Success Stories
Quick links to topics on this page:
Waste Prevention
- Want to see a real Trashasaurus?
- Check out the painstakingly excavated and reconstructed model, made entirely of items that are recyclable but were tossed in the trash.
- FS Reduces Consumption: Paperless Paychecks
Energy
- Region 5 Lake Tahoe Basic Management Unit FY 2011 Microgrant Success Story - Tallac Historical Site Energy Audit
- April 2008 - Finding Innovative Energy Sources- Kisatchie National Forest [PDF]
Fleet
Green Purchasing
- Kiwi Fuel Gauge Case Study
- The Kiwi fuel gauge is a dash-mounted, real time, monitoring and feedback device that plugs into your vehicle computer. They can train employees in eco-driving techniques and claim to reduce emissions by 20% or more.
Partnerships
- Information about some specific partnerships that are occurring within the agency with links as applicable
- EPA Climate Leaders
- Briefing Paper on the EPA/FS Greenhouse Gas Partnership
- Inventory Management Page
- EPA Climate Leaders Program
- National Forest Foundation
- Briefing Paper on the FS/NNF Carbon Offsets Partnership
- NFF Carbon Capital Fund
- EPA Climate Leaders
Recycling
- Agency Donates Recycle Items to Local Food Bank [docx]
- Green Actions by Incident Management Teams Pacific Northwest and Alaska 2008 [PDF]
- Repurposing, Reutilization, Recycling NW Interagency Fire Support Cache Redmond, Oregon [PDF]
Leadership
- Region 5 Joins the Sustainable Operations Western Collective [PDF]
- 2009 Deputy Chief’s Business Operations Awards [RTF]
- Environmental Management System Implementation [RTF]
Green Building
- New Forest Service LEED Certified Building in Albuquerque, NM
- New Idaho Ranger Station Gets awarded "gold" - Leadership in Engineering and Environmental Design (LEED)
Last Modified: 10/06/2011
