USDA Invests in Conservation of 177,000 Acres of Private Working Forests
USDA invests $106M to keep working forests working
On Thursday, US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced that the US Forest Service is investing $106 million to support state and landowner efforts to conserve private working forestlands across the country. The funding, provided through the Forest Legacy Program, will help protect forests that are vital to the economic and social fabric of local communities—ensuring they remain productive for Americans and tourists to use and enjoy.
The Forest Service will fund 10 projects covering 177,000 acres of state- and privately owned forestlands in Arkansas, Hawaii, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Oregon, and South Carolina. The investments support President Trump’s Executive Order on the Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production.
The Forest Legacy Program is authorized by the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act Of 1978 and operates through voluntary partnerships with states and landowners with the goal of conserving these lands while balancing other local uses and goals. To date, the program has conserved more than 3.1 million acres of forestland nationwide.
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