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01Dec

A Forest-Focused Future for Northwest Massachusetts

NEFF is helping the Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership kickstart the local forest-based economy Writing by NEFF Outreach Manager Lisa Hayden. Forests blanket the Northern Berkshire Mountains and rolling foothills, where the Hoosic and Deerfield Rivers wind their way down slopes and across valleys, enriching the soil for crops. For millennia, Indigenous Peoples inhabited these hills, […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted December 1, 2022
21Nov

COP27 Wrap Up—What Did We Learn, What Did We Share?

New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) Deputy Director and Climate Fellow Andi Colnes live-blogged from United Nations climate-change conference COP27 in Egypt from Nov. 14-17, and has now written a final wrap-up post during one of the several flights that brought her home. Writing by Andrea Colnes Globally, in session after session and COP after COP, […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted November 21, 2022
17Nov

Wheel-View Farm Receives New England Leopold Conservation Award

Wheel-View Farm of Shelburne, Massachusetts has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 New England Leopold Conservation Award. Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the prestigious award recognizes those who inspire others with their dedication to land, water and wildlife resources in their care. John and Carolyn Wheeler, the owners and operators […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted November 17, 2022
17Nov

NEFF at COP27: Day 4

New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) Deputy Director and Climate Fellow Andi Colnes is live blogging from United Nations climate-change conference COP27 in Egypt from Nov. 14-17. Read about her fourth day below. Writing by Andrea Colnes Lula is in, Bolsonaro is out. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recently defeated Jair Bolsonaro, considered a climate nightmare […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted November 17, 2022
16Nov

NEFF at COP27: Day 3

New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) Deputy Director and Climate Fellow Andi Colnes is live blogging from United Nations climate-change conference COP27 in Egypt from Nov. 14-17. Read about her third day below. Writing by Andrea Colnes Ok, it’s climate finance day for me at the COP—time to get a bit technical and look under the […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted November 16, 2022
15Nov

NEFF at COP27: Day 2

New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) Deputy Director and Climate Fellow Andi Colnes is live blogging from United Nations climate-change conference COP27 in Egypt from Nov. 14-17. Read about her second day below. Writing by Andrea Colnes. Pictured above: A side event in the Youth for Climate pavilion. I’m standing in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted November 15, 2022
14Nov

NEFF at COP27: Day 1

New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) Deputy Director and Climate Fellow Andi Colnes is live blogging from United Nations climate-change conference COP27 in Egypt from Nov. 14-17. Read about her first day below. Writing by Andrea Colnes Three flights, two days of travel, gorgeous yellow-green lizards on the wall outside my room, and I’ve finally arrived […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted November 14, 2022
14Nov

Woodland Narratives: Connections and Conservation Successes Five Generations in the Making

Writing and photography by NEFF Communications Manager Tinsley Hunsdorfer. Top photo: Patrick Whalen and NEFF Conservation Easement Director Andrew Bentley tour the Whalen forestlands during NEFF’s 2022 easement visit When the extended Whalen family recently set out to create a conservation legacy in Mount Holly, Vermont, they connected five past-and-present generations with those yet to […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted November 14, 2022
10Nov

New England Forestry Foundation Heads to COP27

This week’s Boston Globe reports that “New England’s forests are an underused tool in the climate fight.” New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) Deputy Director and Climate Fellow Andi Colnes heads off to the United Nations climate-change conference COP27 in Egypt on Sunday to bring this message to the international stage, make new connections, and spread […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted November 10, 2022
26Oct

New Highstead Report Highlights Regional Forests’ Untapped Climate-Mitigation Potential

The Highstead Foundation’s new report, New England’s Climate Imperative: Our Forests as a Natural Climate Solution, highlights New England forests’ untapped potential in the fight against climate change and indicates they could sequester at least 20 percent of the region’s current emissions and, if all New England states meet their emissions-reduction goals, up to 97 percent […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted October 26, 2022
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