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Salvaging success

Image shows construction equipment lifting salvaged timber into a logging truck for transport off the national forest.
When a tornado swept through the Sabine National Forest in March 2025, it left behind a trail of broken trees, downed limbs and hundreds of acres of damaged timber. But in just 28 days, the Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,  turned destruction into opportunity by mobilizing resources, assessing the damage and awarding two salvage stewardship sales to help…
#SabineNationalForest, #Timber, #Restoration, #Texas, #NationalForestsAndGrasslandsInTexas, #FirePrevention, #Hazards, #HazardousFuels, #Weather, #FuelLoads, #FuelReduction

National Tree Climbing Program - Safety

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SafetyJob Hazard Analysis (PDF, 62 KB)Safety Alert - Use of Approved Tree Climbing Equipment (PDF, 16.8 KB)Suspension Trauma - Will Your Harness Kill You (PDF, 147 KB)Climbing Accidents - Contract climbers (PDF, 17.7 KB)
#ForestManagement, #Climbing, #Trees, #Safety, #Hazards

Forestry technician

Sonya Lucatero wearing a hard hat, high visibility jacket, over a USDA Forest Service uniform, standing in a forest.
Sonya Lucatero and Chris Pennington, timber sales administrators on the Tahoe National Forest check in with a contractor. (USDA Forest Service photo by Andrew Avitt) The Forest Service is around 30,000 employees strong and requires a wide variety of professions to get the job done — to care for the land and serve people, that is.There are foresters, rangeland management specialists, social…
#Employment, #Hazards