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17Oct

Meet the White Ash

Writing by NEFF Director of Forest Stewardship Chris Pryor White Ash is considered a pioneer to intermediate-successional species that thrives following natural and man-made disturbance to an ecosystem. It is a common species throughout New England, and is found in the Spruce-Fir and Northern Hardwood forest types covered by NEFF’s Exemplary Forestry standards for the […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted October 17, 2022
23Sep
 Canada Lynx

$1.5 Million NRCS Grant to Help Western Maine Landowners Improve Forest Habitat

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has awarded a $1.5 million Resource Conservation Partnership Program grant to the New England Forestry Foundation to expand its work with family forest owners to restore important forested habitat for fish, birds and other wildlife across western and northwestern Maine. This grant builds on […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted September 23, 2022
14Sep

$30 Million USDA Climate-Smart Commodities Award to Increase Carbon Storage in New England’s Forests

Media Contact: Andrea Colnes, NEFF Deputy Director & Climate Fellow, acolnes@newenglandforestry.org September 14, 2022 – Marking a transformative investment in our region’s forests, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program has awarded $30 million to the New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) and its partners to help forest landowners implement climate-smart forest […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted September 14, 2022
07Sep

Gaining Climate Momentum

Writing by NEFF Executive Director Bob Perschel and NEFF Communications Manager Tinsley Hunsdorfer After years of developing, practicing and promoting forest-based solutions to climate change, New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) is now perfectly positioned to take advantage of exciting, once in-a-lifetime opportunities like this year’s $1 billion USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Grant Program, which […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted September 7, 2022
15Aug

How Healthy Forests Can Best Mitigate Climate Change

Writing by NEFF Executive Director Bob Perschel, with an appendix of resources compiled and described by NEFF Senior Forest Science and Policy Fellow Alec Giffen and Ecologist and Science Writer Colleen Ryan. The United Nations and Forest-based Climate Solutions The IPCC August 2019 Special Report* states, “A sustainable forest management strategy aimed at maintaining or […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted August 15, 2022
20Jul

NEFF and Partners Apply for Game-Changing USDA Grant

Cutting carbon from our electricity and transportation sectors gets lots of attention, but protecting and growing natural carbon storage must play just as big a role in America’s climate plans. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has prioritized this approach, and its Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program has created a $1 billion grant process to help […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted July 20, 2022
30Jun

Phelon Memorial Forest

Location: Granville, MA | Size: 945 Acres | Amenities: Trails, Parking, Scenic Vistas, Rivers and Streams Writing by Tinsley Hunsdorfer, photography by Charlie Reinertsen Located a few miles from Tolland and Granville State Forests in southwest Massachusetts, NEFF’s Phelon Memorial Forest is a beautiful property with deep woodlands that open up to astonishing views, all […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted June 30, 2022
16Jun

NEFF’s Alec Giffen Receives Integrity in Conservation Award

This spring at the New England Society of American Foresters (NESAF) annual meeting in Portland, NEFF Senior Forest Science and Policy Fellow Alec Giffen was recognized during the Awards Banquet and presented with the Integrity in Conservation Award. The award recognizes, “an individual or organization working with natural resources who demonstrates adherence to principles and […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted June 16, 2022
08Jun

Meet NEFF’s New Board President

Rick Weyerhaeuser has been elected President of NEFF’s Board of Directors. Philip DeNormandie’s term as President ended in December 2021, and he will serve one more year on the Board in a new role as Immediate Past President before rotating off (learn more in NEFF’s “The Fun in Moving Forward” blog post). Rick, who is […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted June 8, 2022
08Jun

The Fun in Moving Forward

Writing by Tinsley Hunsdorfer, NEFF Communications Manager Philip DeNormandie—an integral member of the NEFF community, a champion of New England land conservation, and a driving force behind key NEFF successes—completed his tenure as President of the NEFF Board of Directors in December 2021, and will now serve one year as Immediate Past President, a new […]
By New England Forestry Foundation • Posted June 8, 2022
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