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Welcome

The Forest Service was established in 1905 and is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands, which encompass 193 million acres.

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Spotlight

Climate Change Video

Climate Change

Climate change is one of the most urgent challenges facing all of us. Since conservation of our nation's forests and grasslands is a primary mission of the U.S. Forest Service, we are working in many positive ways to respond to this challenge. We invite you to take a few minutes to watch our new video, The Forest Service and Climate Change, and see for yourself how the rise in global temperatures is affecting our planet and the unique role trees play in helping to slow the impact of climate change.

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Share the Experience Photo Contest 2008

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Calling all outdoor enthusiasts, amateur shutterbugs, wildlife lovers or history buffs! We invite you to share your favorite photos of your visits to America’s Federal Recreation Lands by entering the 2008 “Share the Experience” Photo Contest, sponsored by Olympus Imaging America Inc. and the National Park Foundation. Your winning photo could grace the front of the 2010 Federal Recreation Lands Pass! Visit www.sharetheexperience.org to enter your photos from July 23rd to December 31st or pick up a brochure and entry form while visiting a Federal Recreation Land this year. Great prizes include: Olympus digital cameras, trips to a federal recreation areas, Federal Recreation Lands Passes and more!

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Climate Change, Water and Kids

Climate Change

The American tradition of conservation dates to the 19th century. For more than a hundred years, the Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has built on that tradition by caring for the land and serving people. Over time, the challenges we face have changed. Today, three great challenges cut across the conservation work we do Climate Change, Water and Kids. These are not new topics for us, but they offer a context to build on. Recognizing that context means using our knowledge of cross-cutting issues at the broadest scale to better care for the land and serve people. The Forest Service is acting on a national scale to meet these challenges. Read more »

Discover what the Forest Service's Research and Development program is doing about climate change in your region of the country. Map »



National Recreation Trails Photo Contest

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American Trails is sponsoring the 2008 contest for photographs of National Recreation Trails across the country. We're looking for good photos of trail users as well as special facilities, art on the trails, management issues, construction, and volunteers. We also want to see entries that cover the many types and uses of National Recreation Trails throughout America. Photos of any designated National Recreation Trail are eligible. The goal is to highlight the diversity of the NRTs and to make more Americans familiar with these great trails. The deadline for entries is November 30, 2008. For more information please visit the NRT website.

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Features

Performance & Accountability

The Forest Service Performance and Accountability Report - Fiscal Year 2006 is now available. As required by law, this document integrates the Forest Service's annual performance report with its annual consolidated financial statements.

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Website Information

Web Survey

As you leave our site, a pop-up window may ask you to complete a survey that will help us improve the Forest Service website. The survey gathers no personal information about you. We hope you will take time to respond!

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Hurricane Efforts

Learn how the Forest Service is involved in the Hurricane relief efforts. Learn more »

Roadless

Visit the Roadless Website.

FS Today

What's Happening in the Forest Service. Read more »

Budget

Get the latest budget information for the Forest Service. Learn more »

Ecosystem Services

Healthy forest ecosystems are ecological life-support systems. Forests provide a full suite of goods and services that are vital to human health and livelihood – natural assets we call ecosystem services. more »

Plant of the Week

Tansyleaf Suncup
Tansyleaf Suncup (Camissonia tanacetifolia)

Pollinator of the Month

Bee fly.
Bee Flies (Bombylius spp.)

Healthy Forests Initiative

For more information on the Healthy Forests Initiative visit forestsandrangelands.gov

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