Asset Creation

Creating new and growing economic value for landowners, whether through developing new markets or strengthening existing sectors and supply chains, helps prevent working forests from being converted to other uses, promotes sustainable forest management, and is central to the Endowment’s mission. Through investment in rural, forest-based communities, the Endowment aims to build family wealth, improve forest health, and increase productivity through four primary mechanisms: secure land tenure, forest management plans, forest practices, and access to markets.