AREAS OF U.S. FOREST SERVICE EXPERTISE

Sustainable Forest Management: The U.S. Forest Service strives to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.

• environmental impact assessments
• collaborative landscape management
• fire management
• forest inventory and monitoring
• forest restoration
• managing invasive species and pests
• reduced-impact logging
• combating illegal logging
• Lacey Act implementation
• reforestation and nursery management
• forest economics and planning
• timber contracting
• wood products and non-timber forest products
• mining and other extractive uses on forest land

Rangeland Management:
From grasslands to prairies, rangelands constitute about half (96 million acres, or 39 million hectares) of the lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service.

• coordinated resource management plans
• grazing management
• ecosystem and habitat inventory and monitoring
• water conservation

Climate Change: The U.S. Forest Service works to help forests, grasslands, and humans mitigate and adapt to global climate change.

• emissions inventory and analysis
• vulnerability and adaptation assessments
• low emission development strategies
• carbon monitoring
• Remote Sensing and GIS

Biodiversity and Habitat Conservation
The lands of U.S. Forest Service are home to diverse species of plants and animals, and we work hard to protect critical biodiversity at home and abroad.

• wildlife protection and habitat management
• biodiversity assessments
• valuation of ecosystem services
• migratory species protection
• ecosystem and landscape restoration

Watershed Management: Forests are integral in sustaining the health and availability of fresh water around the world, and the U.S. Forest Service plays an active role in maintaining and rehabilitating watersheds.

• managing upland forests for water quality
• stream bank restoration
• engineering and road management
• erosion control

Disaster Management and Response: The U.S. Forest Service works around the world to build disaster management capacity, based on our longstanding experience managing wildfires in the U.S.

• Incident Command System
• disaster response coordination and preparedness

Informed and Engaged Citizenry: The U.S. Forest Service works to create an informed citizenry through environmental literacy and collaborative planning.

• urban and community forestry
• conservation education and interpretation
• tribal and community relations
• stakeholder and community participation
• trans-boundary issues (watersheds, migratory species)
• conflict management

Institutional Development: The U.S. Forest Service has developed innovative systems to help us get our work done efficiently.

• personnel management systems
• grants and agreements management
• budgeting and financial management
• ranger manuals
• legislation
• land acquisition and realty
• information management
• law enforcement and arson investigation

For more information: Visit the Forest Service website at: http://www.fs.fed.us