Washington outlook.(budget for protecting forests)

From: American Forests | Date: March 22, 2006| Author: Gray, Gerry | Copyright information

Like last year, President Bush's FY 2007 budget proposal for the Forest Service suggests bad news for programs that support forest restoration through collaborative efforts between the agency and communities. Many programs AMERICAN FORESTS and our community-based forestry partners consider priorities are proposed for cuts or elimination.

Ironically, many of our priority strategies--collaboration, forest restoration, and protecting open space through markets for ecosystem...

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