A forest in motion
Dense, dangerously crowded stands of trees are giving way to healthy, spacious forests across Alabama. This transformation is because active forest management on Alabama’s national forests is moving faster than it has in years, and the efforts are improving forest health and supporting local…
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Forest Products - Programs and Software
The following programs are available for download from this site. All programs have been developed by the USDA Forest Service and are public domain software. Programs were created by USFS employees Steve Rheinberger and Rick Toupin (retired).Logging Systems ProgramsContact Person:Lisa BallLogging SpecialistEmail: lisa.ball@usda.govInstructions to modify Microsoft Excel Options to enable macros.…
#ForestProducts, #ForestManagement, #Software, #Analysis, #Logging, #Timber
Wildflower Ethics and Native Plants
For many of us a field of wildflowers is one of the most beautiful experiences we can encounter in Nature. There is a deep impulse we carry from childhood into adulthood to reach out and pick a flower in a beautiful butterfly-filled meadow or along a public wooded trail lined with spring beauties, irises, or wake-robins. It is because we all carry such memories that we have devoted an entire…
#CelebratingWildflowers, #Wildflowers, #Plants, #Ethics, #Conservation, #RulesAndRegulations, #Poaching, #LawEnforcement, #ForestManagement
Water in the West is life
On Colorado’s Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests, water for the region begins as snow in high-elevation locations before flowing down to creeks, reservoirs and irrigation systems that support communities across the Western Slope. It’s a quiet process, but it supports nearly every part of life downstream. (Forest Service video By Travis Weger)On Colorado’s Grand Mesa,…
#Water, #ForestManagement, #Rivers, #Watershed, #Headwaters, #ForestRestoration, #Restoration, #Timber, #GrandMesaUncompahgreAndGunnisonNationalForests
Reports and Publications
Forest Products Cut and Sold Reports
Annual and quarterly reports of volumes and values of all convertible forest products cut and sold and the amount and value of all non-convertible forest products cut and sold from the National Forest System lands and National Grasslands.Access ReportsPeriodic Timber Sale…
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Forest Resources of the United States, 2022: A Technical Document Supporting the Forest Service 2020 RPA Assessment
This General Technical Report provides the most recent information about U.S. forest resources based on the Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis program and is a key supporting document for the Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment. It includes resource data tables that present estimates of forest area, volume, mortality, growth, removals, timber products output, and more within the context of changes since 1953.