U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Recent News About U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
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USFS Chief Randy Moore: 'We are helping underserved and small-acreage landowners to access new economic opportunities to ensure working forests'
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is directing $150 million from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act toward underserved and small-acreage forest landowners to support forest management and promote enduring health and resilience across privately owned lands, the agency announced in an Aug. 22 press release.
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Kuck: Approvals of phosphate mine ‘seek a balance between resource extraction and conservation’
A mine and reclamation plan for the proposed Husky 1 North Dry Ridge Phosphate Mine near Soda Springs, Idaho, has been approved by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Caribou-Targhee National Forest.
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Moore: Funding for Trout Unlimited 'continues our joint success as stewards of national forests and grasslands'
A longtime partner of the U.S. Forest Service is getting $40 million to preserve and upgrade streams on the nation's wild lands.
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Forest Service to fund more than $37 million for recreation infrastructure improvements that 'play a crucial role to so many people'
The naiton's recreation infrastructure will benefit from more than $37 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service.
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USDA's Moore: 'Without urgent action, wildfires could eliminate countless more iconic giant sequoias'
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service is kicking off efforts to ensure the long-term survival of giant sequoias from the threat of wildfire by putting in place emergency fuels reduction treatments.
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U.S. Forest Service chief alters policies to improve cooperation with potential partners 'to achieve mutually beneficial goals'
U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore has changed agency policies to make it easier to cooperate with potential partners, according to a news release.
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NFS Chief: 'We listened to the needs of these communities'
Nearly 7,000 acres of community forests will be created or added "from Alaska to North Carolina," thanks to $5.5 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the agency announced recently.
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Vilsack: 'We must safeguard and restore our forests to ensure they store carbon, rather than release it'
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Forest Service got its marching orders from USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack last month to take bold action to the nation's forests, improve their resilience and address climate change.
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Biden-Harris administration announces allocation of over $1 billion for post-wildfire, hurricane recovery
The Biden-Harris administration late last month announced the allocation of at least $1.3 billion in disaster relief funds for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s post-wildfire and hurricane recovery support efforts.
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USDA seeks public comment on plan to promote 'healthy, diverse' Lincoln National Forest
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is inviting the public to comment on a draft plan that will guide forest management practices for the 1.1 million-acre Lincoln National Forest in Southern New Mexico for the next 10 to 15 years.