Endowment Joins Others in Project to Establish Efficiency Standards for Wood-Fired Boilers
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 […]
SFI and U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities Spur Collaboration Among Water Utilities and Forest Landowners to Protect Watersheds
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 […]
Endowment Releases Report from Canada/ U.S. Forest Health Summit II
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today released the report and recommendations resulting from the Canada/U.S. Forest Health Summit II. The Summit, held March 26-27, 2013 in Ottawa, Canada, was attended by nearly 50 senior forestry officials from both the public and private sectors across Canada and the U.S. The meeting was […]
Former Society of American Foresters Executive to Join Endowment
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today announced that Michael Goergen, chief executive officer and executive vice-president of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) for the past 10 years, will be joining the Endowment effective September 15, 2013. Goergen announced his resignation July 15 to SAF membership where his tenure spans 17 […]
100,000 Conservation Easements and Counting!
A milestone for private landowner contributions to natural resource conservation was reached this week with the addition of the 100,000th easement to the National Conservation Easement Database (Easement Database; www.conservationeasement.us). This unique collaboration is the only comprehensive system for managing and accessing information on publicly and privately held conservation easements. Reliable data about what lands […]
Endowment and NCIF Invest to Enhance Viability of Nation’s Timber Harvesters
U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (July 15, 2013) America’s forest landowners and forest products industries rely heavily on a cadre of small businesses for the harvesting and transporting of trees. If those small businesses don’t thrive, forest landowners andconverting mills suffer. The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the […]
Footage from Jefferson County Expo now on YouTube
On April 27, 2013, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities hosted the Jefferson Opportunity Expo in Louisville, GA. Presenters included several national and regional experts about programs that encourage saving toward home ownership, education, and entrepreneurship as a pathway out of poverty and three women who succeeded in those programs. Their presentations are informative, […]
Department of Defense Grant Protects Florida’s Forests
More than 20,000 acres of longleaf pine and other forests near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, will be permanently protected through one of two grants announced for the 2013 Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative Challenge (REPI) Challenge Program. The Eglin easement is the largest land transaction in the REPI program’s history. It adds to the […]
Sustainable Finance Strategies for Watershed Protection
Nearly 100 years ago the leaders of a sleepy southern textile town took unprecedented steps to ensure that its citizens would have secure and readily available drinking water for decades to come. There was only one problem – those decades did come and so did lots more people. Today, Greenville, South Carolina, home to the […]
Agriculture Secretary cites Endowment Partnership
On Monday, June 17, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack participated in his very first Google+ Hangout to discuss opportunities available through USDA’s StrikeForce Initiative for Rural Growth and Opportunity. In the last five minutes of the Hangout, the Endowment-led Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Program was cited as an exemplary partnership (see clip above). […]