Get your community engagement efforts counted
Activities such as wildlife viewing with Woodsy Owl and Forest Service staff engage the public in learning about stewardship and are a great example of activities to report into the NICE Database Application. USDA Forest Service photo by Kim Winter.
WASHINGTON, DC—Thanks to the NatureWatch, Interpretation…
#ConservationEducation, #Youth, #Community, #Education
Communities coalescing
Jamestown Mitigation Project Vimeo.mp4 from The Watershed Center on Vimeo.America’s western forests are at risk. We are losing natural treasures to increasingly severe and frequent wildfires. These fires rage through overgrown, dense forests, fueled by drought, wind and terrain. And they threaten nearby towns and cities that rely on these forests for water and recreational opportunities.To…
#Mitigation, #RuralCommunities, #Community
Seeking grant reviewers: Apply by May 19
On April 12, USDA announced a historic $1 billion to increase urban tree cover, boost equitable access to nature and tackle the climate crisis. USDA Forest Service graphic.
WASHINGTON, DC—The Urban and Community Forestry Program needs your help. We are looking for grant reviewers for the Inflation…
#UrbanForestry, urban trees, #Community
Partnership teaches community members to reduce wildfire risks
A cut and stacked pile like this is best for winter pile burning around homes and properties. Photo courtesy of Gloria Erickson, Dovetail Partners.
MINNESOTA—Gathered around piles of cut and stacked balsam fir, 25 members from communities surrounding the Superior National Forest participated in a pile…
#Wildfire, #Community, private lands
Alaska’s ‘Together Tree’ highlights the spirit of community and collaboration
Just as the US Capitol Christmas Tree was trucking across the country from northern California to Washington DC to light up the West Lawn of the US Capitol building, another holiday tree was making its way by land and by sea to the state capitol of Alaska.
Members of the Wrangell Cooperative Association…
#Community, #Collaboration, customer service, #Diversity, #Inclusion
Treating Forests Back to Health
As temperatures begin to signal winter, Forest Service districts are starting planned fire operations to clear low lying tree debris that will reduce hazardous materials. While images of firelines snaking across valleys and consuming entire communities flooded the media this summer, voices joined in a chorus that “we must do something about this”. With an emphasis on “we” states, tribes and…