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National Forest Management Act (NFMA) DEIS Comments PDF

The Wilderness Society has produced the most comprehensive set of comments on the Forest Service’s proposed rule on National Forest System planning. Our comments identify many ways in which the rule should be improved to protect and restore wildlife habitat, watersheds, recreational opportunities, wilderness, and other important environmental and economic values of the National Forests and Grasslands.

Policy and Guidelines for Fish and Wildlife Management in National Forest and BLM Wilderness PDF

This statement of policy and guidelines was created for the management of fish and wildlife in National Forest and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered wildernesses. Amended in 2006, it is intended to serve as a framework for enhanced cooperation between State fish and wildlife agencies, the Forest Service (FS) and the BLM in accordance with the Wilderness Act of 1964. The policies and guidelines explained address a breadth of issues, ranging from Use of Motorized Equipment to Angling, Hunting and Trapping.

Analysis: Top Ten Carbon Storing National Forests in America PDF

National forests, national parks and other federally-owned forests in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast Alaska hold extraordinary amounts of carbon and therefore play an important role in defending against climate change. According to United States Forest Service data, the ten national forests in the United States that store the most carbon per forested acre are all located in western Oregon, western Washington and southeast Alaska. Moist late-successional forests west of the Cascade Range mountains are among the Earth's greatest carbon storing ecosystems.

A Visit to One of America's Top 10 Carbon Storing Forests VIDEO

Join The Wilderness Society’s forest guru, Mike Anderson, as he takes you to one of the United States’ top carbon storing national forests — the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington state. As one of the most visited national forests in the United States, the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National forest is home to an abundance of recreational opportunities, old growth forests, glacier-covered peaks and spectacular rushing rivers.

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

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