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Forest Service Priorities

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Back to Basics—Delivering Results for America’s ForestsUnder Chief Tom Schultz’s leadership, the Forest Service is taking a back-to-basics approach—refocusing the agency on the fundamental work that matters most to the American people.Prioritizing safety in every action we takeProtecting communities and natural resources from wildfireActively managing forests for health and productivityUnleashing…
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A National-Scale Tree Volume, Biomass, and Carbon Modeling System for the United States

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The Forest Inventory and Analysis Program developed a national methodology for compatible predictions of tree volume, biomass, and carbon content for species populating U.S. forest lands. This report serves as the primary reference for the outcome of those efforts and describes all the relevant aspects of the data, statistical modeling methods, and results.

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