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The Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988 or FCRPA [1] is a United States federal law that aims "to secure, protect, and preserve significant caves on Federal lands for the perpetual use, enjoyment, and benefit of all people; and to foster increased cooperation and exchange of information between governmental authorities and those who utilize caves located on Federal lands for ...
Further, the Forest Service fought fires on 2.996 million acres (12,120 km 2) of land in 2007. [16] The Forest Service organization includes ranger districts, national forests, regions, research stations and research work units and the Northeastern Area Office for State and Private Forestry. Each level has responsibility for a variety of functions.
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(Korea Forest Service) South Sudan: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Spain: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and Environment Sri Lanka: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Department of Forest Conservation) Sweden: Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
Dec. 27—Last week, the U.S. Forest Service issued a Notice of Intent to amend the Northwest Forest Plan, which encompasses 19 million acres of federal forest lands in Washington, Oregon, and ...
In 2021 the Global Carbon Project estimated annual land-use change emissions were 4.1 ± 2.6 Gt CO 2 (CO 2 not carbon: 1 Gt carbon = 3.67 Gt CO 2 [16]) for 2011–2020. [17] The land-use sector is critical to achieving the aim of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 2 °C (3.6 °F). [18]
As of 1990 Maryland has 2.7 million acres of forest land, forty percent of the total acreage that makes up the state. Of this total, 2.4 million acres (90 percent) are classified as timberland. [ 7 ] Timberland is defined as land growing at least 20 cubic feet (or the equivalent of twenty-four 2" x 4" x 8' framing studs) of wood on every acre ...
The Transfer Act of 1905 transferred the management of forest reserves from the United States General Land Office of the Interior Department to the Bureau of Forestry, henceforth known as the US Forest Service. [3]