Adventurous spirits: Volunteers help address tree poaching on public lands
Ellen Kirby (left) and Sean Yam collect black walnut samples in William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama. Photo courtesy Adventure Scientists.
OREGON—Have you ever thought of pairing your next kayak trip or mountain bike excursion with data collection for environmental scientists? That’s what a group of more than 300 volunteers did when…
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Planting new hope in the Umpqua River basin
A sugar pine seedling grows within the Archie Creek Fire scar. Seedlings are planted in the early spring so they are not damaged by hot and dry summer weather. Forest Service photo by Adrienne Barcas
Editor’s note: The USDA Forest Service recently announced a 10-year strategy to confront the…
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How the Forest Legacy Program Works
(Courtesy photo by Steve Neel)
Conserving Forests through Partnership
Timber products from well managed private forests feed local mills. (Photo by Josh Birnbaum/National Association of State Foresters)
The purpose of the Forest Legacy Program is to identify and conserve environmentally important forest areas that are threatened by conversion to non-forest uses. Providing economic incentives…
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The Wilderness Story
"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”Aldo Leopold, a former Forest Service ranger and supervisor who in 1924 convinced the agency to protect as wilderness 500,000 acres of the Gila National Forest in New Mexico. It became the agency’s first officially designated wilderness area. Leopold went…
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Forest Stewardship Program State Coordinators
State/AffiliationNameEmail AddressAlabamaDarci DeBrunnerdarci.debrunner@forestry.alabama.govAlaskaNate Wilson nate.wilson@alaska.govAmerican SamoaSimon Stowerss.stowers@amsamoa.eduDenis J. Sened.sene@amsamoa.eduArizonaAmanda Webbawebb@dffm.az.govArkansasEric Myerseric.myers@arkansas.govCaliforniaStew McMorrowstewart.mcmorrow@fire.ca.govPeter Leuzingerpeter.leuzinger@fire.ca.govColoradoErik…
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National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) is a Congressionally designated advisory council to the Secretary of Agriculture on urban forestry and related issues. The 1990 Farm Bill created NUCFAC to bring together the wide variety of voices raised about a common concern: the present health and future preservation of America's urban forests. NUCFAC was founded to…