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NFF Grant Partners and Projects

Generando “STEAM” en Arizona: Cultivando una Nueva Generación de Defensores Forestales en el Bosque Nacional de Coronado.

En el NFF, estamos trabajando para derribar estas barreras. En Tucson, estamos trabajando con escuelas secundarias locales para conectar los estudiantes a las oportunidades diversas en el Coronado y tal vez más importante de maneras que resuenan con sus intereses individuales en la ciencia, la tecnología, la ingeniería, las artes y las matemáticas. ¡Sí— estamos tomando un enfoque “STEAM” completo!

Generating STEAM in Arizona: Cultivating a New Generation of Forest Champions

At the NFF, connecting people of all ages to our National Forests inspires our work, but we know it takes innovative approaches to reach our nation’s young people. We also know that young people are as diverse as our landscapes. Our youth programs strive to connect with kids in new ways, honor their interests and life experiences, and expand their values to include conservation, stewardship and a love of the outdoors.

Challenging Work, Rewarding Results: Kit Carson Peak

There may be mosquitoes and other unseen challenges, but we are pleased to be doing more, together, as we near the end of this epic, multi-year endeavor.

Finding Fourteeners…and Ticking Them off Our Stewardship Bucket List

With the Forest Service and nine other outstanding stewardship organizations, the NFF launched the Find Your Fourteener campaign in 2017 to harness our collective expertise to help ensure sustainable access to Fourteeners. The Find Your Fourteener campaign goal is to increase the pace and scale of improvements to sustainable recreation opportunities on Colorado’s Fourteeners. Read on for what’s on our Fourteeners stewardship bucket list in 2019!

REI’s Continued Partnership with National Forest Foundation Yields Big Results for Public Lands

In 2018, the NFF worked on 11 projects across the country. Read more about the projects and their results for our National Forests.

National Forest Foundation Grant Boosts Effort to Restore “Lost” Trails

In 2017, a grant from the National Forest Foundation enabled the Washington Trails Association to focus on "lost trails" of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest that needed restoration.

In Their Own Words: Youth Conservationists on the Coronado National Forest - Fall 2018

Hear from the fall 2018 Earth Conservation Interns about their experience on the Coronado National Forest.

This was one EPIC restoration project.

With support from the NFF's Ski Conservation Fund and Vail Resorts, the Eagle River Watershed Council restored the popular Shrine Pass Recreation Area on the White River National Forest.

Talking in the Woods with Harney County Restoration Collaborative

With NFF support the Harney County Restoration Collaborative has garnered community support and consensus for local forest management practices.

In Photos: Arizona Teenagers Spend Fall Break as Earth Conservation Interns

In October 2018, eight high school students from Tucson, Arizona decided not to vacation or take it easy on their fall break. Instead, they participated in the second iteration of the Earth Conservation Internship on the Coronado National Forest. Check out photos from their week in the forest.