Strategic Planning and Resource Assessment

Forest Service 2003 Success Stories

The following stories highlight some of the work accomplished by the Forest Service in 2003.

National Programs and Enterprise Teams

• Can Agency-Led Initiatives Conform to Collaborative Principles? Evaluating and Reshaping an Interagency Strategy
• ACT2 and the Maidu Stewardship Project
• Creeks and Communities: A Continuing Strategy for Accelerating Cooperative Riparian Restoration and Management
• Tourism is a Success for the Forest Service
• ERDAS Imagine and ArcView Online Tutorials
• Mapping Post-Fire Conditions for Burned Area Emergency Response Teams
• Forest Service Uses Satellite Imagery to Map Wildland Fires across the Nation
• “Have Trails Will Travel”
• Incident Financial Services and the National Emergency Equipment Rental Agreement(EERA) Payment Center
• WorkPlan Launches in 2003!
• Kraft Springs Fire Hazard Abatement and Restoration Project

Alaska

• Alaganik Fisherman’s Trail
• ATVs and the Forest Service
• If at First You Don’t Succeed…

Arizona

• Partnership Works to Reduce Fuels and Fire Risk

California

• A Creeks and Communities Approach On the Beckwourth Ranger District, Plumas National Forest
• The Role of Introduced Trout in High Elevation Lake Ecosystems in the Sierra Nevada
• Assessing the Impacts of Forest Harvest Practices in the Caspar Creek Experimental Watershed
• An Integrated Weather/Fire Modeling System for Fire Management
• Passive Samplers Allow Evaluating Air Pollution Distribution in Remote Mountain Areas
• Big Business and Environmental Interests Agree to Protect Rare Plants

Colorado

• Reservoirs Restored to Provide Habitat for Sensitive Species

Idaho

• Boise RiverSweep
• Lakeface-Lamb Land Stewardship Contract

Indiana

• Forest Wetland Project Takes Wing

Michigan

• The Great Fire That Never Was

Montana

• Bug Ranching
• Building a Fire Conservation Education Program
• Adopt-a-Species Education Program
• FireWorks

New Hampshire

• Delisting of Robbins’ Cinquefoil

New Mexico

• A Win-Win for the Gila National Forest

Oregon

• Service First! Brings Customer Service and Cost Savings
• Dinner Creek Dam Removal Monitoring Research Project

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Last Modified: Friday, 14 May 2004 at 15:17:18 EDT