Press Releases

Greenville, S.C. and Bethesda, Md., November 1 – The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) today released a new Request for Proposals for the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund. Up to $500,000 is available for 2017 grants to protect bottomland hardwood and other wetland forests in northeast North Carolina and southeast Virginia. This is the […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) announced today the election of Board members and officers for 2017 at the organization’s semi‐annual meeting held this year in Greenville, South Carolina. The Board welcomes Jeffery Hearn and Mark Emmerson to serve three‐year terms. Jeff Hearn of Raleigh, North Carolina, serves on the Board of […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Inc. (Endowment) today released the 2017 Request for Proposals for the Healthy Watersheds Consortium Grant Program. Additional grant funds are available in 2017-2018 through a new partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Up to $2 million is available for the 2017 Healthy Watershed Consortium grant […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) today announced the addition of a staff position in its Greenville, SC, headquarters. The role—Finance Director—will report to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and aid the Endowment with financial accounting, federal and private award administration, and annual audit procedures as the organization works to keep America’s forests […]

The U.S. Department of Defense today announced that it is accepting pre-proposals for the 2017 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program Challenge. The Request for Pre-Proposals and the downloadable PDF pre-proposal form are available on the U.S. Endowmentfor Forestry and Community’s (the Endowment) webpage. This information is also available by contacting Peter@runslikeclock.work. The deadline […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) and the USDA Forest Service (USFS) today announced a new round of funding in its public private partnership (P3Nano) to support collaborative projects designed to advance the commercialization of cellulosic nanomaterial. P3Nano has approximately $2.25 million in funding for 7 to 8 proposals. “We are excited to […]

In a ceremony held at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s headquarters in Washington, DC yesterday,Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack presented the Department’s Abraham Lincoln Award for protectingnatural resources to the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities and its USDA partners in the Forest Service (USFS) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The award, the Department’s […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (“Endowment”) today announced the launch of the revitalized wood bioenergy facility database and mapping tool (www.wood2energy.org). The site is the most comprehensive database of its kind in North America. The vision for Wood2Energy.org was to develop a database and mapping tool that aggregates facility level data to deliver […]

New community-based networks in Georgia and Arkansas have been funded through the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention (SFLR) program, an effort to promote forest health and productivity while stemming the loss of African American-owned rural land. The SFLR program, a partnership of the U. S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment), the Natural […]

New community-based networks in Georgia and Arkansas have been funded through the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention (SFLR) program, an effort to promote forest health and productivity while stemming the loss of African American-owned rural land. The SFLR program, a partnership of the U. S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment), the Natural […]