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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding a major push to try to store more carbon in New England’s forests. The agency said Wednesday that the New England…
$35 million for Wolfe’s Neck Farm and $30 million for the New England Forestry Foundation will help create market opportunities for Maine farmers and loggers using climate-smart production…
The U.S Department of Agriculture announced on Wednesday funding for what’s being called a potentially transformational pilot program to help forest landowners in Maine and the rest of New…
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…
WASHINGTON, DC – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the Biden-Harris Administration through the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 selected…
Kerry Gawalt and Stephen Leslie, who operate Cedar Mountain Farm in Hartland, are Northeast Region finalists for the 2022 Leopold Conservation Award, the winner to be announced in a few weeks,…
Three finalists have been selected for the 2022 New England Leopold Conservation Award. Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the prestigious award recognizes landowners who…
Several provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, recently signed into law by President Biden, could have a significant impact on New England’s carbon goals by expanding climate-smart forestry…
Vermont is the fourth most forested state in the country, with three-quarters of it covered in woods. Nearly 80 percent of its forests — an estimated 3.5 million acres — are owned not by the…
The Harris Center for Conservation Education has raised the funds to purchase and conserve two parcels south of Willard Pond, resulting in a total of 74 acres of new conservation in Antrim and…
Forests cover more than 60 percent of land in Massachusetts. To avert the most dire consequences of climate change, those woodlands must be protected, a recent report from the United Nations’…
WHATELY — An Easthampton couple has donated more than 75 acres of Whately forest to be conserved by the New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF). Robert and Susan Boone’s 78-acre property in West…
