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28 pages ; The purpose of this document is to introduce the reader to the U.S. Forest Service's iconic places and to provide basic information about the values they protect, their conditions, their management practices, and the challenges and opportunities that they face. Iconic places include national recreation areas, national scenic areas, national monuments, and others that have been protected either through congressional legislation or presidential proclamation. Reported information is drawn from a 2016–2017 survey of U.S. Forest Service site managers for 41 iconic places across the United States. ; This research is funded with a U.S. Forest Service Agreement (#14-CS11132422-323) with funding from the Recreation Heritage and Volunteer Resources Program Area, Washington Office.

AbstractThis study quantifies how leakage behavior from afforesting agricultural land affects the intensification of agricultural production. In particular, we examine the leakage percentage from carbon offset allowance at specific southern regions in the United States as a part of a carbon market. We use the Forest and Agriculture Sector Optimization Model‐Greenhouse Gases model to examine responses between sectors as part of the regional afforestation policy analysis. Regional characteristics and a policy's time frame are found to play important roles in achieving net gains, in terms of greenhouse gases stored, from such regional policies. In some cases, however, leakage greater than 100% is evident.

28 pages ; An accelerated pace and scale of forest restoration on Oregon's eastside national forests will rely heavily on the ability of contractors to both implement forest treatments and contribute to environmental planning activities. Private businesses commonly are contracted to implement already-planned restoration work on Forest Service land. . . . Recently, within Oregon, private businesses, state agencies, and non-governmental partners have also begun playing a role in pre-implementation restoration activities. . . . For this report, we used past Forest Service restoration contracting data, records of grants and agreements to Forest Service partners for activities related to restoration, and contractor interviews to better understand how the Forest Service works with local businesses and partners in all aspects of forest restoration efforts. We also used these data to understand the capacity of the local restoration contractor workforce to carryout accelerated restoration work. ; The work was funded via a contract with the Oregon Department of Forestry.