American Forest Foundation Blog
Hundreds of Groups Urge Natural Resource Investment
It’s usually next to impossible to get folks in Washington to agree on anything. And yet, when it comes to protecting our natural resources, you can bet that there is little to argue about. On June 21, the American Forest Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, the Land Trust Alliance and more than 350 other organizations released a letter to the Obama Administration and Congress to protect conservation programs in the federal budget.
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2011 Forests in the Farm Bill Progress Report Shows On-the-Ground Success
The 2008 Farm Bill gave unprecedented access to U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation programs to family forest owners and Tree Farmers. To find out how the programs have been working on the ground, check out AFF's A Forests in the Farm Bill Progress Report: 2011 Updated Edition, released this week.
Read More >New Rule Will Help U.S. Stop Invasives
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has the authority to stop the importation of suspicious plants, but the current rules draw the process out for months and allow potentially harmful plants to continue to enter the country until a final decision is reached.
Read More >Categories: News for Forest Landowners Policy Resources for Forest LandownersDeep in the Heart of Texas: A Look at PLT’s 25th Coordinators’ Conference
Last week, 120 environmental educators from the United States, Japan, and Mexico gathered together in Montgomery, Texas. The participants convened on Lake Conroe for Project Learning Tree (PLT)’s 25th International Coordinators’ Conference. This annual event serves as a platform to provide ongoing professional development for state and international PLT leaders, launch new PLT initiatives, share models of success, and celebrate our accomplishments.
Read More >Categories: Environmental EducationUSDA Finds Agroforestry as a Real Solution
USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan recently announced a plan to promote agroforestry to farmers, ranchers, and woodland owners to enhance their productivity, profitability, and environmental stewardship.
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