Retaining Working Forests: Eastern North Carolina
This is the results of a study of the 33-county coastal North Carolina region—one of 11 priority areas in the Southeast where there are innovative opportunities for landscape-scale working forest conservation. Read more
Innovations in Market-based Watershed Conservation in the United States
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
Community Forests: Needs & Resources for Creating & Managing Community Forests
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Considerations for Creating a National Conservation Easement Database
The Endowment convened a number of public and private conservation players as a follow-up to “Forest Conservation Easements: Who’s Keeping Track?” (February 2008) in order to move forward with developing a conservation easement tracking system. The report summarizes key needs to advance a common system. View PDF
Forest Conservation Easements: Who’s Keeping Track?
Outcomes from the first Endowment convening designed to assess the state of conservation easement data systems in the U.S. View PDF