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Smokey Bear on Ice --- a Winning Combination

March 11, 2013 Cassandra Kollenberg, Payette National Forest, U.S. Forest Service

A team of volunteers from the Payette National Forest have sculpted “Smokey’s Magic” a 12-foot high, 3 foot deep sculpture of Smokey Bear in a wizard’s cloak with snowball in hand for the popular Winter Carnival in nearby McCall, Idaho. The Forest Service team, whose members all volunteer their off...

Forestry

Updated Web Tool Maps U.S. Food Access in Greater Detail

March 11, 2013 Paula Dutko, Food Assistance Branch, Economic Research Service

Access to stores that carry healthy, affordable food can play an important role in people’s nutrition and overall health. Ensuring access to healthy food is a priority for USDA and a key component of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative.

Food and Nutrition Farming Research and Science

USDA Announcing Action Plan on Interagency Coordination and Collaboration for the Protection of Indian Sacred Sites

March 11, 2013 Max Finberg, acting director, USDA Office of Tribal Relations

As part of President Obama’s commitment to honoring Government-to-Government relationships with Tribal Nations, the federal government is continuing to strengthen its relationships in Indian Country. The Departments of Agriculture (USDA), Defense, Interior, and Energy joined the Advisory Council for...

Forestry