Trail Management Toolbox - Terms
Below is the agency’s online dictionary of common trail terminology, with definitions, photos and illustrations. These terms may appear in various trail publications and Forest Service policy. If there is a conflict in the definition, Forest Service policy is the authority. Many of the diagrams or illustrations are adapted from engineered plans featured on the Plans for Trail and Trail…
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Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Dashboard
The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) was first authorized by Congress in 2009 to advance collaborative, landscape-scale approaches to restoration for multiple outcomes – reducing wildfire risk, enhancing forest and watershed health, and providing benefits to local communities. CFLRP Project Landscapes are selected by the Secretary of Agriculture through a competitive…
#CollaborativeForestLandscapeRestorationProgram, #Restoration, #Collaboration, #Data
Anan Bay rebuild marks new chapter in Alaska cabins project
The reconstructed Anan Bay Cabin near Wrangell, Alaska. “Having these cabins in unique sites—beautiful places—encourages people to get out and use their public lands in a way they may not have, had these facilities not existed,” said Director of Recreation, Lands and Minerals James King. (USDA Forest Service…
#InfrastructureInvestmentAndJobsAct, #Restoration, #Tribes
Forest Service workshop champions importance of restoring peatland
Where peatland restoration is successful, rewetting conditions lead to recolonization by plants that are staples of a healthy wetland ecosystem, such as Sphagnum mosses, sedges, heath plants, tamarack and black spruce. (USDA Forest Service photo by Erik Lilleskov)
MINNESOTA — Ever heard of a…
#EcologicalRestoration, #ForestRestoration, #HabitatRestoration, #InfrastructureInvestmentAndJobsAct, #WildfireCrisisStrategy, #WildfireCrisis, #Restoration
Tonto signs agreement for next phase of Dude Fire Restoration project
Ponderosa pine plantations after the removal of encroaching vegetation to restore 1,452 acres of ponderosa pine and woodland as part of the Dude Fire Restoration project, Payson Ranger District, Tonto National Forest, March 5, 2024. (USDA Forest Service photo by Ellie Willard)
ARIZONA — Tonto…
#GoodNeighborAuthority, #Restoration, Dude Fire restoration, #InfrastructureInvestmentAndJobsAct
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe celebrates homeland restoration
Drum circle at the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Ceremony on July 17, 2024. (USDA Forest Service photo by Marc Sanchez)
MINNESOTA —The sun shone bright while a slight breeze whispered its way through the Chief Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School grounds in Cass County, Minn., as people gathered to…