Communications

Letters From Leadership Archive

2009

• 12/21/2009 - Responding to General Government Proposals from the President's SAVE Award [PDF]
  • The President’s first-ever SAVE Award invited employees from across the Federal Government to submit their ideas for making our Government more efficient and effective - read about the great ideas.
• 11/20/2009 - Responding to Climate Change: Developing Integrated Plans for Landscape Conservation
  • The attached memo was released earlier this month by Forest Sservice Chief Tom Tidwell regarding climate change, its effects on forest management, and developing new plan of action.
• 3/27/2009 Promote Conservation on America's Public and Private Lands [PDF]
• 3/17/2009 Bio-Preferred Program Support [RTF]
  • Enclosure: Bio-Preferred Letter to Secretary of State [PDF]
• 3/13/2009 Strategic Framework Response to Climate Change - Climate Change Sustainable Operations Team [RTF]
  • Climate Change Sustainable Operations Team Charter [PDF]
  • Climate Change Monitoring Team Charter [PDF]

• 2/24/2009 Deputy Chief’s Business Operations Awards [RTF]

December 2008

• 12/8/2008 Launch of the Biomax 25 Gasification System [RTF]

October 2008

• 10/21/08 Business Operations Awards for FY 2008/2009 [RTF]
  • Enclosure: The 2008-2008 Business Operations Awards Program
    Description of Award Categories [PDF]
  • Enclosure: Nomination Form - Business Operations Award [DOC]
• 10/8/08 - FY 2008 Energy and Environmental Footprint Report Data Request [RTF]
  • Enclosure: 2008 Environmental Footprint Survey [PDF, 21 pages]
• 10/2/2008 Water Strategy [RTF]

August 2008

• 8/16/07 USFS and NFF Partnership [PDF]
  • Final Kerry Markey Q & A [PDF]
• 08/01/08 Forest Service Sustainable Operations – Web Forums [RTF]

June 2008

• 6/23/08 - Sustainable Operations in Fire and Aviation Operations [RTF]
• 06/23/08 Climate Change Companion Document to the Forest Service Strategic Plan for FY 2007-2012 [PDF]
  • Enclosure: Enclosure: 02/15/08 Climate Change Letter [RTF]
    • Enclosure: High Priority Actions to Address Climate Change, 2008 [RTF]
• 06/19/08 Environmental Management System Implementation [RTF]

October 2007

• 10/26/07 Woody Biomass Utilization Grants [RTF]

• 10/24/07 FY07 Sustainable Operations - Environmental Footprint Report Data Request [RTF]
  • Enclosure: FY07FootprintDataRequestPrintout [PDF, 22 pages]

• 10/19/07 Leadership Changes [RTF]

September 2007

• 9/24/07 EPA Climate Leaders Program [RTF]
• 9/20/07 Sustainable Operations and FY 2006 National Environmental Footprint Report [RTF]
  • Enclosure: Sustainable Operations and Our Baseline Environmental Footprint FY2006 [PDF, 20 pages, 2.71MB]

• 9/17/07 USDA Implementing Executive Order 13423 Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management [PDF, 3 pages]

• 9/10/07 Forest Service Sustainable Operations Council letter [RTF]

August 2007

• 8/16/07 Letter to the Hill on Carbon offsets
  • Enclosure: 08/16/07 Letter to Chief Kimbell from Congressmen Kerry and Markey [PDF]