President, Secretary Nominate Homer Lee Wilkes as Undersecretary for NRE
Slain LEO Awarded State’s Medal of Honor Prior to National Police Week
Law Enforcement Officer Kristine Fairbanks' ultimate sacrifice is honored this year, along with the other U.S. Forest Service officers killed in the line of duty.
Say “Good-bye” to the Green Fleet
The Chief has decided that the Forest Service will order all new vehicles in the manufacturer’s standard white beginning with FY 2010 new vehicle orders.
Secretary Vilsack Announces Plan to Promote Civil Rights, Equal Access at USDA
Celebrating Wildflowers and Wildflowers Week
The Top 10 Things to Do During an Influenza Outbreak
Chief's Video: The Forest Service and the National Forest Foundation
WILDFIRE Updates
USDA FY 2010 Budget Summary and Annual Performance Plan
White House Award for "Makeover" DVD
This award recognizes outstanding achievements of Federal employees and their facilities for efforts in promoting environmental stewardship.
Kids in the Woods Reports
The 2008 data is complete and on the internet. The project list is very long, as is the list of partners. The projects are top-notch and many are heart-warming.
Secretary and Governor Sign Revised Agreement
The revision substantially increases incentives for installing riparian forest buffers on farmland, which is a goal of the Forest Service’s Chesapeake Bay Program.
Traveling
Exhibits will Find Permanent Homes
Over the past three years the exhibition has traveled throughout the United States, with over 60 stops in 35 states from Alaska to Florida.
Green Tips
Agency Builds Partnerships in Middle East
The Forest Service is focusing current efforts on building the capacity of partners in bird monitoring and implementing conservation programs.
My Adventures in the Forest Service
By Jean Greene
Students Answer the Youth Service Call
Students from Lyndon B. Johnson Job Corps joined an estimated 2 million young Americans participating in Global Youth Service Day activities.
Willamette National Forest Receives National Partnership Award
As the winning recipient, the WPC was also given a $20,000 grant to further develop and continue collaborative working relationships.
Success Stories
Some accounts of activities taking place on our public lands throughout the nation over the past three weeks.
Latest Issue of USDA News Online
Celebrating Wildflowers/Botany Awards
2008 Kids in the Woods Photo Contest – Winning Entries
REGION 1- Northern Region
CCC Work Highlighted for Idaho Archaeological Month
One of the most significant work projects the CCC enrollees undertook on the Nez Perce National Forest is the Goddard Bar Ranger Station, later renamed the Fenn Ranger Station.
REGION 2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Octogenarian Volunteer Fills Important Need
If there were a contest to recognize the oldest U.S. Forest Service volunteer, 87-year-old Rocky Mountain Region volunteer Joe Jurceka would probably win hands down.
Gifted and Talented Students Help the Environment in Year-long Project
A student organization that is raising funds to buy and grow trees from seed that will enhance the environment and restore forests damaged by wildfires, water, and beetle kill.
Forest Service and City Cooperate in Watershed Fuels Reduction
Young workers have teamed up with Forest Service professionals to accomplish needed work and for training and employment opportunities.
REGION 3 - Southwestern Region
Toxic Mine Dumps Removed
The miners left behind waste rock and tailings that contained elevated concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, copper, and lead.
"Friends" Group Leaving Their Impact
“We couldn’t get the work done without our volunteers. We also value them as the best ambassadors and advocates for national forests that we could ever hope for.”
REGION 4 - Intermountain Region
OHV Closure Area Rejuvenated by Volunteers
“We were able to tackle a number of important ‘to-dos’ that my staff would otherwise not have the time to accomplish."
REGION 5 - Pacific Southwest Region
Students Plant Trees on Site of Angora Fire in the Lake Tahoe Basin
The Forest Service nursery near Placerville, California, supplied the Jeffrey pine, sugar pine, incense cedar, and red fir seedlings, which will grow about a foot each year.
Los Padres National Forest Sets Tree Planting Record
A planting project with the Boy Scouts helped celebrate the unprecedented season.
REGION 6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Better Living Show: A Sustainable Venue
Conservation is one of six core areas on which the Better Living Show focuses.
REGION 8 - Southern Region
Volunteers Help To Keep Forest Clean
Dumping household trash, throwing bottles, cans and other refuse along Forest roadsides has become a major problem across the county.
REGION 9 - Eastern Region
Caves and Mines Closed to Slow the Spread of White-nose Syndrome
There is evidence to suggest that human visitors to infected caves can inadvertently transfer White-nose Syndrome to clean caves and mines.
Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry
NA Contributes to USDA People’s Garden
One of the goals for the project is to show that everyone has room for a garden.
Forest Health Directors View Asian Long Horned Beetle Efforts
One highlight was witnessing the process necessary to remove whole trees in close proximity to homes and other structures.
Fire Lab Donates Copies of Book to Ignite Interest In Wildfire Science
A Grand Experiment: 100 years of Experimental Forests and Ranges and Counting
A video and a booklet will help mark a century of history for the EFR network.
