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THE USDA FOREST SERVICE AND PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT Presentation to the International Seminar on Protected Area Manage

THE USDA FOREST SERVICE AND PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT Presentation to the International Seminar on Protected Area Management, August, 2003. Your Packets Print out of “Forestry in the USA” power point—reference document Print out of “The USDA Forest Service and Protected Area Management”.

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THE USDA FOREST SERVICE AND PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT Presentation to the International Seminar on Protected Area Manage

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  1. THE USDA FOREST SERVICE AND PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT Presentation to the International Seminar on Protected Area Management, August, 2003

  2. Your Packets • Print out of “Forestry in the USA” power point—reference document • Print out of “The USDA Forest Service and Protected Area Management”

  3. The USDA Forest Service and Protected Area Management • What is the Forest Service? • What does the Forest Service Do? • How does the Agency protect land? • Where does the Forest Service work on protected areas internationally?

  4. 1905—FOREST SERVICE ESTABLISHED • The Forest Service was established to manage national forests for protection of watersheds and to produce timber. • The mission has evolved and broadened dramatically

  5. Federal Land Management Agencies

  6. ALL LANDS IN THE UNITED STATES: Ownership Patterns of Lands Managed by the Federal Government Bureau of Indian Affairs3% Energy/Defense Departments1% Fish & Wildlife Service4% Forest Service8% National Park Service4% Bureau of Land Management12% Interior Department Defense/Energy Department Agriculture Department Total Federal Lands = 290 million hectares (1/3 of US land base)

  7. MAIN BRANCHES OF THE FOREST SERVICE There are 155 forests and 20 grasslands in the United States (77 million ha./191 million acres) across 9 NFS regions in the US. The Forest Service has 30,000 employees responsible for: • Watershed management • Recreation • Timber management • Wilderness and protected areas • Habitat/forest/grassland management

  8. MAIN BRANCHES OF THE FOREST SERVICE Cooperates with State organizations, other local government agencies, tribal government, private landowners, forest users on: • Watershed management • Fire management • Urban forestry • Forest insect and disease protection • Assistance to non-industrial private landowners • Indigenous-tribal relations • Conservation education

  9. TOTAL FOREST OWNERSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES Other Federal Agencies 9% or 26 million hectares Bureau of Land Management4% or 14 million hectares Forest Service20% or 60 million hectares States, counties & municipals9% or 26 million hectares Private forest lands58% or 174 million hectares Interior DepartmentOther Federal AgenciesAgriculture Department Total forested land in the United States—300 million hectares.

  10. MAIN BRANCHES OF THE FOREST SERVICE Provides scientific and technical knowledge through the work of: • Research Stations—Six stations across the US • Forest Products Laboratory • International Institute for Tropical Forestry (Puerto Rico)

  11. The USDA Forest Service and Protected Area Management • What is the Forest Service? • What does the Forest Service Do? • How does the Agency protect land? • Where does the Forest Service work on protected areas internationally?

  12. What does the Forest Service Do? 1900s2000 Timber production  Multiple Use & Conservation Fire suppression  Prescribed burning Road building  Watershed protection

  13. What does the Forest Service do? • Sustainable Forest Management for multiple values and uses • A decentralized organization of 30,000 employees

  14. The USDA Forest Service and Protected Area Management • What is the Forest Service? • What does the Forest Service Do? • How does the Agency protect land? • Where does the Forest Service work on protected areas internationally?

  15. Forest Service History with Protecting Land • More than 80 years of setting land aside for protection • Roads, vehicles, machinery, most extraction and logging

  16. Forest Service Pioneers Arthur Carhart (1892-1973)—Trapper’s Lake Colorado Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) The Gila Wilderness & pioneer of wildlife management Bob Marshall (1901-1939)—logging, motorized vehicles & roadbuilding, co-founded Wilderness Society

  17. National Wilderness Preservation System • Created by Congress in 1964 • 42 million hectares of protected land on 662 wilderness areas • Forest Service manages 406 of them (33% of the total hectares)

  18. LEVELS OF PROTECTION FOR LANDS IN THE US

  19. Wilderness Areas – integrated into the National Forests Indirect Benefits Direct Benefits

  20. The USDA Forest Service and Protected Area Management • What is the Forest Service? • What does the Forest Service Do? • How does the Agency protect land? • Where does the Forest Service work on protected areas internationally?

  21. Areas where International Programs does protected area work: China Bulgaria Russia Republic of Georgia Bolivia Mexico Brazil Congo Basin South Africa

  22. WORKING WITH THE USDA FOREST SERVICE • Linked through our electronic network • International Programs regional managers

  23. FOR MORE INFORMATION Please visit our website: www.fs.fed.us

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