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Monday, November 30, 2009
The New York Times delves into how the U.S. Forest Service is balancing its priorities in improving forest health, carbon sequestration, and protecting against devastating wildfire while still supporting the timber economy.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the U.S. Forest Service request nominations for their fourth annual Two Chiefs' Partnership Award. The 2009 award is given in two categories, individual and group, to recognize exemplary partnership efforts promoting conservation and forest stewardship. Nominees...
Friday, November 20, 2009
State Forester Bob Harrington and Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer plan to bring the gravity of the state's pine beetle epidemic before the Western Governor's Association to "help craft a regional response," according to Schweitzer. Getting more support from USDA and Interior for prescriptive logging and increasing...
Friday, November 20, 2009
This week the U.S. committed $275 million to rain forest protection in the Amazon, Congo Basins, South America and Africa. The funds will be awarded from a $1.2 billion assistance allocation for international programs in the 2010 U.S. budget.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
A hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests this week focused on how best to manage federal forests in response to climate change. In his testimony, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said the agency is trying to manage forests to combat climate change while still...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities has scheduled two webinar sessions as an opportunity to "bubble up" ideas from a diverse set of conservation thinkers for a potential application to the 2010 round of NRCS (Natural Resource Conservation Service)-CIG (Conservation Innovation Grants) Grant Leveraging Category...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
NACD is seeking candidates for the association's Western Issues and Forestry Specialist position vacancy. This position works with Congress and the Administration on western policy issues including forestry, grazing, public lands, endangered species and many others. The selected candidate will work closely with NACD board...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
In 2008, the Alabama Forestry Commission received reports of more than $500,000 in timber theft. This year, the amount of theft surpassed the half-million dollar mark in October and continues to climb.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation has partnered with the Virginia Department of Forestry to offer a series of online courses as part of the Sustainable Harvesting and Resource Professional (SHARP) Logger program. To learn more about the program or the training schedule, visit...
Monday, November 16, 2009
NASF Fire Committee Chair and Arizona State Forester Vicki Christiansen was interviewed by Oregon Public Broadcasting last week about the recently passed FLAME Act.
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