20Jul
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 […]
13Jan
Mass Timber Goes Primetime
Writing by NEFF Forest Policy Fellow Connor Rockett Top photo: A contemporary cross-laminated timber house under construction With a nightly audience of more than a million viewers, the PBS Newshour brought mass timber construction into the spotlight in a recent segment about the Ascent Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The 25-story apartment building will be the […]
By 36creative • Posted January 13, 2022
04Dec
Forest-to-Cities Roundup | Spring and Summer 2021
Writing by NEFF Forest Policy Fellow Connor Rockett and NEFF Climate-Forest Specialist Jen Shakun Top photo: Architecture graduate students from Wentworth Institute of Technology toured NEFF’s Prouty Woods property in Littleton, MA this summer and learned about sustainability in the mass timber supply chain. New England Forestry Foundation’s Forest-to-Cities Climate Challenge (FTC) is helping to […]
By 36creative • Posted December 4, 2021
14Oct
Climate Solutions: Putting New England’s Woods to Work
Learn how we’re beginning to put Exemplary Forestry to work across the region, while also championing the sustainable wood these standards produce as a replacement for other, more energy-intensive building materials. In summer 2021, New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) ran a climate solutions special issue of its newsletter, Into the Woods. The issue’s introduction and […]
By 36creative • Posted October 14, 2021
14Oct
Climate Solutions: A New Climate Wedge
How much carbon dioxide can New England forests remove from or keep out of the atmosphere? In summer 2021, New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) ran a climate solutions special issue of its newsletter, Into the Woods. The issue’s introduction and four articles are closely tied together, and so have been posted online as a single […]
By 36creative • Posted October 14, 2021
14Oct
Climate Solutions: Climate, NEFF and the Next Five Years
In summer 2021, New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) ran a climate solutions special issue of its newsletter, Into the Woods. The issue’s introduction and four articles are closely tied together, and so have been posted online as a single series of blog posts. Here are links to the series: Post 1 (this post), Climate Solutions: […]
By 36creative • Posted October 14, 2021
11Oct
The Latest From NEFF’s Initiatives
New England Forestry Foundation’s initiatives continue to drive forward innovation in conservation and sustainable forestry. Keep reading for an in-depth look at NEFF’s overall programmatic goals, and for individual progress reports from fiscal year 2020-2021. This year marked the launch of the Exemplary Forestry Center (the “Center”) at NEFF—the vehicle we will use to take […]
By 36creative • Posted October 11, 2021
17Feb
Winter Harvests
Why does New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) harvest in winter, and what does climate change mean for the future of forestry? Writing by NEFF Director of Forest Stewardship Chris Pryor and Chief Operating Officer Frank Lowenstein Winter in New England. Hard ground, blanketed by cushioning snow. For generations, these conditions have made winter the time […]
By 36creative • Posted February 17, 2021
25Aug
A Conservation Journey
Writing by Tinsley Hunsdorfer, photo of First Light Boatworks’ wooden power boats by Christopher Smith Photography NY/Cape Cod
By 36creative • Posted August 25, 2020
22Jun
NEFF Launches Climate Challenge
Want to help reduce the climate crisis and create a more livable New England? Join the Forest-to-Cities Climate Challenge Writing by Jennifer Shakun, Frank Lowenstein and Tinsley Hunsdorfer. New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) is pleased to announce the official launch of its Forest-to-Cities Climate Challenge, NEFF’s newest initiative and a key component of our climate […]