Forest Management

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The Forest Service is strongly committed to the management of the National Forests in an environmentally sound manner. The agency's top priority is to maintain and improve the health, diversity, and productivity of forest ecosystems for the enjoyment of current and future generations. Forest management includes guidance, administration, and support of the agency's forest products management and sales programs.

• Infocenter
  Forest Management news, information, and events.
• Reports
  Timber sale and special forest products information and reports.
• Forest Products Measurement
  Timber cruising, log scaling, and volume estimation information, software, and support for the National Forests.
• Forest Vegetation Management Tools (VegTools)
  A clearinghouse for both familiar and innovative vegetation management tools. It provides a grass-roots approach to sharing information and projects used in the field to restore and maintain forest health.
• Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS)
  The USDA Forest Service's nationally supported framework for growth and yield modeling.
• Post-Fire Vegetation Conditions on the National Forests
  This Forest Service website offers an initial description of post-fire vegetative conditions using the Rapid Assessment of Vegetation Condition after Wildfire (RAVG) process.
• Stewardship Contracting
  Natural resource management practices that seek to promote a closer working relationship with local communities in a broad range of activities to improve land conditions, consistent with a community's ecological, social, and economic objectives.
• Tree Marking Paint
  The National Headquarter's Forest Management Staff provides information, specifications, and meeting notes about tree marking paint.
• Woody Biomass Utilization
  The Forest Service encourages the utilization of woody biomass from hazardous fuel reduction, restoration, and other management activities on public and private lands to help offset the costs of these activities, provide economic opportunities to rural communities, and enhance environmental benefits for the American public.