Roadless Area Conservation - Colorado Rule
(USDA Forest Service photo)
Colorado Roadless RuleThe final Colorado Roadless Rule reinstating the temporary road exception for coal mining activity within the North Fork Coal Mining Area is effective as of April 17, 2017. The rule took effect Feb. 17, 2017.BackgroundOn July 3, 2012, the…
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Roadless Area Conservation - Alaska Rule
The final rule repealing the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule for the Tongass National Forest in Alaska was published on January 27, 2023.Repealing the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule, which exempted the Tongass from roadless protections, returned the inventoried roadless areas of the forest to management under the 2001 Roadless Rule, which prohibits road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvest in…
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2001 Roadless Rule
The 2001 Roadless Rule establishes prohibitions on road construction, road reconstruction, and timber harvesting on 58.5 million acres of inventoried roadless areas on National Forest System lands. The intent of the 2001 Roadless Rule is to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System in the context of multiple-use management.MapsNational Maps of…
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Southern Region creates interactive map to increase awareness of prescribed burns
Prescribed fire refers to the controlled application of fire by a team of fire experts under specified weather conditions that help restore health and resiliency to fire-dependent ecosystems and landscapes. (USDA Forest Service photo by Sheila Holifield)
GEORGIA — Carefully planned fires in…
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Wildfire management in advance: Using PODS to identify boundaries
Glen Lewis explains the basics of PODs at the workshop held on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. USDA Forest Service photo by Richard Parker.
WASHINGTON, DC—The Forest Service is taking a proactive, collaborative and innovative approach to wildfire management in part by hosting a series of potential…
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Fathoming the snow depths
This snow-depth map, zoomed out, shows snow accumulations across the western and northern United States. Inches of snow range from blues to purples to pinks, from less to more snowpack.
CALIFORNIA—In California, the new year arrived on the wave of an atmospheric river, carrying enough water…