Meet the National Forest Foundation, official partner of the Forest Service
Editors’ note: This is a guest article from the National Forest Foundation.
The NFF’s Jeff Malik visits the Rainbow Campground on a trail project with Forest Service staff on the Mt. Hood National Forest. (National Forest Foundation photo by Maggie Kirkland)
We believe in a world where caring…
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Community roots, lasting impact
The Salmon-Challis National Forest is no stranger to wildfire. Its rugged terrain spans 4.3 million acres across Central Idaho with much of the land affected by fires over the past few decades.The need to accelerate reforestation has only grown. The small yet dedicated forest silviculture crew took on the main responsibility for that work. But that changed three years ago when the Salmon-Challis…
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Forest Service workshop champions importance of restoring peatland
Where peatland restoration is successful, rewetting conditions lead to recolonization by plants that are staples of a healthy wetland ecosystem, such as Sphagnum mosses, sedges, heath plants, tamarack and black spruce. (USDA Forest Service photo by Erik Lilleskov)
MINNESOTA — Ever heard of a…
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Around the Forest Service: September 2023
WASHINGTON, DC—Trees make a difference, something that Forest Service employees have always known. In September 2023, through Inflation Reduction Act funding, the agency made historic investments to boost the nation’s tree cover in urban, suburban and rural communities nationwide.
National grasslands are also getting attention. Great American Outdoors Act funding is providing resources for some…
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Landscape Scale Restoration Funded Projects
The West Virginia landscape from atop the highest point in the state – Spruce Knob mountain. (USDA Forest Service photo by Preston Keres)
Landscape Scale Restoration projects reach across management jurisdictions and address large-scale issues like reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfires…
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Planting trees for tomorrow's climate
Preparing to plant valley oaks in an experimental plot within the Camp Fire burn footprint in April 2023. Seen from right to left, Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station research geneticist Jessica Wright, UC Davis student Alejandro Ramos, American Forests Northern California…