Press Releases

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced that domestic manufacturers and importers of softwood lumber have voted to approve the formation of [...]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today announced that it has engaged former U.S. Ambassador, David H. Wilkins, as outside general counsel. “When our current [...]

Torrefied wood may be an excellent companion to coal as utilities across the nation seek ways to increase the use of renewable energy sources and reduce their carbon footprint.  The first in a [...]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today released a series of “Endowment Initiative Overviews.”   “As part of our commitment to transparency and in [...]

Last evening before a star-studded crowd representing the who’s who of forests in the U.S., Secretary of Agriculture  Tom Vilsack went where none of his predecessors had ever gone.  Using [...]

What do Amazon rainforests and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) have in common?  Tamar Datan. Datan, Executive Vice President of the Virginia-based Amazon [...]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today released copies of its Annual Report 2010.  “Given that the United Nations declared 2011 as the International Year of [...]

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) today announced that it is partnering with an ad-hoc group of U.S. hardwood industry leaders operating as the “Blue Ribbon [...]

In its landmark report, “Private Forests, Public Benefits” the USDA Forest Service identified the 15 watersheds across the nation most threatened by increased housing [...]

Since launching its Healthy Forests; Healthy Watersheds Initiative in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service in early 2010, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities [...]