Around the Forest Service - August 2024
In this edition of Around the Forest Service, we visit some recent August highlights.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE Four years ago, the Great American Outdoors Act became law and established the Legacy Restoration Fund to address our infrastructure maintenance backlog. Nearly 1,000 deferred maintenance projects are in progress across the United States, with 300 of those having been completed, from creating economic opportunities to expanding public access for everyone https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/...
MANN GULCH 75th ANNIVERSARY
What we see before us is nature's progress over the past 42 years in healing a 5,000 acre wildfire. In the Forest's, surrounding Helena, 5,000 acre wildfires are not terribly uncommon. We have experienced a number of much larger fires just in the past decade. However, this particular fire, one that was ignited by a lightning storm on August 4, 1949, left scars that will last a lifetime. It permanently changed the way the U.S. Forest Service fights fires. https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-techn...
MONKS CHIP AWAY AT WILDFIRE RISK
Benedictine Monks bring the community and Forest Service together to reduce wildfire risk near the Gila National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SMOKEY https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/...