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Long-time Anaconda Job Corps Employee Leaves Mark on Montana Center

October 25, 2011 Kathryn Sosbe, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

Thousands of young people have successfully passed through the Anaconda Jobs Corps Civilian Conservation Center in a mile-high valley on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. The facility in southwest Montana is on the largest national forest in the state and boasts two wilderness areas and...

Forestry

A 5th Anniversary for the Forest Service National Library Celebrates 100 Years of History

October 25, 2011 Robert Westover, US Forest Service Office of Communications
Tags: US Forest Service

As far back as 1902, a national U.S. Forest Service library formed with the transfer of 3,000 books from the Department of Agriculture library. It grew steadily over the years providing a range of services to research customers. Gradually interest grew in expanding service to other Forest Service...

Forestry

Foreign Delegations Tour US Forest Service's State-of-Art Interagency Fire Center in Boise

October 24, 2011 Ellita Willis, Public Affairs Specialist, Forest Service

The Forest Service has managed wildfires for more than 100 years and is considered the best wildland fire organization in the world. As leaders, we are continually striving to gain a better understanding of fire behavior with cutting edge research and technology. Sharing our expertise through...

Forestry Trade

U.S. Forest Service Climate Change Advisor Talks Forest Health

October 24, 2011 Robert H. Westover, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

Knowing your forests and how climate change is affecting their health was the overarching theme on a recent Emerald Planet Inside Scoop program. David Cleaves, the U.S. Forest Service Climate Change Advisor, was the sole guest on the hour long live broadcast that was simulcast on CSPAN and the...

Forestry

Conscientious Objectors Play Important Role in Smoke Jumping During World War II

October 20, 2011 Deidra L. McGee, Forest Service Office of Communication
and Archivist Shandy Lemperlé, Northern Region

Jumping out of planes via parachutes to put out remote wildland forest fires isn’t your typical American job and it isn’t for the faint of heart. Since 1939, the technique called smoke jumping has attracted physically fit, courageous and adventurous firefighters and has helped keep communities safe...

Forestry

US Forest Service team receives Gold Smokey Bear Award in Wisconsin

October 20, 2011 Renee Lee, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

An exciting and interactive exhibit has reached more than 400,000 museum goers across the country and has been given the highest national award for fire prevention activities.

Forestry

Preservation Kentucky Awards Daniel Boone National Forest for their Rock Shelter Protection Efforts

October 19, 2011 Kimberly Morgan, Public Affairs Specialist, Daniel Boone National Forest, Ky

In the Red River Gorge, archaeological evidence indicates human inhabitance of rock shelters beginning at least 12,000 years ago. The artifacts found at these sites represent the daily lives of Native Americans who once lived in Kentucky. The rock shelters also include the remains of many historic...

Forestry

California Tree to Shine Christmas Cheer on the Capitol

October 19, 2011 Renee Lee, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

In less than two months, a 65-foot Californian white fir from Stanislaus National Forest will grace the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Have you ever wondered how the Capitol Christmas Tree is selected?

Forestry

Helicopters Give Fish a Better Chance to Spawn in Oregon

October 18, 2011 Erica Hupp, Fremont-Winema National Forest, US Forest Service

Working collaboratively, the Fremont-Winema National Forest, Klamath Basin Rangeland Trust, Oregon Department of Fish, and Wildlife and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department are completing a restoration project designed to improve redband trout spawning and rearing habitat on the Lower Williamson...

Conservation Forestry

USDA Forest Service Scientists Develop Tool to Evaluate Vulnerability to Climate Change

October 17, 2011 Reggie Woodruff, Media Relations Officer, U.S. Forest Service

In Scanning the Conservation Horizon , a report published by the National Wildlife Federation, with support from the U.S. Forest Service and other partners, scientists describe climate change as an increasing threat to species and ecosystems.

Forestry
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