Projects showcase Forest Legacy Program’s versatility
WISCONSIN—With a goal to keep forests as forests, the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Legacy Program embraces a wide spectrum of conservation possibilities, exemplified by two recent Eastern Region projects— one helping to create a brand-new state forest in New York and another, supporting private forest owners in protecting small but ecologically important tracts of land in Minnesota.…
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Around the Forest Service: December 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As we reflect on the year's accomplishments, we can be proud knowing we made a difference for people and communities. This year marked 60 years of providing the People's Tree, and Spruce Wayne, a 60-foot Sitka spruce, traveled an enormous distance to land on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol. The Capitol Christmas tree will be lit nightly through Jan. 1, 2025. This year saw…
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New Hampshire creates community forest with Forest Legacy Program funds
The sun rises over the mountain shining onto a field in the Dundee Community Forest, which was protected by a conservation easement through the Forest Legacy Program. Courtesy photo by Jerry Monkman, EcoPhotography.
NEW HAMPSHIRE—In July, New Hampshire acquired a conservation easement that…
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Forest Legacy Program brings permanent protection to thousands of acres in eastern Maine
Scenic East Grand Lake. The first phase of the East Grand Lake Watershed Initiative, completed in 2016 using Forest Legacy Program funding, conserved 5,992 acres of forestland at Monument Brook and 1,493 acres of working forest easement lands in Orient. The newly completed second phase…
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Forest Legacy 2023 Funded Projects
The Last Green Valley Forest Legacy Project received funding in 2023 through the Forest Legacy Program. (Photo by Dan Peracchio)
In 2023, the Forest Service supported 34 projects to conserve more than 245,000 acres of private forestlands across the United States, ensuring these special places…
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Conservation and Recreation Come Together to Create Maine’s Vacationland
Ice climbing which is one of the many unique winter experiences at Grafton Notch State Park. (Photo credit: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands)
As the most rural state in the United States, Maine is one of the best destinations to reconnect with nature. “Vacationland” has been the slogan on Maine license…