Washington DC - March 9 -  The formation of the new Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Advisory Committee will inaugurate a new level of collaboration between the USDA Forest Service and the American people in the restoration of forested landscapes.

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Washington DC - December 31 - The Amazon is being cleared both by soybean growers and by ranchers, who are expanding Brazil’s national herd of beef cattle. Oftentimes, soybean growers buy land from cattlemen, who have cleared the land and grazed it for a few years, pushing them ever deeper into the Amazon rainforest.

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Washington DC - December 17 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the United States, joined by Australia, France, Japan, Norway, and the United Kingdom, agreed, in the context of an ambitious and comprehensive outcome in Copenhagen, to dedicate a total of USD3.5 billion as initial public finance towards slowing, halting and eventually reversing deforestation in developing countries.

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Washington DC - December 9 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that U.S. Forest Service will commit an additional $40 million to address public safety concerns and forest health needs arising from the millions of acres of dead and dying trees from bark beetle infestations in the West.

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Washington DC - October 28 - Using cryopreservation methods, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have devised a procedure for storing frozen budwood from ash trees and thawing the delicate buds for later use in propagation.

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Washington DC - September 30 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted his vision for a new direction in forest management and the new emphasis on collaboration, restoration, and conservation in the U.S. Forest Service’s efforts to improve forest health.

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Washington DC - September 29 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a collaborative conservation partnership between Vail Resorts, the National Forest Foundation (NFF) and the USDA Forest Service, which will be one of the most comprehensive forest health and watershed public-private partnership post-fire restoration projects in the country.

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Washington DC - September 25 - To mark the 16th Annual National Public Lands Day federal agencies, the National Environmental Education Foundation, and tens of thousands of volunteers will be participating in the nation’s largest one-day public lands volunteer event in history.

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Washington DC - September 10 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the federal government has now made more than $1 billion in grants under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act of 1989, helping to conserve or restore more than 25.4 million acres of wetlands.

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Washington DC - September 10 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for forest health protection projects. These 78 projects will receive almost $89 million and are located on forested lands in 30 states.

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Washington DC - August 7 - The USDA Forest Service is preparing to celebrate the 65th birthday of an American icon - Smokey Bear - on Monday, August 10. The celebration will take place at the Whitten Building USDA headquarters in Washington D.C.

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Washington DC - August 6 - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed protection for some 40 million acres of wild national forests and grasslands, upholding the ‘Roadless Rule’, caught up in the federal courts and the politics of changing presidents for almost a decade.

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Washington DC - June 15 - The USDA announced projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for Wood-To-Energy and biomass utilization. These 30 projects are located in 14 states, including California.

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Washington DC - June 9 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar informed President Obama and the Cabinet that the National Park Service will begin economic recovery projects at 107 national parks in next 100 days, creating new jobs and stimulating local economies while making parks better places for Americans to visit.

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Washington DC - June 3 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for roads maintenance and decommissioning and associated watershed restoration.

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