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New extension program boosts\u00a0Alabama\u00a0jobs through urban forests

News Courier 15 Apr 2025
From aging trees to a nonexistent workforce, many of Alabama’s urban forests are facing major challenges ... Alabama’s aging urban forests are points of concern for many towns and communities ... Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program.
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Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest holds Palm Sunday procession to begin Easter week

Chicago Tribune 14 Apr 2025
... at 400 East Westminster in Lake Forest ... A Palm Cross Workshop following Sunday’s service at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest, taught parishioners how to bend palm branches into a cross.
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Headwaters State Forest has reopened after North Carolina wildfires

BlueRidgeNow 14 Apr 2025
North Carolina Forest Service officials update the fight to contain wildfires in the western part of the state ... Forest Service officials have reopened Headwaters State Forest effective immediately ... Part of the forest borders South Carolina.
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We served national forests under both parties, and know today our public lands are in ...

Denver Post 14 Apr 2025
Forest Service chiefs under both Republican and Democratic administrations ... Forest Service employees have collateral firefighting jobs and are called on as fire season escalates ... Forest Service chiefs between 1997 and 2025.
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With overdevelopment concerns, Leland has a plan to conserve hundreds of acres of forest

StarNews Online 14 Apr 2025
As development rapidly transforms Leland, the town is working to conserve hundreds of acres of forested land ... Forest Service grant application ... Forest Service awarded $5.1 million across 13 community forest projects in 2024.
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Save the Redwoods League touts restoration projects, warns of USDA overstep

Times Standard 14 Apr 2025
... USDA that the nation faces a serious crisis of forest health and wildfire risk—one that the USDA Forest Service is well positioned to address,” the league announced in a statement published last week.
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Wildfire burning in Douglas County near Sedalia 45% contained

Denver Post 14 Apr 2025
Forest Service officials ... Forest Service officials said. The fire was human-caused, but how it started remains under investigation, according to the Forest Service ... According to Forest Service officials, the flames didn’t reach a single new acre.
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What's that smoke in east Milton? Eglin conducting prescribed burn.

Pensacola News Journal 14 Apr 2025
A prescribed fire, also known as a controlled burn, is a pre-planned fire used to prevent tree overcrowding and manage flammable fuels naturally built up over time by forests, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
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Top 5 most-read stories last week: Bear encounter, Summit County housing project and Imperial Challenge

Summit Daily 14 Apr 2025
Forest Service land ... Forest Service land ... Forest Service land near Dillon, the construction of the 162-unit workforce housing project had previously been expected to start this year ... Forest Service land ...
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Sunnyside Prescribed Fire north of Aspen planned on Monday

Aspen Times 14 Apr 2025
Fire managers expect conditions will be favorable on Monday to ignite the 900-acre Sunnyside Prescribed Fire on National Forest System lands one mile north of Aspen, according to a press release from the U.S. Forest Service.�.
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Modi accuses T’gana govt of ‘bulldozing forests’

The Times of India 14 Apr 2025
In Telangana, they made false promises to win power and are now harming forest land and wildlife ... He virtually inaugurated five buildings at UoH that lacked proper forest and municipal clearances.
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$10 million secured for Karuk Tribe’s fire training center

Times Standard 14 Apr 2025
Forest Service ... Forest Service, tribal and non tribal people and even those from other countries.
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Where are the fires in Florida? Drought conditions worsen with no rain in the forecast

Florida Today 14 Apr 2025
Monday morning, April 14, there were 62 wildfires burning, up from 39 April 11 and 33 on April 10, according to the Florida Forest Service ... manager with the Florida Forest Service in an email.
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Wildfire fuel mitigation grant offered to local landowners

Hill Country Community Journal 14 Apr 2025
Kerr County landowners who want to reduce the threat of wildfires to their properties have the opportunity to apply for a Texas A&M Forest Service grant that opened April 1 ....
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Is Portland looking at a completely dry weather week? It could happen

The Oregonian 14 Apr 2025
Have you been wanting to take a visit to see the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, or hike through Forest Park, but didn’t want to deal with the mud? This is your week. The National Weather Service says high ...

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