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Market Opportunities for Small Forest Owners
Market Opportunities for Small Forest Owners
Market Opportunities for Small Forest Owners
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is making $150 million from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate investment in history, available to help underserved and small acreage forest landowners connect to emerging voluntary climate markets.
USDA Announces Additional Funds to Reduce Wildfire Risk
USDA Announces Additional Funds to Reduce Wildfire Risk
USDA Announces Additional Funds to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Last week, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced his agency is expanding efforts to reduce the risk of wildfires in the western U.S.  Funds will be invested to directly protect at-risk communities and critical infrastructure in 11 additional landscapes in Washington Oregon, Idaho California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.   “...
Vilsack: USFS Increasing Reforestation Efforts
Vilsack: USFS Increasing Reforestation Efforts
Vilsack: USFS Increasing Reforestation Efforts
The USDA is increasing efforts to improve forest resiliency through a variety of programs and approaches. "At the U.S. Department of Agriculture, we believe that with innovate policies and incentives, climate smart reforestation and forest management can be a meaningful tool to increasing forest health," said Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack. ...
Haaland: Infrastructure Bill Will Help In Wildfire Fighting Efforts
Haaland: Infrastructure Bill Will Help In Wildfire Fighting Efforts
Haaland: Infrastructure Bill Will Help In Wildfire Fighting Efforts
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and USDA Forest Service chief Randy Moore met with fire fighters and fire management officials recently to get a briefing on the upcoming, or ongoing, fire season. But also, "to highlight our collective efforts to protect our communities from the threat of wildfires ...
Vilsack Lays Out Ten-Year Plan To Fight Wildfires
Vilsack Lays Out Ten-Year Plan To Fight Wildfires
Vilsack Lays Out Ten-Year Plan To Fight Wildfires
Scientists tell us that we cannot stop wildfires from happening, "But what we can do is begin the process of reducing the catastrophic nature of these fires," noted Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. He recently announced a ten year plan to do more thinning out of forests, removing dead trees and brush, improving the health of forests and making communities near them safer ...
Fox Tells The Senate More Must Be Done To Keep Forests Healthy
Fox Tells The Senate More Must Be Done To Keep Forests Healthy
Fox Tells The Senate More Must Be Done To Keep Forests Healthy
Forest Health took center state at a Senate Ag committee hearing last week. Joe Fox is President of the National Association of State Foresters. "To maintain our forests as carbon sinks we can't let them be destroyed by out of control wildfires we must reduce wildfire fuel loads in our forests ...

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