What's happening in western forestry? November 2020

For a look at what's happening in western USDA Forest Service regions, check out the links/news below from our member state agencies and regions:

USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region

• News Release: USDA Forest Service Invites Public Feedback on Proposed List of Deferred Maintenance Projects for Fiscal Year 2022
• News Release: Trails Stewardship Strategy Released by Rocky Mountain Region of the USDA Forest Service

USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region

• News Release: Letter to Communities from the Pacific Northwest Forest Service Regional Forester 
• News Release: USDA Announces First Set of Great American Outdoors Act Projects

USDA Forest Service Alaska Region

• News Release: Tongass National Forest Inventory Advances Shift to Young-growth Harvest
• News Release: USDA Exempts Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule

USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

• News Release: Study reveals patterns that shape forest recovery after wildfires 
• News Release: Three Rocky Mountain Research Station scientists promoted to Senior Scientist status
• News Release: Protecting Prairie Pollinators: Study recommends insect conservation in the Great Plains

If you have news from a western USDA Forest Service region and would like it to be included on this site, please send it to Kelsey Cruickshank.