Hidden in plain sight: Turning data into action
Emergency services on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, serve communities dispersed across mountainous and wilderness terrain, so proactive wildfire hazard mitigation and evacuation planning are key to community preparedness. (Forest Service photo by Bradley Gordon)
In fire-prone communities…
#EmergencyPreparedness, #RuralCommunities, #FireAdaptedCommunities, #FirePreparedness, #Partners, #Partnerships, #FireScience, #Science
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…
#Recreation, #Partnerships, #Trails, #Restoration, #Partners, #TrailMaintenance, #Hiking, #HikingTrails, #NationalForestFoundation
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…
#Restoration, #FishHabitat, #Partners, #Partnerships
From a pile of dirt to district-wide gains: An employee’s insight sparks big savings
Daniel Jones, Blue Ridge Ranger District equipment operator, stands in the district's expanded work and storage area in Blairsville, Ga. Jones helped coordinate the delivery of approximately 777 truckloads of fill dirt and rock material from a nearby Georgia Department of Transportation project, creating…
#Partnerships, #Innovation, #Infrastructure
Forest Inventory and Analysis Fiscal Year 2024 Business Report
The annual Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) business report communicates to taxpayers, partners, and clients the FIA program accomplishments as well as the accomplishments forecast for the coming year given budgeted financial resources. The fiscal year 2024 report is the program’s 27th report.
#ForestInventoryAndAnalysis, #ResearchAndDevelopment, #Partnerships
Sierra to Sea Watershed Outcomes Bank
Imagine you’re a program manager seeking funding for a project—you identify a funding opportunity, ensure the money can be used for the project, navigate the complex reporting requirements, and successfully implement work on the ground.Then, you learn a neighboring landowner has a similar project working with a different program manager—and so does another landowner across the ridge. Now imagine…