U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities

Our latest News Wrap is packed with two months of exciting updates! Click the link below to learn what January and February held for the Endowment and our partners: https://heyor.ca/YJBx1U #WorkingForests #SustainableForests #ForestProud #Communities

Here’s some sustainable hardwood history to celebrate March’s big college basketball tournament! Endowment and USDA Forest Service partner, Menominee Tribal Enterprises—a sustainable forest products manufacturer owned by the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin—has supplied the beautiful maple basketball court flooring for both the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Final Fours since 1985. Learn more: https://heyor.ca/sHMzV9 #WorkingForests #SustainableForests #ForestProud #Communities #NCAAFinalFour

It’s a mass timber March! Check out these events focused on the promotion and celebration of this vital forest product. 🪵 For more information on the International Mass Timber Conference (a.k.a. the largest gathering of mass timber experts in the world 🌎), click here: https://heyor.ca/PNA9e2 #WorkingForests #SustainableForests #ForestProud #Communities #MassTimber

Working forests are responsibly managed forestlands that provide a steady, renewable supply of wood for daily use. The Working Forests Initiative, a collaborative American forestry industry effort supported in part by the Endowment, provides helpful information about today’s working forests and the communities they support. Learn more by visiting their website: https://bit.ly/3LSO3Kl #WorkingForests #SustainableForests #ForestProud #Communities #ForestFriday

Last month, members of our Endowment team traveled to Ithaca, NY to meet with one of our newest Resilient Forests Support Fund partners, Khuba International. The visit included a tour of the organization’s learning farm and a snowy hike through the forest. Resilient Forests Support Fund partners seek to connect forest landowners to emerging markets, and Khuba International will support this goal by providing resources and assistance for forest landowners in the northeast United States. #WorkingForests #SustainableForests #ForestProud #Communities

Valentine's Day is a perfect day to explore the beauty and resilience of our nation's forests with someone special. ❤️🌲 Use this helpful USDA Forest Service search tool to find a forest near you: https://bit.ly/4ghCrg9 #WorkingForests #SustainableForests #ForestProud #Communities

The Endowment extends congratulations to two impactful industry organizations who have each contributed to keeping working forests working for 125 years! Congratulations to the Society of American Foresters and Weyerhaeuser on their respective landmark anniversaries. 1️⃣2️⃣5️⃣🎉 #WorkingForests #SustainableForests #ForestProud #Communities

🚨🌲 RFP REMINDER! 🚨🌲 The pre-screen submission deadline for our second round Impact Investing Program RFP is THIS WEDNESDAY, February 5th at 5:00 PM PST. $6.5 million in funding opportunities are available, so please visit the following website to learn more and to apply: ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ecOKJU #WorkingForests #SustainableForests #ForestProud #Communities #RFP

In honor of #WorldWetlandsDay today, we're revisiting the water-related programs and projects of our 2024 Innovative Finance for National Forests (IFNF) Program grantees! Learn more about the impactful work these organizations—and the other 2024 IFNF grantees—are doing by visiting our website: https://bit.ly/40FLUby The Freshwater Trust, City of Cheyenne, Rural Action #WorkingForests #SustainableForests #ForestProud #Communities #Watersheds #ForestedWatersheds #DrinkingWater

Endowment President and CEO, Pete Madden, recently penned an insightful article for The Post and Courier promoting the benefits of wood biomass—low-value timber, such as small-diameter trees and other wood waste that typically lack strong markets—as a promising way to keep South Carolina’s working forests working. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/3WEn6PQ #WorkingForests #SustainableForests #ForestProud #Communities