Ross Foundation

In 2024, the Ross Foundation continued its conservation forestry program using diverse management techniques, including natural stand management, plantation stand management, hardwood management, and unique plant and habitat area management. Goals focus on combining these techniques to sustain diverse stands supporting plant and habitat variety across all owned lands and managed as charitable assets.To meet its mission, a full-time team of professionals, including foresters, biologists, and technicians, oversees the program.In 2024, the Foundation spent $531,893 on staff salaries and benefits, $379,400 on contractor services, supplies, and operating costs for habitat improvement, reforestation, and forest management. It also purchased 556.43 acres of timberland for $1,379,196 and upgraded outdated equipment at a cost of $72,339.