Celebrate outreach, education at Golden Pinecone Awards
Students snowshoed Snoqualmie Pass, learning about winter ecology on the way. USDA Forest Service photo.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Join colleagues and partners Feb. 28 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. for the second annual NICE Golden Pinecone Awards Ceremony. The Golden Pinecone Awards honor the incredible work of Forest…
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Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: A Historic Year
As the agency's Wildfire Crisis Strategy enters its third year, this publication looks back at what was accomplished on the 21 landscapes during fiscal year 2023. It highlights the successful partnerships, new management practices, and on-the-ground efforts that have reduced wildfire risk for communities, infrastructure, and natural resources. The document also looks forward to how work will continue to be funded and implemented, through both new and existing sources and programs.
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The little district that could: Making big impacts with a small staff
Bobby Claybrook, district ranger for the Redbird Ranger District, studies a map of oil and gas well locations on Forest Service land. Decades of natural resource extraction prior to Forest Service management creates challenges for the district today. USDA Forest Service photo by Scott Raymond…
#PrescribedFire, #Partnerships, #Partners, #Recreation, #OHV, #RuralCommunities
Enhancing well-being through outdoor experiences with Veterans and Nature Grant program
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In partnership with the National Environmental Education Foundation, Forest Service Conservation Education is pleased to announce the launch of the new Veterans and Nature grant program, designed to support veterans across the country by connecting them to their public lands.For veterans returning from military…
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Indian Youth Service Corps pilot partnership reawakens connections to land
Workforce Development Partnerships and local Forest Service employees meet with the newly created Isleta Pueblo crew under Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps. The crew is doing restoration work on their tribal lands in the bosque adjacent to the Rio Grande River. USDA Forest Service…
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Cross-boundary partnership brings together lands and people to prevent future wildfires
Forest Service and partners during a field tour on the San Juan National Forest. (The Forest Stewards Guild photo by Esme Cadiente)
Across the arid Southwest, prolonged drought, increased fuel loading and past fire exclusion left many communities at risk for catastrophic wildfire."We've been…