Infrastructure - Dams
Twin Lakes Dam on the Alleghany National Forest (USDA Forest Service photo by Amy Crews)
Over 3000 dams are located on national forests and grasslands. The Forest Service operates and maintains approximately 1500 of these dams for which the agency accepts legal ownership on behalf of the…
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2024 Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing program
Aug. 8, 2024 Update: Expanded Mental Health Resources for Federal Wildland Fire Personnel
Deputy Chief John Crockett, State, Private, and Tribal Forestry
We all know that wildland firefighting is a tough and physically dangerous job. But what often doesn’t get talked about enough is the mental toll it takes…
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CNNF joined forces to share community development resources and information
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Public Affairs Officer Veronica Hinke provides information about available grant funds to community leaders during the Rural Partners Network “Progress Through Action” workshop in Rothschild, Wisconsin on June 13. (Photo courtesy of Chad Atkinson, mitigation section…
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Trade changes strengthen relationship between CCCs and forests
Forestry Conservation and Firefighting instructor Wade Kelly emphasizes hands-on learning for his students to ensure his students are well-trained with a broad base of knowledge. From left, Cass Forestry students Mathew McChristian, Titus Harris and Ty Henley dig plots to assist with a class put on by…
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Forest Service joins forces to restore habitats, support wildfire crisis strategy
A masticator prepares to grind and chew up brush in the Mule Deer Foundation project area on June 20, 2024. A keystone agreement between MDF and the Forest Service will result in the mastication of 2,314 acres of surface fuels over the next three months on the Tonto National Forest Globe Ranger District in…
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Collaboration gets the waters flowing
The South Platte River flows freely following the recent removal of an obsolete dam near Lake George, Colorado. Researchers from the Rocky Mountain Research Station, the Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, and the University of Colorado Boulder visited the…