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Forest Service takes critical old-growth steps, kickstarts update to Northwest Forest Plan. Tribune. The World, Coos Bay, Ore. December 27, 2023 at 11:59 PM. Dec. 27—Last week, the U.S. Forest ...
November 15, 2024 at 4:28 PM. The U.S. Forest Service on Friday released a long-awaited proposal to update the landmark Northwest Forest Plan, but many groups said they were unsure of its future ...
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering 193 million acres (780,000 km 2) of land. [5] The major divisions of the agency are the Chief's Office, National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, Business ...
The Wilderness Society is an American non-profit land conservation organization that is dedicated to protecting natural areas and federal public lands in the United States. They advocate for the designation of federal wilderness areas and other protective designations, such as for national monuments. They support balanced uses of public lands ...
The cumulative climate impact of logging on our national forests is huge: Between 1984-2021, the Forest Service authorized the logging of 428,531 acres of forest per year on average, contributing ...
The Under Secretary is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the United States Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service. With the rank of Under Secretary, the USC(NRE) is a Level III position within the Executive Schedule. Since January 2024, the annual rate of pay for Level III is $204,000.
The U.S. Forest Service hopes to hire over 11,300 firefighters this year. The agency will also offer training to allow more teams to be ready for bigger disasters.
Leave No Trace, sometimes written as LNT, is a set of ethics promoting conservation of the outdoors. Originating in the mid-20th century, the concept started as a movement in the United States in response to ecological damage caused by wilderness recreation. [1] In 1994, the non-profit Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics was formed to ...