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Reforestation takes root

A person in hoody and orange vest holding seedlings, kneels with small, rooted plant in hand on sparse landscape of dirt and brush.
A well-planted seedling takes root on the Mount Shasta landscape, as part of the Lava Fire Restoration Project in Northern California, April 2026. In just over three planting seasons, Forest Service crews and partners have planted 1.47 million seeds across 2,769 acres of burned landscape. (…
#Reforestation, #Seedlings, #Planting, #PlantingTrees, #Trees, #EcologicalRestoration, #Restoration, #Conservation

Great American Outdoors Act – Legacy Restoration Fund, Fiscal Year 2025 Deferred Maintenance Projects

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th { font-size: .9rem; } td { font-size: .7rem; } All Regions, National Forests, & Research StationsRESEARCH & DEVELOPMENTRegionForest or StationProject NameSummaryCongressionalDistrict2025Funding11, FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORYFOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORYFOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY WELCOME CENTERThis project will restore the Forest Products Laboratory main lobby to reflect…
#GreatAmericanOutdoorsAct, #Grants, #Conservation

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

Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration

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Partners from rural areas in Colorado and New Mexico gather in a field near Chama, New Mexico, during a field trip about the Rio Chama restoration project. The work is across the Santa Fe, Carson, Rio Grande, and San Juan national forests and connected lands. The partnership works on the…
#Collaboration, #CollaborativeForestLandscapeRestorationProgram, #Restoration, #Partnerships, #EcosystemServices, #Landscapes, #ForestRestoration, #SharedStewardship, #ClimateResilience, #RuralCommunities, #ForestManagement, #ForestHealth, #Conservation, #NaturalResources

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