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Chief reflects on challenging rewards

Chief Christiansen credits agency employees for many of her accomplishments

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Your Next Adventure

4 Tips for Planning Your Next National Forest Adventure

A team of fire managers in 2018 hovers over maps of the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest to evaluate where best to focus resources in the event of a wildfire.

Managing wildfires before they start

Agency scientists believe picking our battles is the key to living with wildfire

U.S. Coast Guard elite search and rescue crews are world renowned for their maritime rescue capabilities. The Coast Guard plays a role in search and rescue operations in remote, coastal locations like those found in and around the Tongass National Forest and Chugach National Forest in Alaska.

Search and rescue cases on the rise

Take extra precautions when visiting national forests, grasslands

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Guide to outdoors through history

Agency employee named among ‘10 under 40’ leaders

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