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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.

Fire and Fuels Restoration Priority System PDF

Identifying the most appropriate areas for forest restoration requires the consideration of numerous factors while also considering the impact on the greater landscape. Unfortunately there is currently no systematic, landscape scale approach to prioritizing forest restoration in the Northern Rockies other than the very coarse-scale USFS Integrated Restoration Priority System. The absence of a high resolution prioritization system creates problems when allocating funds, determining the most appropriate sites for restoration, or defending the location of a selected project.

Lakeview Stewardship Group Success Story PDF

Formed in 1998 to restore the 500,000-acre Lakeview Federal Stewardship Unit in the Fremont-Winema National Forest, the Lakeview Stewardship Group is an award-winning collaborative effort that includes conservationists, timber workers, local government officials and other civic leaders. In 2005, the group completed a long-range management strategy for the Unit. The successful collaboration between members of this group has become an inspiration and model in forest conservation by incorporating ecological restoration and community values in land management goals.

Washington National Forests Fact Sheet PDF

The Wilderness Act Handbook: 40th Anniversary Edition PDF

With passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-577; 16 USC 1131-1136), the United States charted a course new in the history of nations — to preserve some of the country's last remaining wild places in order to protect their natural processes and values from development. Today, thanks to the wisdom, foresight, and perseverance of many dedicated individuals, current and future generations will enjoy an enduring wilderness — in reality and in spirit.