Blog Archives for Restoration

By cathy - September 2, 2010    Groups remove, repair Wash. forest roads A coalition of 18 groups is pushing to restore national forest lands in Washington state through the removal and repair of forest roads left behind from decades of timber harvesting.

By cathy - August 31, 2010    Read the original news article in the Helena Independent Record here.

By Sarah Peters - August 27, 2010    Headwaters Economics released a report detaling the benefits from natural areas for New Mexico's economy. 

By Bethanie Walder - August 27, 2010    The Forest Service has finally released their FY10 final list of Legacy Roads and Trails projects.  Though the funding increased significantly from 2009 ($50 million) to 2010 ($90 million), when comparing the total projected accomplishments between the two years you might notice that the anticipated outcomes are not necessarily doubled.  We are pleased to see that numerous regions and forests have dedicated at least a portion of FY10 funding to project planning, survery and design.

By Greg Peters - August 26, 2010    Congressman Norm Dicks, reporters and Washington Watershed Restoration Initiative coalition members spent part of Tuesday, August 24, visiting a Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Initiative project in action in the Skokomish watershed of the Olympic National Forest. This work is not only restoring the watershed by reducing sediment and road pollution, but is supporting local businesses with family wage jobs and keeping some contractors afloat during this prolonged economic downturn.

By Greg Peters - August 26, 2010    Wildlands CPR, The Wilderness Society, and the Helena National Forest hosted a field tour on the Helena National Forest yesterday, August 25th.  The tour highlighted the Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Initiative, visiting a site where road reclamation is ongoing to protect and restore clean water supplies. Once in the woods, the tour met up with excavator operator Karry Cross, who ran his excavator to give the camera crews from 3 local t.v.

By Bethanie Walder - July 23, 2010    The House Interior and Environmental Appropriations subcommittee approved legislation yesterday to provide Forest Service and other agency and environmental funding for fiscal year 2011.  While there are many steps yet to go, we are very happy to report that the subcommittee included $90 million for the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Initiative. For more information, read the news directly from Congressman Norm Dicks' office.

By Bethanie Walder - July 22, 2010   On July 20, the Forest Service released their new Climate Change Roadmap, along with a new “scorecard” that will enable the national office to annually rate how each individual national forest is adapting to and mitigating for climate change.

By cathy - June 23, 2010   Why should a climate change bill fund natural resource projects in your community? Scroll to the bottom of this article to watch a video to see what some green jobs experts have to say.

By Bethanie Walder - June 22, 2010   On June 11, 2010, the US Department of Agriculture released it’s 2010-2015 strategic plan, including it’s overarching plans for the Forest Service.   Forest Service management was basically addressed in the second of the plans four goals: Ensure our national forest and private working lands are conserved, restored, and made more resilient to climate change, while enhancing our water resources.