Communications

Find information to communicate about Sustainable Operations in this section.

Quick Links to the topics on this page:

• Letters From Leadership
• Open Mic Notes
• Scorecards
• Powerpoints/Presentations
• Articles/Briefing Papers/Speeches/Newsletters
• National Sustainable Operations Strategy
• Policy
• Reports
• Training and Conferences
• Links to Other Resources
• Glossary

Letters From Leadership

March

• 3/27/2009 Promote Conservation on America's Public and Private Lands [PDF]
• 3/17/2009 Bio-Preferred Program Support [RTF]
  • Enclosure: Bio-Preferred Letter to Secretary of State [PDF]
• 3/13/2009 Strategic Framework Response to Climate Change - Climate Change Sustainable Operations Team [RTF]
  • Climate Change Sustainable Operations Team Charter [PDF]
  • Climate Change Monitoring Team Charter [PDF]

February

• 2/24/2009 Deputy Chief’s Business Operations Awards [RTF]

• Archive of previous correspondence

Open Mic Notes

• The forum is held by conference call the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 1:00pm Eastern.
• Contact Jacqueline Emanuel at 202-205-0860 or jemanuel@fs.fed.us for access.
• Everyone is welcome to join. There will be no set agenda. All sustainable operations related topics are welcome. This is meant as a time where all FS employees can share ideas, work to avoid duplication of effort, tell each other our stories and dialog about challenges, and identify resources, opportunities and solutions.

• April 15, 2009 [RTF]

• Archive of previous Open Mic Notes

Scorecards

• 1/07 Energy [PDF]
• 1/07 Environmental Stewardship [PDF]
• 1/07 Transportation [PDF]

Powerpoints/Presentations

• Energy Savings Performance Contracts - DOE Presentation [PPT, 791 kb]
• Sustainable Operations - Our Environmental Footprint & The Climate Change Connection - Anna J. Jones-Crabtree P.E.; Ph.D.; LEED AP; Sustainable Operations Coordinator; Rocky Mountain & Northern Regions US Forest Service [PDF, 58 pages, 2.12 MB]
• BioPreferred - Making a Difference with Biobased Products [PDF, 16 pages, 218 kb]
• Electronics Initiative @ USDA [PDF, 24 pages, 783 kb]
• e-rase your e-waste!
  NPARL Electronics Recycling Program [PPT, 5.72 MB]
  Community Electronics Recycling Events

Articles / Briefing Papers / Speeches / Newsletters

Articles

• 04/22/09 - Protectionism And Our Forests
• 04/22/09 - The Proof Is In the Planting: USDA unveils plans for People's Garden
• 1/16/09 - The Chief's Desk: People, Places and Things [RTF]
• Archive of previous articles

Briefing Papers

• Briefing to Business Operations Deputy Chief, April 2009 [PDF]
• Sustainable Operations Status Update April 2009 [PDF]
• 08/03/2007 EPA Seeks Applications for Clean Air Excellence Awards
• 08/03/2007 EPA Releases the Draft of 2007 Report on the Environment: Highlights of National Trends
• 08/03/2007 EPA Reports Significant Energy Efficiency Opportunities for U.S. Servers and Data Centers
• Archive of previous briefing papers

Speeches

• 3/3/09 Chief's Climate Change Testimony [RTF]
• 9/7/07 Chief’s Climate Change, Kids, and Forests: What's the Connection Speech before the Society of Environmental Journalists
• Archive of previous speeches

Newsletters

• 04/09 - Sustainable Operations E-Newsletter, Vol. 7 [PDF]
• Archive of previous newletters

National Sustainable Operations Strategy

• USDA Sustainable Building Implemenation Plan [PDF, 24 pages, 274 kb]
  • 10/18/2007 Memo [PDF, 2 pages]

Policy

Acts

• Energy Policy Act of 2005 [PDF]

Executive Orders

• Executive Order 13423 [PDF]
• Executive Order Fact Sheet [PDF]

Public Laws

Reports

• Fiscal Year 2007 National Enviornmental Foot Print Report [PDF, 58 pages, 3.08 MB]
  • Environmental Footprint Report Data Request [RTF, 101 kb]
  • Environmental Footprint Survey Results Summary [PDF, 114 kb]
  • Environmental Footprint Survey Results Responses [XLS, 530 kb]
  • 2003 Summary Energy and Water [XLS, 676 kb]
  • 2007 Summary Energy and Water [XLS, 658 kb]
  • 2007 Fleet Report [PDF, 93 kb]
  • 2006 Fleet Report [PDF, 93 kb]
  • 2005 Fleet Report [PDF, 93 kb]
  • 2004 Fleet Report [PDF, 93 kb]
  • 2007 Trip Count [XLS, 174 kb]
  • FY03 Site Metering Data
  • FY07 Site Metering Data

• 12/8/2008 USDA Forest Service FY 2008 Annual Report on Energy Management [PDF]
  • FY2008 Energy Management Performance Summary [PDF]
• 11/21/2008 Final Data for Sustainable Operations Performance Measures Available in PAS [RTF]
  • Enclosure 1: FY08 Sustainable Operatios PAS Report [PDF]
  • Enclosure 2: Accessing Sustainability and Diversity Reports in PAS Instructions [PDF]
• October 2008 Sustainable Operations Update from Jacque Myers [PDF, 10 pages, 96 kb]
• Open Space Conservation
  Find the Open Space Conservation Strategy, information about the Forest on the Edge project, the new National Forests on the Edge publication, and other Forest Service Resources & Tools for Open Space Conservation.
  
• Woody Biomass Utilization Strategy Summary May 2008 [PDF, 4 pages, 2.08 MB]
• Greening from the Ground Up: Sustainable Operations in the Forest Service A Report on the 3-yr Investment between the Forest Service Washington Office and the Rocky Mountain Region (R2) - October 2008 [PDF, 27 pages, 805 kb]
  • 10/8/08 Sustainable Operations WO/R2 Partnership Report [pdf]
• Archive of previously posted reports

Training and Conferences

• Forest Service 2007 Sustainable Operations Summit
• 2008 Environmental Performance Summit

Links to Other Resources

Other Agencies

• Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
• USDA – Sustainable Operations
  www.greening.usda.gov
• US Department of Energy
• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• General Services Administration (GSA)
  • Green Purchasing

NGOs

• California Climate Registry
• Earthday Network
• Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)
• Labs For the 21st Century
• National Forest Foundation
• Pinchot Institue for Conservation
• Sustainable Travel International
• The Forest Foundation

Glossary

• Communications Glossary [RTF]