Retaining North Carolina’s Working Forests
In North Carolina, forestry is a major economic driver, employing an estimated 80,000 people and adding nearly $5 billion to the State’s gross domestic product. The 33 counties in the eastern part of the state are among the most productive timberlands in the world, but forestry is only part of the story. Working forests here […]
Partnership for Southern Forestland Conservation – Contractor Job Opening
If helping conserve Southern working forests for the economic, cultural, and environmental benefits they provide is your passion, then the U.S. Endowment has a contract opportunity for you. The Endowment seeks a highly-motivated contractor to help implement the Partnership for Southern Forestland Conservation’s newly-minted strategy. The Partnership (www.pfsfc.org), a coalition of about 35 agencies and […]
Woody Biomass Joint Venture Enters Second Phase
U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (May 15, 2012) “Two years ago the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) and the USDA Forest Service announced a $4 million joint venture to advance promising community-scale wood-to-energy technologies and wood procurement systems. We had hoped the recession was sputtering to […]
REPI Georgia/Florida Pilot Program Application Available
The application form for the 2012 Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) Challenge: A New Model to Accelerate and Expand Base Buffering Outcomes – Georgia/Florida Pilot Program is now available on the U.S. Endowment’s web page. Interested applicants may download the fillable pdf or via email by contacting cameron@dev.usendowment.org. The deadline for proposals is April 13, 2012. “The purpose […]
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) and its partners at the National Association of State Foresters, today released the third edition in the new “Issues in the Forest” series – “BIOCHAR: Turning Wood to Gold.” “The information age is yielding an overload for many professionals and others interested in staying abreast of the facts of issues important to forests, forestry, and the forest-products sector,” said Endowment President Carlton Owen. “We’ve designed theIssues in the Forest series to help break through the clutter and allow a high-level overview of a single topic while trying to navigate the course of providing facts without advocating specific positions or outcomes.” The third issue in the series looks at biochar a byproduct of certain wood-to-energy processes and a potential value-added output that is touted as a soil amendment; carbon stabilizer; moisture retention agent, and much more.
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) and its partners at the National Association of State Foresters, today released the third edition in the new “Issues in the Forest” series – “BIOCHAR: Turning Wood to Gold.” “The information age is yielding an overload for many professionals and others interested in staying abreast of the […]
World Forestry Day 2012
In recognition of World Forestry Day, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) has joined with The Conservation Fund’s ShadeFund, the Forest Guild, Dovetail Partners, and the Pinchot Institute to create a multimedia project titled, “24 Ways Forestry Improves Our Lives.” “Forests play a wide array of important roles in our lives. From […]
Endowment’s 5th Anniversary Offers Opportunity for Input, Collaboration
“We are notorious ‘borrowers’ of great ideas,” says U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities President Carlton Owen. “One of the things that has made our young organization successful is our willingness to ask others for their input and to look to other sectors for great ideas that could be applied in new ways.” Perhaps there […]
Endowment Releases Report on Wood-to-Energy in the Northern Tier
Lack of a clear and consistent national energy policy, confusing and sometimes contradictory state policies, and a lack of parity in terms of government programs and incentives with other renewable energy sources are major barriers to expansion of woody biomass for thermal use, say experts convened by the U. S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities […]
Endowment Endorses National Museum of Forest Service History
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities today provided a letter of endorsement to the National Museum of Forest Service History. “One of the toughest things about our work is having to say no to so many worthy projects,” said Endowment President Carlton Owen. “The needs are great but the resources are very limited. To advance […]
Endowment Elects John Kulhavi to Board of Directors
Retired Brigadier General John G. Kulhavi (U.S. Army – Retired) of White Lake, Michigan, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities. “We couldn’t be more pleased that someone with General Kulhavi’s experience has agreed to serve on the Endowment’s Board,” said Mack Hogans, Chairman of the Board. “John is […]