Shared Stewardship Agreement fuels wildfire risk reduction efforts
ARIZONA — A historic Shared Stewardship Agreement signed last month by U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment Dr. Homer Wilkes and Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs will help the USDA Forest Service accelerate the pace and scale of vital forest fuels reduction and restoration efforts across the state as part of the Wildfire Crisis Strategy in the Southwest.…
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Stewardship agreement signed with Sierra Pacific Industries
Mark Emmerson, CEO of Sierra Pacific Industries, and Chief Randy Moore sign a master stewardship agreement. (USDA Forest Service photo by Dominic Cumberland)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The USDA Forest Service and Sierra Pacific Industries signed a 10-year master stewardship agreement in support of reforestation…
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Air Resource Management Program - Wilderness Act
Wilderness refers to areas formally protected by the 1964 Wilderness Act or its extension to eastern lands by the 1975 Eastern Wilderness Act and to the public domain by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. See a map of all wilderness areas.The 1964 Wilderness Act identified management goals for all wilderness areas. It requires wilderness areas to be administered “for the use of…
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Historic tribal co-stewardship agreements signed in Alaska
Visitors to the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Center get a close-up view of the Mendenhall Glacier and Nugget Falls. USDA Forest Service photo by Sandiann Devaney.
ALASKA—In a groundbreaking development, the USDA Forest Service signed historic tribal co-stewardship agreements with the Central…
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Ecosystem Management Decision Support system keeps getting better
A landscape view of the Bridger-Teton National Forest. USDA Forest Service photo by Pattiz Brothers.
OREGON—There is no single correct approach to managing a forest or grassland. Each decision maker must weigh the ecological complexity of these ecosystems, the changing environmental…
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Prescribed burns restoring National Forests in Arkansas and Oklahoma to health
Tufts of smoke from prescribed fires on the Ouachita and Ozark-St. Francis National Forests can be seen from a NOAA satellite image across Northwest Arkansas and East Oklahoma. When conducting prescribed burns wind direction is just one of many critical factors fire personnel consider to limit…