The Forest Service is inviting public feedback on a proposed list of deferred maintenance projects selected for Great American Outdoors Act funding in fiscal year 2022. Projects funded by GAOA will enable federal land managers to take aggressive steps to address deferred maintenance and other infrastructure projects on national forests and grasslands. Your feedback is requested by Nov. 30, 2020.
The Forest Legacy Program is a successful “working forest” conservation program built upon federal, state, and private partnerships. This video provides an overview of the program’s national accomplishments while highlighting a conservation easement project near Whitefish, Montana. The project protects a community’s watershed, provides for local timber jobs and secures public access while keeping private land in private hands. Text to video available.
Leanne Marten, Regional Forester for the Northern Region, recognizes employees and partners for their outstanding contributions to the work of the Forest Service in 2018.
Regions 1, 2, and 4 of the Forests Service incorporated standards and guidelines for the conservation of greater sage-grouse into forest plans in 2015.
The report Values of the Middle Fork Clearwater and Lochsa River Corridor Potentially Affected by Certain Over-Legal Truck Traffic is available for reading and download.
The Land and Resource Management Plan, commonly called the Forest or Grassland Plan, guides the stewardship of national forests and grasslands. Several units in the Northern Region are in the process of updating their plans and want your input. Find out how you can get involved!
