The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today announced $500,000 in awards to CTrees and Spatial Informatics Group (SIG) through its Technology Solutions to Improve Forest Health and Forest Management initiative. CTrees will receive $300,000 to develop Forest Asset Intelligence: The Wood Triangle, while Spatial Informatics Group will receive $200,000 to develop and deploy the Planscape Bioeconomy Module. The initiative supports practical technology solutions that can improve forest health outcomes, strengthen wood markets, support forest management decision-making and increase operational effectiveness. Projects were also evaluated for their potential to be applied more broadly across regions, ownership types and markets.

• $300,000: CTrees will develop Forest Asset Intelligence: The Wood Triangle, an integrated measurement and decision-support system that connects information across forests, mills and markets. 
• $200,000: Spatial Informatics Group (SIG) will develop and deploy the Planscape Bioeconomy Module, an extension of the free, open-source Planscape decision-support platform.