Press Releases

November 17, 2008: Greenville, SC – for immediate release The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today announced the selection of three areas as “Forest Investment Zones” under a multi-million dollar initiative designed to advance healthy working forests and vibrant forest-reliant communities across America. The organizations and areas identified as Forest Investment Zones […]

Jim Hoolihan, President of the Minnesota-based Blandin Foundation and Bernadine Joselyn, Blandin’s Director, Public Policy & Engagement, met with the Endowment’s Board of Directors at its recent meeting in Minneapolis.  “We took advantage of our Minnesota visit to hear and learn from one of the most successful foundations in America…and we learned a great deal,” […]

At its Board of Directors meeting in Minneapolis, MN, November 3-4, 2008, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) re-elected four members to new three-year terms.  Those with terms expiring and who were re-elected were Peggy Clark, Mil Duncan, Bruce Miles and Jim Rinehart.  Additionally, two officers — Mil Duncan, Vice Chair and […]

Dovetail Partners, a collaborator with the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, this week issued a call for assistance in identifying information from across the nation regarding business clustering within the forest products sector.  The intent is to assess the existence of “clusters” that lead to increased value, efficiency or productivity for all participants.  For […]

The U.S. Endowment hosted a meeting in Seattle on September 21st where a broad cross section of forest industry leaders from Canada and the U.S. gathered to drill down on learnings from the Endowment’s study on the potential for commodity check-offs (see related story dated August 22, 2008) to aid in keeping forests in forests […]

The University of Tennessee (UT) has been selected to take the lead on RFP 2008-005 “The State of Wood-based Bio-Energy/Technologies and Industries in North America.”   “We are especially pleased to have the UT Office of Bioenergy Programs collaborating with the USDA Forest Service and the Sun Grant Initiative to undertake this important work,” said Carlton […]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities and the National Alliance of Forest Owners today released a survey to solicit input on barriers as well as possible incentives to “keeping large forested parcels in working forests.”  “While we designed this survey as a quick means to solicit ideas and opinions from a targeted list of […]

The Endowment today released the results of a study — Commodity “Check-offs” The Potential for North American Softwood Lumber:  Overview — reviewing the potential to use agricultural check-offs to grow markets for forest products across North America.  “We’re especially encouraged by information generated by this particular work,” said Carlton Owen, Endowment President.  “Check-offs have enormous […]

Art Williams joined the Endowment team as the Fall 2008/Spring 2009 Intern.  Williams is a May 2008 graduate of Furman University with a degree in History and Concentration Study in Earth and Environmental Sciences.  A native of Monroe, Georgia, he plans to return home in the fall of 2009 and pursue a Masters of Forest […]

The Endowment is pursuing work on woody biomass and potential biofuels along two tracks.  To learn more about the thinking behind these efforts, read the latest Blog — “Wood, Trees and Forests in the 21st Century Bio-Economy.”