Around the Forest Service - January 2024

SMELL THE ROSES
Smokey Bear and USDA Forest Service packers and mules were up before dawn getting ready to take their stroll down historic Colorado Blvd. for the 135th Rose Parade. www.fs.usda.go...
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT TURNS 50 For over 50 years, through partnerships, National forests and grasslands across the country have helped to prevent 99% of all fish, wildlife and plants from going extinct. www.fs.usda.go...
NORTH AMERICAN FOREST COMMUNICATORS NETWORK
The USDA Forest Service, North American Forest Commission, Canadian Forest Service, CONAFOR COMISIÓN NACIONAL FORESTAL, and the Food Agriculture Organization of Forestry met in Guadalajara, Mexico to stand up a North American Forest Communicators Network to expand international forest communication efforts.
LUNCHTIME VIEW
Sam Farr won December's employee photo contest with this great wildlife shot. This chipmunk has a great lunchtime view at the top of Dreamcatcher lift on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. www.flickr.com...
2023 HIGHLIGHTS
NATIONAL MONUMENT DESIGNATED Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral footprints of Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona preserves nearly 1 million acres of land that is sacred to Tribal Nations and Indigenous peoples. www.fs.usda.go...
URBAN AND COMMUNITY FOREST INVESTMENTS Inflation Reduction Act invested $1.5 billion to increase urban tree cover in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, two territories, three affiliated Pacific islands and multiple tribal communities.