Category: Press Releases

World Wetlands Day!

We at the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) hope you will join us as we celebrate World Wetlands Day 2018!  This day is set aside as an annual celebration marking the adoption of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands signed February 2, 1971 in Ramsar, Iran.  World Wetlands Day is intended to raise awareness […]

Working with Nature to Further a Forest-Centric Mission

Leveraging lessons from the natural world can lead to more efficient and impactful work for a non-profit tasked with advancing stewardship of North America’s working forests. That’s the thesis behind the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities’ (Endowment) 2017 Annual Report, Working with Nature. Touching on natural concepts such as biomimicry and environmental adaptation, the […]

Triangle Land Conservancy Protects Priority Lands in Wake County, North Carolina

Greenville, S.C. and Durham, N.C. – An additional 133 acres of land, including critical hardwood bottomland forest, will be protected in perpetuity thanks to a conservation easement on the property partially funded by the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund (the Fund). The Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC) was instrumental in securing the priority landscape in the Raleigh […]

How Forests Make Our Lives Better

“If we are going to keep forests as forests, we must respect and value them. We must ensure markets for wood and wood products. And invest in and support vital research and conservation.” This central message and many others come to life in a new “white board” animation produced on behalf of the North American […]

Virginia Department of Forestry Teams with the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund to Secure Ecologically-Important Easement in Virginia

Greenville, S.C. – The headwaters of Otterdam Swamp and Three Creek are closer to long-term protection via a working forest conservation easement on forest lands in the region. The easement is made possible through a partnership between the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) and the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund. Permanent protection of the property—totaling 1,079 […]

Endowment Launches Website Detailing the State of America’s Forests

Endowment Launches Website Detailing the State of America’s Forests –USAForests.org goes live- Greenville, S.C. – The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) today announced the launch of an interactive website that tells the story of America’s forests. The website—State of America’s Forests—will house a number of tools that serve as a portal to a […]

New Members Added To Board Of Directors; Kevin Schuyler and Rachel Jacobson Join Endowment

New members added to board of directors; officers elected – Kevin Schuyler and Rachel Jacobson Join Endowment – The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) announced today the election of Board members and officers for 2018 at the organization’s semi-annual meeting held this year in Vancouver, Canada. The Board welcomed Kevin Schuyler to […]

Virginia Outdoors Foundation Protects 408-acre Floodplain Forest

Virginia Outdoors Foundation Protects 408-acre Floodplain Forest -Enviva Forest Conservation Fund Helps with Donated Conservation Easement- Greenville, S.C. – A donated conservation easement will protect from development a prime, 408- acre bottomland hardwood forest and help demonstrate the compatibility of wetland forest management and biodiversity conservation. Protecting this tract will also preserve scenic viewsheds along […]

2018 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program ChallengeRequest for Pre-Proposals

2018 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program ChallengeRequest for Pre-Proposals  The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) today announced that it is accepting pre-proposals for the 2018 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. Endowment for Forestryand Community’s […]