Webinar: Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Request for Proposals Process

[U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities]

to discuss the application process and field questions from potential applicants. You can sign up for the webinar here.

Background

From 2016 to 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Forest Service (USFS), and the U. S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities will invest more than $4 million to stabilize African American forestland ownership across generations and enhance family wealth by increasing income and land asset value through sustainable forestry.     

While continued support will be provided to existing projects in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama, the Endowment seeks new proposals by 5:00 pm eastern on April 4, 2016 from lead organizations working with networks of public and private organizations that support forest owners in multi-county regions with significant African American populations in rural Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, western Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.  These projects will provide forestry services and restorative and preventative services to resolve heirs’ property issues.   Successful lead organizations and their networks will work closely with NRCS state conservationists and state forestry agencies. 

to discuss the application process and field questions from potential applicants. Please sign up for the webinar here.