Press Releases

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SCFor IMMEDIATE RELEASE (January 27, 2014) Wood is the oldest form of raw material used to generate energy. Yet, the fact that trees have low energy density relative to other fuels and that in its natural state wood is usually one-half water by weight, challenges its competitive value […]

Carlton Owen, President and CEO of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment), today signed a master agreement with USDA Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell. The Endowment and the Forest Service have collaborated on numerous projects since the Endowment’s creation in 2006.  This new master agreement reflects the importance of this partnership and opens […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SCFor IMMEDIATE RELEASE (December 11, 2013) Carlton Owen, President and CEO of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment), praised Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s announcement of the public-private partnership between the Endowment and the USDA Forest Service aimed at rapid commercialization of cellulosic nanomaterial. ThePartnership’s primary goal […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SCFor IMMEDIATE RELEASE (December 10, 2013) The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) today announced a new partnership with three associations representing various segments of the wood-to-energy sector. Under terms of the agreement, Biomass Power Association (BPA), Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC), and the Pellet Fuels Institute […]

The U.S. Department of Defense today announced that it is accepting pre-proposals for the 2014 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program Challenge. The 2014 Challenge Request for Pre-Proposals and the downloadable PDF pre-proposal form are now available on the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Community’s (the Endowment) webpage. This information is also available by contacting Peter@runslikeclock.work. The deadline for […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) this past week welcomed the addition of two new members to its Board of Directors.  Judith Stockdale of Chicago, Illinois and Colin Moseley of Seattle, Washington were elected at the fall meeting of the Endowment board. The Endowment also announced the election of new officers for […]

A new modeling study conducted by the USDA Forest Service Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research highlights the role reforestation plays in reducing flooding and the volume of farmland-derived sediments in waterways in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley.  The study has been accepted for publication in the journal Ecological Engineering. Project leads Ying Ouyang, Ted Leininger, […]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (9.13.2013) While raging wildfires in the western U.S. dominate the evening news and disrupt the daily routines of tens of thousands of Americans, a new report points to the need for more and better markets for low- value, dead, and dying wood as one […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) and the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund (WPPSEF) are collaborating with the Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) to fund development of the first-ever efficiency testing standards for commercial biomass boilers in the U.S. “As informed consumers it is vitally important that we know how to […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Experts acknowledge the important role of forestlands in protecting ournation’s water quality. The U.S. Forest Service estimates that about two-thirds of our nation’sfreshwater resources originate in forests. Water utilities are increasingly taking responsibility for the health of local watersheds as the best way to ensure a long-term supply of clean water for […]