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go directly to report, PDF _ R40811 - Wildfire Fuels and Fuel Reduction
16-Sep-2009; Ross W. Gorte; 18 p.
 Abstract: Severe wildfires have been burning more area and more houses in recent years. Some assert that climate change is at least partly to blame; others claim that the increasing number of homes in and near the forest (the wildland-urban interface) is a major cause. However, most observers agree that wi.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Forests, Natural Resources
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go directly to report, PDF _ R40236 - Estimates of Carbon Mitigation Potential from Agricultural and Forestry Activities
20-Feb-2009; Renee Johnson, Gorte, Yacobucci, Schnepf; 21 p.
 Abstract: In the United States, the agriculture and forestry sectors account for less than 10% of current estimated total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually. Combined, these sectors are estimated to emit nearly 600 million metric tons CO2 equivalent (MMT CO2-Eq.) each year, most of which is emitt.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Agriculture, Forests
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go directly to report, PDF _ R40203 - Moutain Pine Beetles and Forest Destruction: Effects, Responses, and Relationship to Climate Change
6-Feb-2009; Ross W. Gorte; 16 p.
 Abstract: The mountain pine beetle is a native insect of western U.S. pine forests. It survives by killing infested trees, usually individually, but occasionally in epidemics. Mountain pine beetle epidemics are particularly associated with lodgepole pine, a common western tree that typically grows in dense.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Climate Change, Forests
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go directly to report, PDF _ RL30647 - National Forest System Roadless Areas Initiatives
3-Feb-2009; Kristina Alexander and Ross W. Gorte; 21 p.
 Update: September 7, 2006

Previous releases:
www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/05may/RL30647.pdf
www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/04sep/RL30647.pdf
www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/04Jul/RL30647.pdf
www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/03Jul/RL30647.pdf
www.ncseonline.org/nle/crs.... [expand]  [read report]
Abstract: The roadless areas of the National Forest System have received special management attention for decades. In part to recognize the importance of national forest roadless areas for many purposes and in part because making project decisions involving roadless areas on a forest-by-forest basis was resul.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Forests, Risk & Reform, Public Lands

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go directly to report, PDF _ RL33525 - Recreation on Federal Lands
28-Oct-2008; Kori Calvert, Sandra L. Johnson, Carol Hardy Vincent, Ross W. Gorte, Nicole T. Carter, Nic Lane, David L. Whiteman, and M. Lynne Corn; 35 p.
 Update: Previous Releases:
August 25, 2008
February 12, 2008
September 12, 2007
March 10, 2007
February 2, 2007
Novemeber 7, 2006
August 28, 2006
July 11, 2006 (www.NCSEonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/06Jul/RL33525.pdf)
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Abstract: The growing and diverse nature of recreation on federal lands has increased the challenge of balancing different types of recreation with each other and with other land uses. Motorized recreation has been particularly controversial, with issues centering on access and environmental impacts. The 1.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Public Lands, Forests, Information
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go directly to report, PDF _ RL34517 - Wildfire Damages to Homes and Resources: Understanding Causes and Reducing Losses
2-Jun-2008; Ross W. Gorte; 30 p.
 Update: Previous Editions:
June 2, 2008
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Abstract: Wildfires are getting more severe, with more acres and houses burned and more people at risk. This results from excess biomass in the forests, due to past logging and grazing and a century of fire suppression, combined with an expanding wildlandurban interface — more people and houses in and near.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Forests, Natural Resources
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go directly to report, PDF _ RL33917 - Forestry in the 2007 Farm Bill
23-Jun-2008; Ross W. Gorte; 20 p.
 Update: Previous releases:
January 25, 2008
August 20, 2007
March 14, 2007
(/NLE/CRSreports/07Apr/RL33917.pdf)
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Abstract: The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 farm bill) became law (P.L. 110-246) when the House and Senate voted to override President Bush’s veto on June 18, 2008. The conference agreement on the bill (H.R. 2419) had been enacted, vetoed by the President, and overridden (P.L. 110-23.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Forests, Legislative, Agriculture
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go directly to report, PDF _ RL33932 - Illegal Logging: Background and Issues
9-Jun-2008; Pervaze A. Sheikh; 15 p.
 Update: Previous Releases:
March 19, 2007
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Abstract: Illegal logging is a pervasive problem throughout the world, affecting countries that produce, export, and import wood and wood products. Illegal logging is generally defined as the harvest, transport, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of national laws. In some timber-producing countries i.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Forests, Natural Resources, Information
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go directly to report, PDF _ RL34560 - Forest Carbon Markets: Potential and Drawbacks
3-Jul-2008; Ross W. Gorte and Jonathan L. Ramseur; 22 p.
 Abstract: Forests are major carbon sinks (storehouses), and activities that alter forests can release or sequester carbon dioxide (CO2), the most common greenhouse gas (GHG). Some carbon markets have been formed under mandatory GHG reduction regimes, such as the Kyoto Protocol and various regional and state i.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Forests, Economics & Trade, Climate Change
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go directly to report, PDF _ RL31065 - Forestry Assistance Programs
24-Aug-2008; Ross W. Gorte; 27 p.
 Update: Previous Releases:
August 10, 2004
November 18, 2004
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Abstract: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has numerous programs to support management of state and private forests. These programs are under the jurisdiction of the Agriculture Committees and are often examined in the periodic legislation to reauthorize agricultural programs, commonly known as fa.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Forests, Federal Agencies
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