Press Releases

The State of Institutional Woody Biomass Facilities in the United States, a report just released by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment), is available at www.usendowment.org.  This report, based on research by Katie Premo, Endowment intern, and Kate MacFarland, USDA Forest Service (USFS) staff, fills the gap and points to the growth […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today announced the addition of Signe Cann as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  “We are indeed fortunate to find someone with such rich experience, but perhaps more importantly, one who shares the passion for our mission as well,” said Endowment President Carlton Owen. In her role with […]

In 2010, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) announced creation of a one-of-a-kind database of industrial and selected community-scale users of wood-to-energy facilities across North America. Today the Endowment is unveiling major improvements in the database.  The site — www.wood2energy.org — is a searchable database open to anyone with interest in the state of […]

Two sites in the Carolinas have been selected as pilots for the launch of a collaborative $1.2 million grant program to help stem the loss of African American owned forests.  The program is a joint venture of the U. S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and the USDA […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) has awarded a $42,000 grant to two USDA Forest Service scientists to synthesize existing research about the impacts of floodplain reforestation and forest management practices on water quality and flood attenuation. Dr. Ying Ouyang, a research hydrologist for the USDA Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research at […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today made its first foray into engaging citizen scientists by putting its support behind a planned mobile phone application, developed by the Institute of Forest Biotechnology, designed to aid scientist in tracking forest disease and pest outbreaks around the globe. “For more than three years the […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today released its 2012 Annual Report. Creating financial linkages between urban water consumers and the rural forest landowners who produce their water, as well as featuring the key role that working forests play in helping buffer Department of Defense installations from incompatible development that affects military readiness, […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today announced that Tracy Mehan, a principal with The Cadmus Group, Inc., of Waltham, Massachusetts, has been retained to coordinate the Endowment’s source water protection efforts. “An estimated two out of three Americans receive their drinking water from a forested watershed,” noted Carlton Owen, the Endowment’s […]

Wood energy pellets: love them or hate them. It all depends upon your perspective and understanding. That’s why the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today released two new reports on the rapidly-growing wood energy pellet industry: “The Wood Pellet Value Chain: An economic analysis of the wood pellet supply chain from the […]

Stoneville, MS – A public-private partnership between Mississippi River Trust, Walton Family Foundation, U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) offers conservation funding to owners of flood-prone farm land.  The voluntary, four-year program seeks to convert 40,000 acres of frequently-flooded farm land into […]