Videos - Forest Products Modernization
Leslie Weldon, Senior Executive for Work Environment and Performance, (former Deputy Chief for the National Forest System) explains the importance of Forest Products Modernization and why we are embarking on this effort: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyjqnP924wY.John Crockett, Deputy Director for Forest Management, Range Management and Vegetation Ecology discuss the Forest Products…
#ForestProducts, #Timber, #WoodProducts, #ForestProductsLaboratory, #Conservation, #ForestManagement
National Forest System Trails
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Find a TrailNational Forest System Trails
Forest Service Interactive Visitor Map - select the map above to access. (Forest Service image)
The Forest Service manages over 165,000 miles of National Forest System trails in nearly every state for you to hike, bike,…
#Trails, #Recreation, #InteractiveVisitorMap, #TrailMaintenance, #Conservation, #Volunteers, #HikingTrails, #Maps, #Grasslands, #LandManagement
How the Community Forest Program Works
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(Photo by Steve Neel)
The Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (Community Forest Program) of the Forest Service offers a unique opportunity for communities to acquire and conserve forests that provide public access and recreational opportunities, protect vital water supplies and wildlife habitat,…
#Grants, #Conservation, #UrbanForests
Conserving healthy forest benefits in the Ozarks in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service
The Joint Chiefs Restoration Program is a partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) that funds landscape restoration projects across public and private lands with a high potential for positive environmental outcomes. Beginning in 2014, the Western Arkansas Woodland Restoration Program received three years of funding ($3.6 million FS, $5.6…
#Conservation, #OzarkStFrancisNationalForest
The Wilderness Story
"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”Aldo Leopold, a former Forest Service ranger and supervisor who in 1924 convinced the agency to protect as wilderness 500,000 acres of the Gila National Forest in New Mexico. It became the agency’s first officially designated wilderness area. Leopold went…
#Wilderness, #Conservation, #WildernessAct, #Forestry
ACES - Helping the Forest Service Accomplish Work
What is ACES?The Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services (ACES) Program is a cost effective and efficient program that allows the Forest Service to acquire skilled personnel (age 55 and older) with “ready to apply knowledge.” The agency has Master Agreements with two non-profit organizations. By creating Supplemental Project Agreements, all agency units can gain access to the partner’s ACES…