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Wildflower Ethics and Native Plants

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For many of us a field of wildflowers is one of the most beautiful experiences we can encounter in Nature. There is a deep impulse we carry from childhood into adulthood to reach out and pick a flower in a beautiful butterfly-filled meadow or along a public wooded trail lined with spring beauties, irises, or wake-robins. It is because we all carry such memories that we have devoted an entire…
#CelebratingWildflowers, #Wildflowers, #Plants, #Ethics, #Conservation, #RulesAndRegulations, #Poaching, #LawEnforcement, #ForestManagement

All About Forests

cover of a children's publication titled "All About Forests"

In this Natural Inquirer Reader for young audiences, Woodsy Owl talks about different types of forests and their benefits. The Reader includes student activities and reflection questions. 

#WoodsyOwl, #Education, #Conservation, #Forests

Roadless Areas - Acreage Overlays by State

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Acreages within various characteristic layers stratified by InventoriedRoadless Area categories by StateAll acreage figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000.ALABAMAAll acreage figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000.AlabamaINVENTORIED ROADLESS AREA CATEGORIESSUM…that does not allow road construction and reconstruction…that does not allow road construction and the Forest Plan recommends…
#RoadlessRule, #Planning, #Conservation

Forest Service partnership builds youth job skills, career foundations

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MobilizeGreen participants learn natural resource management along with team building at a project site doing campground maintenance and non-native invasive species work on the Superior National Forest. (Photo courtesy of MobilizeGreen.) This summer, over 200 young adults had the wonderful experience of…
#Conservation, #Outdoors, #Education, #YouthCorps, #JobCorps

Roadless Rule Metadata - Outer National Forest Boundaries Alaska Region (R10)

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nfsbnd_ak_dd  (coverage name)Metadata:Identification_Information:Citation:Citation_Information:Originator: USDA Forest Service - Geospatial Service and Technology Center (GSTC)Publication_Date: 20000915Title: Outer administrative boundary forUSDA Forest Service Alaska Region (R10)Edition: FinalGeospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: ArcInfo exportPublication_Information:Publication_Place: Salt…
#RoadlessRule, #Roads, #RulesAndRegulations, #Maps, #Conservation, #Alaska

2001 Roadless Rule Metadata - National Forest Boundaries Alaska Region (R10)

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nfsland_ak_dd  (coverage name)Metadata:Identification_Information:Citation:Citation_Information:Originator: USDA Forest Service - Geospatial Service and Technology Center (GSTC)Publication_Date: 20000915Title: NFS boundary for USDA Forest Service Alaska Region (R10)Edition: FinalGeospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: ArcInfo exportPublication_Information:Publication_Place: Salt Lake City,…
#RoadlessRule, #Roads, #RulesAndRegulations, #Maps, #Conservation, #Alaska