The Common Waters Fund, a project of the Pinchot Institute, recently awarded $250,000 in grants to forest owners in the Upper Delaware River Basin to develop forest management plans and implement sustainable management practices that protect water quality.

Visit the Pike County Courier for the full story.

Washington, DC – February 21st, 2013 – The Pinchot Institute for Conservation today announced that Anita Mielert of Simsbury, CT and Paul H. Wilson, Jr. of New York, NY, have been elected to the Institute’s board of directors.

The second phase of the Institute's "Next Generation" study of private forest landowners is beginning in Wisconsin. Institute President Al Sample discusses the study in this article in the Post-Crescent of Appleton, WI.

Click here for more information on the study.

Please visit our Scholarships and Fellowships page for more information.

Download application instructions (pdf)

Eric C. Sprague discusses "The State of Chesapeake Forests," a report by The Conservation Fund and the USDA Forest Service. The Institute is working with Chesapeake states to implement the report's recommendations. Click here for article.

This all came to mind for me today as I viewed a new series of videos posted by The Forest Guild with the support of The Pinchot Institute.  The series is basically one story told from four perspectives; renewable energy production, forest management, conservation and environmental protection, and policy. I found it interesting to see how one basic message can be tailored to four different audiences, and I appreciate their foresight to produce the series in that manner.

Click here to continue reading this post on the Go Wood Blog.

How valuable are forests--whether in the city, country, or wilderness-to the management of water resources? Join the Pinchot Institute at the American Water Resources Association (AWRA) 2013 Summer Specialty Conference June 26-28 in Hartford, CT.

VERNONIA — A cemetery may seem an unusual place to test the world’s first ground-based laser scanning forest carbon valuation system, but then again, a project that links carbon credits with health care is not the norm either.

Read the full article in The Daily Astorian or visit the Forest Health Human Health Initiative webpage to learn more.

Two dozen landowners across three states will share more than $175,000 in Common Waters Fund grants to develop forest management plans and implement sustainable management practices that protect water quality. The awards were distributed in September by the Pinchot Institute for Conservation.

Read the full article on The River Reporter's website.

Wayne County Conservation District Watershed Specialist Jamie Knecht talks about the Common Waters Fund on Wayne Pike Now, a weekly radio show in northeastern Pennsylvania.  The Common Waters Fund is a $1 million fund to maintain and improve the forests of the Upper Delaware Valley.  The Common Water Fund is administered by the Pinchot Institute for Conservation.

For more information about the Common Waters Fund or to download a podcast of the interview, visit Wayne Pike News .

The Pinchot Institute for Conservation’s Common Waters Fund has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the DuPont Clear Into the Future® Program.

Forest Service Chief Tidwell Urges Stronger Conservation Partnerships at Land Conservation Policy Symposium in New Haven

On climate change, the Obama administration seems to be finding its voice.

That was not always the case: because President Obama was not about to let climate change disrupt his second-term chances, during his first term he sat quietly as Republicans vociferously attacked anyone trying to construct an effective climate-change policy for the nation.

These assaults, Anthony Leiserowitz of Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies told Bill Moyers recently, were part of a larger "disinformation campaign" that the fossil-fuel industry has funded: "I mean, they're very happy, thank you very much, with the status quo," delighted with the results of their actions "to get people to believe that the experts do not agree."

Among those who deferred was the Obama administration, and that's still true to some extent. In mid-February more than 40,000 climate activists rallied around the White House as part of the nation's largest such fossil-free rally ever, but the president was a no-show. Instead, he was on a Florida golf course, shooting a sunny round with oil-and-gas executives.

This tone-deaf moment aside, off the links President Obama and the executive branch are starting to speak about the urgent need to protect life on Earth.

Continue reading on KCET.org...

Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell spoke to WNPR about the centennial of the Weeks Act from the Pinchot Institute's Symposium, "Forest Land Conservation in the 21st Century" at Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.  Listen to the interview here or learn more about the symposium and the Weeks Act Centennial here.