Projects & Policies
Healthy Forests Initiative
Get the facts about the Healthy Forests Initiative being proposed
by President Bush.
Four Threats
Chief Dale Bosworth identified four threats facing
our nation’s forests and grasslands. They are: (1) fire and
fuels, (2) invasive species, (3) loss of open space, and (4) unmanaged
recreation.
To learn more about each of these threats, please
visit www.fs.fed.us/projects/four-threats/
Payments to States
On October 30, 2000, Congress signed
Public Law 106-393.
This law is called the "Secure Rural School and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000" and commonly known as
Payments to States.
Living Memorials Project
Visit the Living Memorials Project to learn about the healing power of trees.
Protecting Air Quality Related
The Forest Service recently co-authored the
FLAG Report
, guidance that aids land managers, State permitting authorities, industry and others
to better protect forest resources from the adverse affects of air pollution. Visibility
is one of these key resources. See
real-time visibility and historical visibility
that exists in wildernesses.
Process Predicament Report
The Process Predicament: (PDF 608KB)
How Statutory, Regulatory, and Administrative Factors Affect National Forest Management. Also:
Appendix A (PDF 298KB)
Appendix B (PDF 787KB)
Appendix C (PDF 423KB)
(Note: PDF format, requires
Adobe Acrobat to view).
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