Forest Service

Last week, the Senate released a budget resolution for the first time in four years.  And for the first time, Legacy Roads and Trails is mentioned.  It is tucked away on page 107 but is one of the few small programs included.  Under the header “Protecting the environment: endangered species and open space”, the Senate spotlights the following:

I was organizing my files this weekend because they fell over and became all jumbled.  In the process, a headline on the cover of the winter-spring 2013 magazine from the National Forest Foundation caught my eye: “Do you know where your water comes from?” Flipping to page 21, I read some familiar facts:

·      National Forests supply approximately 20% of Americans with a reliable supply of cold, clean drinking water.