Sep 25, 2017 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service has announced that federal and state forest management officials signed a Good Neighbor Authority agreement, a tool to improve forest health, including efforts to suppress the unprecedented southern pine beetle epidemic that includes nearly...
Nov 2, 2015 | News, News/PR
Taking care of America’s lands and natural resources is a big job. No single organization can do it alone. Knowing that we are stronger together — the USDA Forest Service has entered into a Good Neighbor Authority agreement with Texas A&M Forest Service to help...
Feb 20, 2015 | News, News/PR
A recent report by the U.S. Forest Service shows that for over 19 million people in the South – roughly the population of Florida – clean drinking water begins in the region’s national forests. The report provides information at a level not previously available on the...
Nov 20, 2013 | News, News/PR
Firefighters have reached 50 percent containment in a weeklong forest fire at the Monongahela National Forest in Pendleton County, officials said. The fire started Nov. 10 in the Monongahela National Forest and has grown to about 1,600 acres but the cause still is...
Feb 3, 2012 | News, News/PR
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently signaled the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s intent to issue a new planning rule for America’s 193-million acre National Forest System that seeks to deliver stronger protections for forests, water, and wildlife while...
