Newsletter Archive

Below you'll find previous issues of our newsletter. Enjoy!

• A Multiheaded Beast - Abandoned Mine Lands and the Challenge of Water Protection [ PDF / TEXT ] Winter 2005.
  Water has been called mining's “most common casualty”. There are over 38,000 abandoned hardrock mines located on our national forests - some dating from the mid-1800s. Recent surveys estimate as many as 6,000 of these mines pose environmental problems. In this issue, we explore a few of the creative solutions to complex clean up challenges, along with a sampling of the research, technology, and policy issues involved.
  
  
• Private Forests & Water Resources [ PDF / TEXT ] Summer 2004.
  Comprising roughly half the forested land in the United States, non-industrial private forests include vital yet vulnerable water resources. This issue explores the land-use activities and pressures that confront these forests, and provides examples of programs and policy options to support working private forests for the future.
  
  
• Living Laboratories [ PDF / TEXT ] Spring 2004
  In this issue, science writer Mary Carr introduces us to the role of forests as living laboratories. Located in protected settings across the country, the USDA Forest Service experimental forests are key sources of long-term water information.
  
  
• Good To The Last Drop [ PDF / TEXT ] May 2002
  The inauguaral issue of the Forest Service Wildland Waters Newsletter. Highlights news - views - and current technological and public policy information.