual Report for Calendar Year 2010 Released
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 […]
Endowment Seeks to Aid Hardwood Industry in Plan for Growth
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 […]
Endowment Expands Healthy Watersheds Work
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 […]
Project to Scope Water Projects Across Nation
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 […]
Endowment Celebrates Launch of ShadeFund
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 […]
Endowment Releases Calendar Year 2009 Financials
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 […]
Summary Report from Second Biomass Learning Session Available
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 […]
Forest Service and Endowment Initiate Joint-venture for Biomass
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 […]