Current Issues

Date: 7/20/2010
Title: USDA National Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change
Summary: The Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change identifies Forest Service priorities in responding to and implementing related direction in USDA's Strategic Plan, which describes the Department's major programmatic policies. These include working to "ensure that our national forests and private working lands are conserved, restored, and made more resilient to climate change, while enhancing our water resources" and to "lead efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change."
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Date: 6/18/2010
Title: Forest Jobs and Recreation Act discussion draft
Summary: S 1470 Discussion Draft, June 17, 2010
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Date: 5/11/2010
Title: Forest Products Industry Technology Roadmap 2010
Summary: The 2010 Roadmap outlines technology objectives and research needs and was created through the work of many individuals representing wood and paper products companies, industry suppliers, government agencies, universities, and other organizations.
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Date: 5/10/2010
Title: Montana's Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak
Summary: Montana's DNRC pine beetle information
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Date: 4/21/2010
Title: 1910 Fire Commemoration Information Site
Summary: This website is designed to assist you in locating information on both the Fires of 1910 and the Commemoration events of 2010 that are occurring in Northern Idaho and Western Montana
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Date: 1/4/2010
Title: Study: Softwood sawmills in the United States
Summary: USDA profile 2006: Softwood sawmills in the United States
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Date: 12/9/2009
Title: Study: Economic Impact of Privately Owned Forests
Summary: Prepared for: National Alliance of Forest Owners
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