May 2008 – U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities, Inc.

RFP Call Seeks Help in Scoping Conservation Easement Project

The U.S. Endowment today released its fourth Request for Pre-proposal (RFP). “This particular project is an exciting first-step to scope the potential to pull disparate sources of land [...]

Endowment Endorses Rural Compact

The Board of Directors of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities has voted unanimously to endorse the “Rural Compact” — a set of principles for building stronger rural [...]

Report on Conservation Easements/Conservation Data Released

The U.S. Endowment today released a report entitled, Forest Conservation Easements: Who’s Keeping Track. The document not only summarizes findings from a convening of conservation interests [...]

The Rural Compact

This report explores the “state-of-the-issue” of community resilience of rural, often forest-based communities in the U.S. and offers a framework for which those interested in collaboration can [...]

Endowment “Webinar” Serves Foundation Peer

At the request of the Blandin Foundation and its “Vital Forests/Vital Communities” initiative, U.S. Endowment President Carlton Owen today conducted an hour-long “webinar.” The webinar was [...]