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Arizona, five national
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forests and a national
Aviation
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grassland in New
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National Forests &
Mexico, and one
Resource
Grasslands
Management national grassland each
 Campsite Reservations
in Oklahoma and the
Forest &
Grassland Texas panhandle.The
region ranges in
Health
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elevation from 1,600
State,
Private & feet above sea level
Center
and an annual rain fall
Community of 8 inches in Arizona's
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Forests
lower Sonoran Desert
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to 13,171-foot high
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Wheeler Peak and over
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northern New
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Every Kid In A
Park
Fourth graders
nationwide are eligible
for a free pass that will
give access to most
federal lands and
Cal Joyner, Regional Forester
waters for them and
their families. Fourth
grade students can visit
the "Every Kid in a
Park" website to get
their pass.
Four Forest
Restoration
Initiative
The
Forest
Service has prepared a
Draft Environmental
Impact Statement
(DEIS) for the Four
Forest Restoration
Initiative (4FRI) that
analyzes almost a
million acres on the
Coconino and Kaibab
National Forests and
proposes forest
restoration treatments
over a 10-year
period. The DEIS and
associated documents
are available on the
4FRI website. For
additional information,
please send your
request to
[email protected] or
call the 4FRI Team at
928-226-4684.
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New Mexico
Meadow Jumping
Mouse
Information on the
recent listing of the
mouse. Summary and
background
information, links to
projects and reference
material.
Travel
Management
Information about offhighway vehicle use on
national forests and
grasslands.
Bark Beetle
Outbreak
Information on
bark beetle effects.
Discover the Forest
Click here to access the
"Discover the Forest"
twitter page where
you'll find suggestions,
tips, camping recipes
and much more....
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