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Protecting New Hampshire’s Wild Places PDF

Covering almost 800,000 acres in New Hampshire and Maine, the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) contains some of the most untamed country remaining in the Northeast – yet the Forest Service is approving more destructive logging projects on this single protected “roadless” forests than it has for the rest of the entire country combined.

Getting renewables right: Biomass PDF

The American Clean Energy and Security Act allows for wide expansion of biomass development, bringing economic opportunity to communities across the country — while protecting our nation’s most important and sensitive ecosystems. Unfortunately, efforts to fight climate change and preserve the environment are threatened by powerful industries seeking to strip key biomass sourcing safeguards and remove indirect land use change analyses from most biofuel regulations.

Roadless Area Conservation Policy Chronology PDF

This chronology covers the history of roadless areas.

Ecological Foundations of Fire Management in North American Forests and Shrubland Ecosystems PDF

The degree to which human intervention has modified fire frequency, intensity, and severity varies greatly among different ecosystems, and must be considered when planning to alter fuel loads or implement restorative treatments.

Effects of Timber Harvest Following Wildfire in Western North America PDF

Timber harvest following wildfire leads to different outcomes depending on the biophysical setting of the forest, pattern of burn severity, operational aspects of tree removal, and other management activities. Removal of snags reduces long-term fuel loads but generally results in increased amounts of fire fuels for the first few years after logging unless surface fuels are effectively treated.

Restoration of Low Elevation Dry Forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains: A Holistic Approach PDF

Dry forests of the northern Rocky Mountains can be described as stands of pure ponderosa pine, or pine intermixed with Douglas-fir and western larch that cover the lower slopes of these mountains and provide important habitat for a number of wildlife species. Since the beginning of the 19th century, these forests were greatly affected by logging, grazing, road-building, and fire suppression. Such activities changed the structure of the forests reducing their ecological integrity.

Roadless Area Conservation Along Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front: Are We Losing Ground? PDF

The Rocky Mountain Ranger District on the Lewis and Clark National Forest is a biologically rich landscape that harbors a vast array of important vegetative types and wildlife species — from raptors and songbirds to carnivores such as the grizzly bear, gray wolf, wolverine, and lynx. Free of roads and motorized trails in designated Wilderness and other large core areas, the District exhibits an extraordinary wild nature that nurtures viable populations of wide-ranging wildlife species.

Inventoried Roadless Areas on National Forest System Lands MAP PDF

This map identifies National Forest Inventoried Roadless Lands throughout the United States. Roadless forests are areas that are largely free of destruction from development and mining but are not lands classified with a greater degree of protection.

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