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Forest Legacy 2024 Funded Projects

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The Big Thicket-Neches River Corridor project in Texas will conserve 39,762 acres of working forests, protecting important and rare habitats such as this cypress-tupelo swamp. (Courtesy photo by David Bezanson, The Nature Conservancy) In 2024, the Forest Service supported 63 projects that…
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Cooperative Forestry

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Brule-St. Croix Legacy Forest. (Photo by Coldsnap Photography) Connecting people with resources, ideas, and one anotherThe Cooperative Forestry unit of the USDA Forest Service works closely with partners to enhance and maintain forests across watersheds and ecosystems, both on private and public land, for the benefits they provide to the American people. Cooperative Forestry delivers its work…
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Forest Legacy

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Forest Legacy projects provide important habitat for numerous wildlife species such as the grizzly bear. Photo by Steve Neel. The Forest Legacy Program is a conservation program administered by the Forest Service in partnership with State agencies to encourage the protection of privately owned forest lands…
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Forest Stewardship Program Projects and Partners

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The Forest Stewardship Program fosters effective and lasting partnerships with state foresters, conservation districts, university cooperative extension, and others to provide technical assistance, education programs, and other activities to hundreds of thousands of landowners each year. Jason…
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