SilvaCarbon training promotes best practices in national forest inventory design, implementation
Trainers and trainees presented on a variety of new tools and systems for improving the ease and accuracy of national forest inventories. USDA Forest Service photo.
WASHINGTON, DC—Global leaders in forest inventory design and implementation gathered in-person and online during the week of Aug. 28 to…
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Bringing the forest to Boston Children's Hospital
Green Mountain & Finger Lakes National Forest staff joined Smokey Bear at Boston Children’s Hospital for a round of bingo and some show-and-tell. Courtesy photo by Nicole Cutinella, media program manager for Seacrest Studios, at Boston Children's Hospital.
VERMONT— In late August, USDA Forest Service…
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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…
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Supporting international ecological education
The EcoEducators Network visited a tree-planting project site in Moldova to learn about environmental education. USDA Forest Service photo.
WASHINGTON, DC—The USDA Forest Service Office of International Programs traveled to Moldova in early August to participate in a workshop on environmental…
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Student perspective: Developing my love of language through Job Corps
Shagari McNneil is enrolled in the office administration/business technology career technical training program at Lyndon B. Johnson Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Franklin, North Carolina. Photo courtesy Shagari McNeil.
My name is Shagari McNeil. I am a student in the office administration/…
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Reviving relationships: Fort Simcoe Job Corps employee restores partnership with Yakama Nation
Samuel, Toni, Lillie May, Matthew, Akemi and Brianna Ball. Photo courtesy of Matthew Ball.
COLORADO—It is not uncommon for Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center students to radically transform their lives upon entering the program. Unsurprisingly, the experience remains with them long…