Training before the fire: Where preparation meets the line
The orange cones are set, and the clock starts running. Inside the cab of a Forest Service fire engine, a firefighter from Wyoming grips the wheel and begins running the truck backward through a course called the dogleg.A one minute and 30 second time limit. Don't hit the cones.This is the Rocky Mountain Engine Academy at the City of Aurora Public Safety Training Center in Aurora, Colorado. For…
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Restoring Hanging Lake
In the spring of 2023, Emily Kasyon hiked the Hanging Lake Trail in the White River National Forest for the first time. The water was so high she waded through it the entire way up.“My very first site visit out to this site was during high runoff,” said Kasyon, project lead with the National Forest Foundation. “The very first time I ever hiked this trail, it was completely flooding. I was hiking…
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Resurrection Creek: A river reborn
The Resurrection Creek Restoration Project is healing a century-old environmental scar near Hope, Alaska, by bringing together traditionally opposing forces—including conservation groups, federal agencies, and active mining companies—united by a shared love of salmon. (Forest Service video by Savannah Halleaux)For a century, a 2-mile stretch of Resurrection Creek near Anchorage, Alaska, ran…
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Indian Youth Corps, Public Lands Corps, & Youth Conservation Corps, Contact Information
For question or help with the Public Lands Corps, Youth Conservation Corps, and Indian Youth Corps programs, please use the map of Forest Service regions and then find the contact information in the list below.
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Meet the National Forest Foundation, official partner of the Forest Service
Editors’ note: This is a guest article from the National Forest Foundation.
The NFF’s Jeff Malik visits the Rainbow Campground on a trail project with Forest Service staff on the Mt. Hood National Forest. (National Forest Foundation photo by Maggie Kirkland)
We believe in a world where caring…
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Campground upgrades completed through team effort
Black Hills Back Country Horsemen volunteers assembling a corral at the Willow Creek Horse Camp. (USDA Forest Service photo by Alice Allen)
SOUTH DAKOTA — Partnerships are key to help maintain and preserve facilities throughout our national forests and grasslands. Along those lines, the partnership between…