Press Releases

The Board of Directors of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities has voted unanimously to endorse the “Rural Compact” — a set of principles for building stronger rural [...]

The U.S. Endowment today released a report entitled, Forest Conservation Easements: Who’s Keeping Track. The document not only summarizes findings from a convening of conservation interests [...]

At the request of the Blandin Foundation and its “Vital Forests/Vital Communities” initiative, U.S. Endowment President Carlton Owen today conducted an hour-long “webinar.” The webinar was [...]

“One of our core values is openness and transparency in all that we do,” says Endowment President Carlton Owen. “That’s why we work hard to update our website, share our thinking and progress and [...]

The Consortium for Community Forestry is researching community-based forestry (CBF) in the U.S. as part of a project for the Endowment. This research aims to identify and understand the rich [...]

The Endowment was honored to have four former federal service Chiefs join an experienced group of forestry and community issues leaders in Washington, DC on April 10th to review the [...]

The Endowment today released a report — Timber Harvesting and Transportation: The State of the Industry — that resulted from a January 30-31, 2008 workshop convened to explore the [...]

The National Association of Forest Service Retirees (NAFSR) and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today announced an informal partnership whereby NAFSR members will [...]

Cameron Tommey a Furman University double-major in Earth & Environmental Sciences and Political Science becomes the fifth person to join the Endowment’s staff through our Internship Program. [...]

An incredible array of groups and individuals has come together under the leadership of Dynamic Coaching and Capacity Building (Silver Spring, Maryland) along with the Watershed Research and [...]