Publications

Report from a convening sponsored by the Endowment and the USDA Forest Service, State, & Private Forestry, where a group of professionals gathered in Manchester, New Hampshire to discuss [...]

The Endowment and the National Association of State Foresters share an interest in advancing sustainable forestry in the U.S. The organizations collaborated on creating “Issues in the Forest” [...]

This document summarizes the results of a survey of new or emerging Payment for Watershed Service (PWS) project models to understand their scale, characteristics, and potential. View PDF

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The USDA Forest Service State & Private Forestry and the Endowment held a small, roundtable to drill-down on additional opportunities in wood-to-energy. The session follows an earlier [...]

Explores the feasibility of developing sustainable, woody biomass-fueled combined heat and power plants at sawmills in western Montana to supply a portion of Northwestern Energy’s renewable [...]

The Endowment and USDA Forest Service  State & Private Forestry worked with, the Biomass Energy Resource Center (BERC) to develop a  series of case studies illustrating the development and [...]

Overview on the state-of-the-science of woody biomass to energy conversion processes in North America, including a literature review and a database of industrial facilities utilizing wood as a [...]

The USDA Forest Service, State & Private Forestry, and the Endowment convened a small, non-traditional group of interests to gather fresh perspectives about wood-to-energy options grounded in [...]

Full Report Appendix A: Annotated List of Tools Appendix B: Selected Resilience Research, Projects, Networks, Centers and Foundation Activities Appendix C: A Review of the Historical Evolution [...]