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Packers' First Downs for Trees
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Welcome Jada Jackson
Forest Service Unveils New Approach to Invasive Species
Invasive Species Threatening the United States
Forest Service Releases Teacher Supplement for Woodsy Owl's ABCs
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HomeState & Private Forestry News
December 19, 2011

Packers' First Downs for Trees

First Down for Trees

From left to right:  Aaron Popkey, Packers Public Relations; Darrell Zastrow, Wisconsin DNR Deputy Administrator, Division of Forestry; Tony Ferguson, Director, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, USDA Forest Service; Mark Murphy, Packers President and CEO; Greg Kirchmayer, Wisconsin Public Service; Tracy Salisbury, Urban Forestry Coordinator in the Northeast Region.

 

GREEN BAY, Wis.--If the hard-driving Green Bay Packers, the state Department of Natural Resources and the United States Forest Service have their way, Brown County communities will have it "made in the shade."

 

DNR officials announced that because of a substantial grant from the Forest Service, a financial commitment from the championship Packers and an agreement with Wisconsin Public Service, the partners will be planting approximately 1,000 trees in the county during 2012 as part of the First Downs for Trees program. Read more.

Memorial Dedicated at Morgantown Field Office

Memorial patio area dedicated in Morgantown, WV

"We could always count on Rod to man the grill ... . Now Rod and Dan will be with us here whenever we gather," said Field Representative Bob Lueckel. (Photos: Robert Lueckel)

 

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Thirty current and former employees gathered in fall to dedicate a picnic patio behind the field office to workers who died in 2010. A plane crash claimed the lives of Rod Whiteman, Dan Snider, and their pilot, Patrick "Pat" Jessup; and cancer took Tom Elliot a short time later. A bench that was placed overlooking the Monongahela River bears the inscription, "Forever in our Hearts" and sits on a pad containing glass bottles that Rod collected in the woods. As a further tribute, Karen Felton personalized tiles that form pads for picnic tables and a grill--dragonflies, hard hat, and gloves represent the field work Dan Snider loved doing, and a poem his wife read at the funeral service.

Jada JacksonWelcome
Jada Jackson

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- Jada Jackson is the new technical specialist for the Forest Legacy Program of the Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry. Her main job duty is assisting the 20 Northeastern and Midwest States with the process of acquiring environmentally important forest lands to protect them from development. Read more.

Forest Service Unveils New Approach to Invasive Species

WASHINGTON--The U.S. Forest Service announced its first ever national-level direction on the management of invasive species across aquatic and terrestrial areas of the National Forest System, on December 5.  "Invasive species cost the American public an estimated $138 billion each year.  They deplete water supplies, destroy recreation opportunities and damage landscapes across the country" said U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell.  "We are taking this bold approach to better protect our nation's forest and water resources from the threat of invasive species." Read more.

Invasive Species Threatening
the United States

NEW YORK--CBS News recently featured 11 of the invasive species that are attacking this country--from the Asian silver carp, which jumps out of the water with such force it can injure boaters, to the giant African land snail, which carries meningitis and eats houses. Public education and prevention are the keys to keeping invasive species from spreading and entering this country in the first place.  Watch video.

Forest Service Releases Teacher Supplement for Woodsy Owl's ABCs

WASHINGTON --The U.S. Forest Service has released a free teaching supplement to the illustrated Woodsy's ABCs book that helps early childhood educators expand conservation messages and techniques to get children learning in the outdoors. Read more. 

Employees Spend a "Day of Caring"

M. Miller-Weeks

Bob Fitzhenry, Rebecca Lilja, Margaret Miller-Weeks, Roger Monthey, Isabel Munck, John Parry, Florence Peterson, Dennis Souto, and Sherri Wormstead maintained trails, weeded and pruned gardens, and removed invasive plant species. (Margaret Miller-Weeks pictured in foreground) 

 

DURHAM, N.H.-- Durham field office employees volunteered at the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth, NH, as part of the 20th annual fall "Day of Caring"-a community-wide event organized by the United Way of the Greater Seacoast.  The Urban Forestry Center has graciously hosted many Forest Service meetings over the years, free of charge; this day of caring was a way to give back. The Center, managed by the New Hampshire Division of Forest and Lands, is used as a Tree Farm to demonstrate proper forest management, a bird and wildlife sanctuary, a garden and landscape demonstration site, and as a learning center for natural resource-related events and meetings.

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