by Web Editor | Mar 9, 2012 | News, News/PR
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced a new report, Increasing the Pace of Restoration and Job Creation on our National Forests, which outlines a strategy and series of actions for management on 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands...
by Web Editor | Feb 29, 2012 | News, News/PR
In testimony before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell prioritized the proposed FY 2013 Forest Service budget request in three themes: restoration, communities, and...
by Web Editor | Feb 20, 2012 | News, News/PR
New Mexico passed Senate Bill 1 in 2001 to allow counties to manage national forest lands under certain circumstances that U.S. Forest Service personnel couldn’t handle, and now that Otero County passed a resolution in 2011 to do just that, the Forest Service...
by Web Editor | Feb 6, 2012 | News, News/PR
The Western Forestry Leadership Coalition (WFLC) recently gathered to discuss priority issues and strategies for western forests. A key component driving the WFLC’s 2012 focus was the release of their new publication, Across the Western Landscape: Priority Issues and...
by Web Editor | Jan 30, 2012 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service recently announced that it is granting $52.2 million for 17 conservation and working lands projects across the U.S. in 2012. The Forest Legacy Program has protected 2.2 million acres through public-private partnership using federal and...
