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The Forest Legacy Program was established in the 1990 United States farm bill to protect environmentally important forest lands that are threatened by conversion to nonforest uses. It provides federal funding for conservation easements and fee simple purchases.
Carl Alwin Schenck (March 25, 1868 – May 17, 1955) was a German forester and pioneering forestry educator. [1] [2] When Schenck came to the United States to work for George W. Vanderbilt at the Biltmore Estate, he became the third formally trained forester in the United States. [3]
The Forest Legacy Program has two main goals. The first is to support property acquisition and the second is to acquire donated conservation easements. Participation in the FLP program is limited to private land owners and the federal government funds up to 75% of the costs that are involved.
[17] [11] The Cradle of Forestry in America was dedicated on October 20, 1964. [11] The 6,500 acres (2,600 ha) historic site includes the Forest Discovery Center, an indoor forestry and forest conservation history museum, gift shop, and café.
The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–313) is a United States federal law enacted in 1978. It revised the authority of the United States Forest Service (under the earlier Clarke–McNary Act of 1924 and other statutes) for to provide financial and technical assistance to states and private landowners on a variety of forestry issues, including forest management and ...
The section of Whatcom County forest is about 40 acres of land, with trees aged 80-109 years old, Timber sale is on despite conservationists’ concern for this storm-damaged legacy forest Skip to ...
“He’s underneath his mother, who is dying, and he’s 9 years old, and his whole family has been killed, but when she asks how everyone is, he lies to her and tells her everyone was OK,” she ...
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