Survey Responses Stimulate Changes
The Endowment continues to utilize an electronic grant-making system which is in line with the lean staff model employed. “It is important that our grant-making system is easy to use and, if [...]
Endowment and Ford Support Community Forestry Trust
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities announced that it had joined the Ford Foundation in supporting the creation of a National Community Forestry Trust. “Our recent study of [...]
BERC Selected for Second Aspect of Bioenergy Work
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities today announced an agreement with the Biomass Energy Resource Center (BERC) of Montpelier, Vermont (www.biomasscenter.org) to conduct work on [...]
Endowment Announces Selection of Forest Investment Zones
November 17, 2008: Greenville, SC – for immediate release The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today announced the selection of three areas as “Forest Investment Zones” [...]
Blandin Foundation Leaders Share Experiences
Jim Hoolihan, President of the Minnesota-based Blandin Foundation and Bernadine Joselyn, Blandin’s Director, Public Policy & Engagement, met with the Endowment’s Board of Directors at its [...]
Endowment Elects Board Members and Officers
At its Board of Directors meeting in Minneapolis, MN, November 3-4, 2008, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) re-elected four members to new three-year terms. Those [...]
Cluster Study Team Seeks Input
Dovetail Partners, a collaborator with the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, this week issued a call for assistance in identifying information from across the nation regarding business [...]
Endowment Rolls-out Check-off Study as Phase Two of Project Concludes
The U.S. Endowment hosted a meeting in Seattle on September 21st where a broad cross section of forest industry leaders from Canada and the U.S. gathered to drill down on learnings from the [...]
University of Tennessee Selected to Lead Energy Work for Industrial Sector
The University of Tennessee (UT) has been selected to take the lead on RFP 2008-005 “The State of Wood-based Bio-Energy/Technologies and Industries in North America.” “We are especially pleased [...]
Quick Turn-Around Sought on Survey — “Keeping Forests in Forests”
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities and the National Alliance of Forest Owners today released a survey to solicit input on barriers as well as possible incentives to “keeping large [...]