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Coho Salmon in a river

Small tracts, big results

Forest Service expands conservation efforts in Oregon
Siuslaw National Forest
Editor’s Note: Ashleigh Bell is in the Masters of the Environment Graduate Program at the University of Colorado. She worked with the Forest Service as part of a Capstone Project that places students
Erik Cordtz, leads a string of pack mules into the Trinity Alps Wilderness.

Backcountry tough

Trails crew spend months living, working in the wilderness
Shasta-Trinity National Forest
Editor’s note: The Backcountry Trails Program, established in 1979, is the longest-running special program of the California Conservation Corps. For two decades, the program, in partnership with
Collage of pictures about the different tools that the natural resource specialists use in the field

Monitoring the giants: Tracking resilience of giant sequoias after wildfires

Burned sequoias teach experts about high-severity wildfires
Sequoia National Forest, Giant Sequoia National Monument
Editor’s Note: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is initiating emergency fuels reduction treatments in California to provide for the long-term survival of giant sequoia groves
The community of Old Fort celebrates at the new trailhead on the Pisgah National Forest.

Creating community

Pisgah National Forest embraces grassroots effort for access, economic opportunities
Pisgah National Forest
On a hot, southern Sunday afternoon, more than 500 people from the town of Old Fort, North Carolina, stood on a freshly laid Pisgah National Forest trail as four young girls cut a green ribbon
A worker restores historic structure

Great American Outdoors Act celebrates 2nd anniversary

Bitterroot National Forest, Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Editor’s Note: Today is the second anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act, which gave the Forest Service new opportunities to deliver benefits to Americans through major investments in
Black and White picture of a zone fire dispatcher at Shasta National Forest

Discovering dispatch

Behind the first call
Tahoe National Forest
As wildfires burn across the American west, firefighters from Maine to California respond to the call. But who initiates the call? Behind every engine, helicopter, fixed wing aircraft and firefighter
Desert landscape with cacti on the forefront

Inherit the fun

Coronado National Forest, Angeles National Forest, Comanche National Grassland, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, White Mountain National Forest
During this Great Outdoors Month, try to imagine you inherited millions of acres of forest and grasslands teaming with wild animals, brilliant wildflowers, deep blue lakes, rushing rivers, unspoiled