Welcome to the National Forest Foundation blog. Explore the various articles to learn more about our forests and places to play.
Just outside the city of Richfield, the Pahvant Mountain Bike Trail system is beginning to take shape. It will be the newest non-motorized trail in the region and a welcome addition to the area’s extensive multi-use trail system.
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Trails that access the Sierra Ancha Wilderness, one of Arizona’s most biologically unique areas, have gotten a major makeover! These
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Meet Katie Neher, a Montana native who is now the NFF's Development Database Associate.
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June of 2019 a group of volunteers with Friends of Nevada Wilderness removed barbed wire in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
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The Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association (CMBA) and the Crested Butte Conservation Corps (CBCC) work hard to ensure that their beloved trails are in the best shape for all users.
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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!
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Planet Home Lending’s efforts to positively affect the environment inspired the national mortgage lender to plant 25,000 trees with the NFF in 2019.
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When shopping small this Saturday, consider businesses with an environmental commitment, like our Small Business Tree Planting Partners!
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An NFF partner since 2017, Stryker’s Sustainability Solutions plants trees through their Products for the Planet Program.
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In 2019, we are honored to join the NFF team and ensure 10,000 more trees are planted as part of their extraordinary goal of 50 million new trees throughout our National Forests. These new trees will improve water quality, diminish the effects of climate change and help generate the restoration of tens of thousands of acres of wildlife habitat.
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So, what exactly is the impact of forest fires on wildlife? It turns out that like most things in life, it’s a mixed bag. On one hand, wildfire is a natural part of the ecosystem in the western United States, and wildlife has a long relationship with it. Some species even benefit from the blazes. On the other hand, of course fire can be dangerous to animals and plants that can’t outrun it.
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The Siuslaw National Forest in Oregon covers more than a half-million acres in the Oregon Coast Range mountains and is also home to many unique coastal ecosystems. Within the Forest is the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, one of the largest remaining expanses of coastal sand dunes in the world.
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When we think about strategies animals use to survive the winter, we often picture birds flying south and bears hibernating in caves. However, not many animals truly hibernate, and bears are among those that do not. Bears enter a lighter state of sleep called torpor.
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There are few things out there as memorable or rewarding as an overnight river trip. It doesn't matter the river type—whether it's full of technical rapids or deep, languid flat water—there's just something about paddling to a campsite that can't be beaten. But of course with all good things, it pays to be diligent and responsible in order to keep them good. So, here are some simple ways to minimize your impacts while paddling, so that you (and others) can enjoy these natural places for many more trips to come.
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In 2013, we posted a blog called “14 Best Places to Canoe and Kayak on National Forests.” Two years later, it’s still one of our most popular blogs. We thought we should add a few gems we missed and highlight some of the other best places to paddle on our National Forests.
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With hundreds of miles of designated Wild and Scenic Rivers on our National Forests, not to mention stunning lakes, you don't need to look too far for a great paddle experience near you.
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Wildfire and its impacts to our forests can be hard to understand. Here are five common questions that explain how tree planting can help our forests recover from wildfire.
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This post is part of a series that is a companion to the feature article in Your National Forests Summer/Fall 2017. Get to know the women featured in the article a bit more through this series
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This post is part of a series that is a companion to the feature article in Your National Forests Summer/Fall 2017. Get to know the women featured in the article a bit more through this series
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The first time I hiked in the Sipsey Wilderness I felt like I’d wandered into some strange oasis. With deep canyons, high waterfalls, and forests of hemlocks and mountain laurel, the Sipsey seems out of place in north Alabama. It’s as if, by some miracle, a 25,000-acre chunk of North Georgia was transported 190 miles to the West.
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Travel in California and you will experience diverse Wilderness areas spanning coast to alpine and desert to montane. There are 149 wilderness areas in California ranging in size from six acres to 3.1 million. They cover nearly 15 million acres—roughly 15 percent of the state.
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Today the National Wilderness Preservation System contains nearly 110 million acres of lands enjoyed by all Americans. These wilderness lands all exist within our National Parks, National Forests, National Wildlife Refuges and Bureau of Land Management Lands.
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If you have spent time in the Pacific Northwest and are a nature lover, then chances are, you have been in or heard of the popular wilderness areas within the National Forest system.
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With a shared vision of restoration, improved water quality and quantity, and enhanced recreational opportunities, the National Forest Foundation and a team of partners are stepping up on the Lower Salt River to make real, measurable change to benefit the river, birds and wildlife, for people from near and far, and for the state’s tourism economy.
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An outstanding obstacle for restoration efforts, especially across Western forests, is what to do with all the unusable woody material that comes from restoration project sites. Air Curtain Burners or ACBs are becoming a huge player in the world of forest restoration, logging practices, and even in generating renewable energy.
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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!
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From now until January 31, set up a monthly tree planting gift of $10 or more and we will send you a reusable shopping bag! Your monthly gift will sustain our forests and fight climate change for years to come. A $20 recurring gift will plant 240 trees in 2020!