Keeping Forests announced today that Dr. Lauren Ward has been selected as the new Director of Strategic Initiatives for the partnership. A seasoned veteran of the conservation arena, Dr. Ward will join us effective November 28th.

On November 15th, Keeping Forests recognizes the importance of America Recycles Day America Recycles Day was started by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to highlight the impact of recycling.

Nacogdoches, TX - Water is essential to all living things. This basic necessity is being increasingly diminished in the Western U.S. due to droughts and increased demand due to population growth. The State of Texas divides what we consider the West and the South and serves as a warning to other Southern states of what could be to come. Keeping Forests is striving to protect southern forests by supporting private landowners whose forests provide clean air and water, recreational opportunities, wildlife habitat and forest products.

Oliver, GA - The South Georgia summers are known for their brutal heat and humidity. If you can time it right first thing in the morning, sometimes you get a cool breeze. The early hours of the day are filled with the dawn chorus. Most mornings, you can find EJ Williams, Vice President of the Southeast Region for the American Bird Conservancy (ABC), in the forest. Williams has been a proud advocate for working forests and the role they play in providing bird habitat across the U.S. South.

I can remember the very first meeting of Keeping Forests that I attended. There were seven of us gathered in a conference room that January at the U.S. Forest Service’s Atlanta office. We were there to answer one question:

How do we conserve and sustain the 245 million acres of remaining forest in the South?

While we knew that the question wouldn’t be resolved that day, there was something powerful that we walked away with: we believed that we could.

Keeping Forests announced today that Laura Calandrella has been selected as the next Executive Director for the partnership. An experienced leader, Calandrella will succeed Scott Davis who retired this past April.

Calandrella brings 17 years of experience leading…

Keeping Forests is seeking applications for an experienced leader to serve as Executive Director. This leader will be focused on leveraging the power of collaboration to create new and innovative pathways for forest conservation in the southern United States. The deadline for applications is July 15.

In 2019, construction of educational facilities in the United States totalled $98 billion, accounting for more than 101 million square feet of construction and 25% of non-residential construction. As school districts look to improve the sustainability of their schools and cut costs in the construction process, mass timber provides the perfect solution…

Keeping Forests, through a partnership with the Georgia Forestry Foundation, recently released a short documentary to bring awareness to the importance of forests to drinking water quality and quantity while highlighting the Savannah River Clean Water Fund, a forests and water conservation success story…

In 2021, the Traditional Forest Products workstream took over the Ask For Wood, Ask for Paper campaign to continue addressing the need to educate the public about the benefits of wood in the built environment. This campaign was designed to connect forest landowners, foresters, conservationists…

Currently serving as the first director for the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Shan Arora isn't who you'd expect to be advocating for mass timber, but he is a vocal champion for forestry and wood in the built environment…

The Savannah River Clean Water Fund is an ecosystem services project that includes portions of Georgia and South Carolina along the Savannah River. The program includes a broad group of stakeholders, including five drinking water utilities participating as buyers…