Forest Management
Forest management involves many specialized staff to plan, restore, reduce hazards, and maintain the health of a forest. Each staff works together to keep forests healthy and productive for the people of the United States, whether it's planning large scale timber sales after a natural disaster to planning how to keep national treasures beautiful and safe for everyone to enjoy.
Disturbance Recovery Project
In October of 2021, storms moved across Missouri, with several tornadoes knocking down trees in large swaths of Mark Twain National Forest’s Potosi-Fredericktown Ranger District. Traditionally, this kind of damage would initiate the process to create a salvage sale, since the blowdown was not within any active project boundaries. That process could have taken a considerable amount of time—maybe years. Meanwhile, logs would have slowly rotted away, with a large portion becoming non-marketable. This time, however, the District was able to utilize the Disturbance Recovery Project; referred to locally as the Disturbance EA.
Eleven Point Wild and Scenic River's Comprehensive River Man
The Eleven Point River is a treasure worth preserving for future generations to enjoy! Its free-flowing nature, clean water, and outstandingly remarkable values earned it Scenic designation through the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act--and even though this was decades ago, it still lives up to its reputation as a magnificently remote natural waterway where people can go to quietly connect with nature and enjoy the natural scenery along its shores as they float along its clear, spring-fed waters.
The Mark Twain National Forest recently updated this Wild and Scenic River's (WSR) Comprehensive River Management Plan (CRMP).