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Climate-Smart Forestry Incentive Program Launches in Southern New England, Benefitting Landowners, Rural Economies and More

Dec. 6, 2024

With the launch of its GROH Forests Program, New England Forestry Foundation’s climate-smart forestry incentives for landowners are now available region-wide LITTLETON, MA – Woodland owners in…

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New England Forestry Foundation Purchases, Conserves 1,285 Acres of Worcester County Forestlands

Nov. 6, 2024

NEFF, America’s 6th-Largest Land Trust, Surpasses 40,000 Acres Conserved Through Ownership Littleton, MA (November 6, 2024) – New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) has announced the purchase of…

Boston Globe

Forests can be managed to support ecology and produce climate-smart wood

Nov. 4, 2024

LETTERS We can’t afford to choose between locally sourced wood products and increasing forest carbon storage. About 7 million people live in Massachusetts. We use nearly 360 million cubic feet…

Bangor Daily News

Maine couple honored for 45 years of farm and forest conservation

Oct. 19, 2024

by Elizabeth Walztoni More than 45 years ago, David Tracy Moskovitz and Bambi Jones bought 100 acres to start an organic farm in the midcoast town of Whitefield. Over the next four decades, they…

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Maine Forestland Owners Receive Leopold Conservation Award

Oct. 19, 2024

David Moskovitz and Bambi Jones of Whitefield, Maine have been selected as the recipients of the 2024 New England Leopold Conservation Award. The award honors farmers and forestland owners who go…

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New England Forestry Foundation Announces Ryan Owens as Next Executive Director

Sep. 26, 2024

Littleton, Mass. (September 26, 2024) – The New England Forestry Foundation, America’s sixth-largest land trust with more than 1.2 million acres conserved, has selected Ryan Owens as its next…

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Finalists Selected for New England Leopold Conservation Award

Aug. 12, 2024

Four finalists have been selected for the 2024 New England Leopold Conservation Award. The award honors farmers and forestland owners who go above and beyond in their management of soil health,…

Kennebec Journal

Opinion: Climate-smart forestry can grow Maine’s bioeconomy

Jul. 31, 2024

Realizing the carbon benefits of forests requires a systems approach, combining ecological and climate objectives. Andrea Colnes | Special to the Press Herald U.S. Department of Agriculture…

Portland Press Herald

Opinion: Climate-smart forestry can grow Maine’s bioeconomy

Jul. 31, 2024

Realizing the carbon benefits of forests requires a systems approach, combining ecological and climate objectives. Author: Andrea Colnes is deputy director and climate fellow at the New England…

Maine Public

Maine landowners to test climate smart forestry

Jul. 11, 2024

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire Six commercial woodland owners have been selected to pilot climate smart forestry that advocates hope could help store millions more tons of fossil fuel emissions in…

Portland Press Herald

Pilot program will pay Maine’s big forest owners to increase carbon storage

Jul. 11, 2024

Penelope Overton The foundation estimates the 12,000 enrolled acres have the potential to store an additional 250,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide through the adoption of climate-smart practices.…

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First Commercial Landowners Join New Climate-Smart Forestry Initiative

Jul. 11, 2024

Pioneering Program from New England Forestry Foundation, USDA Climate-Smart Commodities Partnership July 11, 2024 – New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) has selected six landowners to pilot…