The United States Forest Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass 193 million acres (780,000 km2). Major divisions of the agency include the National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, and the Research and Development branch. The mission of the Forest Service is "To sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations." Its motto is "Caring for the land and serving people." As the lead Federal agency in natural resource conservation, the US Forest Service provides leadership in the protection, management, and use of the Nation’s forest, rangeland, and aquatic ecosystems. The agency's ecosystem approach to management integrates ecological, economic, and social factors to maintain and enhance the quality of the environment to meet current and future needs. Through implementation of land and resource management plans, the agency ensures sustainable ecosystems by restoring and maintaining species diversity and ecological productivity that helps provide recreation, water, timber, minerals, fish, wildlife, wilderness, and aesthetic values for current and future generations of people.
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Private forest landowners face increasing pressure everyday to sell their forests or convert them to other uses. Fortunately for all of us, there is the Forest Legacy Program. Get the full story on our site. https://lnkd.in/gpyZGPcQ
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📣 AIANTA has been recognized as a winner on Condé Nast Traveler’s 2024 Bright Ideas in Travel awards list for its partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigator program. AIANTA’s inclusion on this list was independently selected by Condé Nast Traveler editors. Launched last week, The Bright Ideas in Travel list (first launched in 2022) recognizes the players, places, and projects that are approaching travel’s most pressing issues with thoughtfulness and zeal. In the third iteration of this franchise, Condé Nast Traveler editors selected trailblazers who have demonstrated a positive impact on the travel industry in 2024 or celebrated a significant milestone in their efforts to prove how travel can move our world forward. The publication's unique and pioneering approaches straddle the realms of sustainability, community, inclusion, accessibility, conservation, innovation, innovation, and wellness (a category they’ve added for the first time this year). 🔗 Full Story Here: https://bit.ly/3O5bcdc #BrightIdeasInTravel #IndigenousTourism #AIANTA
Pronouce it like a pro: Kuh-NICK-su National Forest The word "Kaniksu" means "black robes" in the language use by the Kalispell Indians. They were referring to the habits worn by the Jesuit Priests that helped settle this area of Idaho where the Idaho Panhandle National Forests are located. How do you say Kaniksu?
Earlier this year, Tribal representatives from throughout the Rocky Mountain Region and the Pike-San Isabel National Forest came together for a tribal blessing at Mount Democrat in Colorado. Read more about this powerful co-stewardship between the Forest Service and Tribes at https://lnkd.in/gMW5KcR7.
On This Date in Forest Service History: The Chequamegon National Forest, now the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, was established on November 13, 1933. 📸 Two families using a picnic table on the Chequamegon National Forest in August 1938. (USDA Forest Service photo by Leland J. Prater) 📸 A youthful individual finds great pleasure in consuming smores during a camping adventure within the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in August 2023. (USDA Forest Service photo by Jim Gries)
UNWANTED: The Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) is an invasive insect that attacks and kills maple and other hardwood trees. The insect grows inside trees and feeds on the living tissues that carry nutrients. Trees cannot heal from the damage Asian longhorned beetle causes. Infested trees can become safety hazards since branches can drop and trees can fall, especially during storms. COMMONLY FOUND: Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, South Carolina SPOT IT REPORT IT! If you think you found a beetle or tree damage, report it by calling the ALB hotline at 1-866-702-9938 or submitting an online report at https://lnkd.in/gBQEyZeQ.
The perfect mix of national funds and a new business model recently helped expedite two road and three heliport pad repairs on the Sierra National Forest in central California.  Read more on our site about how the Legacy Restoration Fund — established by the Great American Outdoors Act — and the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act are creating better roads and safer wildfire-fighting conditions. Read more https://lnkd.in/g5DKcHz5
On This Date in Forest Service History: The St. Francis National Forest, now the Ozark–St. Francis National Forest, was established on November 8, 1960. Photo 1: Scenic view of Bear Creek Lake, one of the two beautiful and popular recreation lakes on the new St. Francis National Forest on the Mississippi River in eastern Arkansas, November 1960. (USDA Forest Service photo by Daniel O. Todd.) Photo 2: Richland Creek Wilderness Twin Falls in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest, December 2020. (USDA Forest Service Photo by Robert Duggan.)
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