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November 1 , 2004 – New Healthy Forest Progress Report Available More |
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Top Stories on Healthy Forests
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Bush Administration Officials: Federal Land Managers Set Record-Level Accomplishments of President's Healthy Forests Initiative |
BEND, Ore., October 12, 2004 – Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James L. Connaughton, Agriculture Under Secretary Mark Rey and Interior Assistant Secretary Lynn Scarlett today announced that federal land management agencies have surpassed all of their hazardous fuels treatment targets for 2004 under the President's Healthy Forests Initiative. The administration officials were joined by U.S. Congressman Greg Walden here today for a tour of a Healthy Forests Restoration Act project and to celebrate the initiative's successes in restoring forest and rangeland health and protecting communities from wildland fire. More |
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Community Fire Safety Work Pays Off in Face of Five Fires |
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PARADISE, Calif.,
August 13, 2004 – While the Jones Valley fire burned
scores of homes in Shasta County, residents of nearby Butte County
fared better, thanks in part to strategic fire safety projects
by Fire Safe Councils that helped firefighters prevent the Oregon
fire from burning almost 200 homes worth approximately $39 million.
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Administration
Officials Announce Partnerships to Improve Forest Health, Wildlife
Habitat at National Forest Health Conference |
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LITTLE
ROCK, Ark., June 7, 2004 – Agriculture
Secretary Ann M. Veneman, Council on Environmental Quality Chairman
James L. Connaughton and Interior Assistant Secretary Craig Manson
today announced several action steps designed to help implement
President Bush’s Healthy Forests Initiative in the southern
United States. More
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The
Healthy Forests Initiative for Wildfire Prevention and Stronger
Communities - This initiative calls for administrative
improvements that ensure more timely decisions, greater efficiency,
and better results in projects that reduce the risk of catastrophic
wildfires and restore forest and rangeland health. |
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December 3, 2003
President George W. Bush signs the Healthy Forests Restoration
Act of 2003 at the Department of Agriculture. (White House
photo by Tina Hager) |
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August 21, 2003
President George W. Bush is introduced by Secretary of Agriculture
Ann Veneman before discussing his healthy forest initiative
in Redmond, Oregon, Thursday, August 21, 2003. Secretary of
the interior Gale Norton is pictured in the background. (White
House photo by Paul Morse) | |