Press Releases

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SCFor IMMEDIATE RELEASE (November 9, 2015) The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to integrate forestry as a best management practice on farmland and reduce nutrient runoff into waterways in the Ohio River Basin. The […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SCFor IMMEDIATE RELEASE (November 9, 2015) The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) announced today the election of Board members and officers for 2016 at the organization’s semi-annual meeting held this year in Omaha, Nebraska. Colin Moseley, Chairman and CEO of Green Diamond Resource Company based […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (October 9, 2015) The U.S. Department of Defense today announced that it is accepting pre-proposals for the 2016 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 […]

GREENVILLE, SC, October 3, 2014 — The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment), the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI (FPL), and the Georgia Southern University Herty Advanced Materials Development Center, Savannah, GA (Herty) today released the results of a survey designed to aid the Consortium for Advanced Wood-to-Energy Solutions (CAWES) in […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SCFor IMMEDIATE RELEASE (September 21, 2015) This date in history marks the anniversary of two events that forever changed America: the kickoff of Monday Night Football in 1970 and the chartering of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) in 2006. Although more Americans may be […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SCFor IMMEDIATE RELEASE (September 9, 2015) The winners of the 2015 Nancy Natoli Élan Award for Innovation in Land Conservation have together helped protect more than 41,000 acres of land that benefits military training and readiness, natural resources conservation, rural economies, and cultural resources. The Award process was […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SCFor IMMEDIATE RELEASE (September 4, 2015) “Anyone who has spent the night in a tent with a mosquito can attest to the impact that a small organism can have on a larger one.” That’s the analogy that Vicki Christiansen, Associate Deputy Chief, State & Private Forestry, USDA Forest […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (August 11, 2015) A former two-time intern at the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment), Cameron Tommey, has returned to the organization’s Greenville headquarters in a newly-created position as Director, Legal and Program Compliance. “In our nine year history we’ve been blessed to […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SCFor IMMEDIATE RELEASE (August 11, 2015) For the elite fighters of the Army’s 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, based at Ft. Stewart, Georgia, ensuring the gopher tortoise does not become listed under the Endangered Species Act may be as important as any training mission. The 1st Battalion and […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SCFor IMMEDIATE RELEASE (AUGUST 06, 2015) In an effort to build on its history of transparency and reflection, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today released three reports that “look back” on selected significantinvestments in its programmatic portfolio. Each report is designed to learn from […]