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Foress re remendous sse o nynion; no only re hey vil o he helho our environmen bu hey re signicn

conribuor o our economies. US ForesService, Depuy Chie or Reserch ndDevelopmen, Dr Jim Reves, describeshow he service is ensuring he susinbiliyo US oress or he bene o he nion

ody nd in he decdes o come

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as strting point, could you outlinethe US Forest Services mission nd itschief objectives?

the Fres Servces mss s sushe helh, dversy d prducvy hes ress d grsslds mee heeeds prese d uure geers.

We hve sx che bjecves:

accelered Resr: acceleredresr ers demsre shredvs where evrmelss, res

dusry d lcl cmmues re wrkggeher buld helher ress dcrbue lcl ecmes. Resrwll esure h ur ress re resle wldre, whle ls prvdg helhywersheds d blserg rurl ecmes

Resr Prershps: the cresedresr wrk wll bee heevrme d peple, wh mre resleecsysems, mprved wersheds dwldle hb, hzrdus uel reduc,d upus res prducs. We hpeccelered resr cves wll brg

ll ur prers geher, wrkg s llesr res cserv

Fre: Fre mgeme s cerl meeghe Fres Servce mss cservgurl resurces, resrg eclgclhelh d precg cmmues.Resrg ecsysems cludes hg,prescrbed re, d cer lcswhe cds re rgh, we wll eve useurl wldre reduce uels d resre

ecsysems h bee rm re

Wer: Wersheds l ressd grsslds re he surce 20 perce he s wer supply, vlueesmed exceed US $27 bll per yer.60 per ce he s ress (bu430 mll cres) re prvely held. tw-hrds he cle wer supply he USs ud srem wer rm precph s lered hrugh ress. the FresServce s wrkg crss gecy budres 7,000 cmmues rud he US help mprve se d prve ress rhelher wersheds d helher wer

amercs Gre oudrs ive: theFres Servce respse he amercsGre oudrs ive cludes hellwg:

Use he Wershed Cd Frmewrk dey prry wersheds ddevelp wershed c pls hcus vesmes m dmprve wersheds

Demsre lrge ldscpe resrpprches hrugh pplc he Cllbrve Fres Ldscpe

Resr Prgrm

Buels: Sclg up buels dusry wlldeped susble bmss supply,cs-eecve cvers prcesses,develpme decs suppr ls, dvesmes ud prjec develpme.all hs wll ke mre vesmes reserch d develpme

Invsive species re mongs he lrgesconribuors o environmenl declinend species loss. Hisoriclly, wh hvebeen he bigges hres o nive speciesin he US?

our ivsve Speces Reserch Prgrmprvdes he scec rm d lseeded by regulrs, mgers, d hepublc reduce, mmse r elme herduc, esblshme, spred, dmpc vsve speces ress drgelds. Fr exmple, hemlck whllydelgd (HWa) d emerld sh brer(EaB) hve hd mjr mpcs eserree speces. HWa hs wreked hvc he hemlcks hrughu he Es becusehemlcks ply mjr rle keepgsrems cl, whch ur ms heve sh d her srem u blce.

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nw impacting envirnmental sciencesnatinally and wrldwide.

i ws msly becuse Fres ServceReserch h he Lg-term EclgclReserch d nl Evrmelobservry newrk ewrks develped,d mre recely he Urb Lg-termReserch ares. Fres Servce us heseewrks hve revlused eclgclreserch d crbued he rm

he ew dscple sceclgy.Whu hs reserch we wuld udersd he ssembly d dsssembly he rher hrdwd res, pheme hppeg respse evrmel chge he rhes.

new pprches d slus chevghelhy ces re beg develped Blmre, Mryld, new Yrk, dher ces where Fres Servce reserchs empwerg peple d prmg

jbs ssced wh gree rsrucuremgeme. the udmel scececrbus behd hese ccmplshme

vlve he develpme beerudersdg he relshp beweeurl d hrpgec dsurbces decsysem uc d reslece.

Wh re he min issues h he Progrmwill ckle in he coming yers? Hvepreprions lredy begun?

Every 10 yers he Fres Servce prepres ssessme he s reewble urresurces, lkg curre cds,rece reds, d mkg prjecs r heex 50 yers. Key dgs rm he 2010Resurces Plg ac assessme clude:

urbs, clme chge, bdversyd ppul grwh.

Wh re he broder impcs o heFores Services eors?

i srgly beleve h Fres Servce reserchrespds he publcs desre mkesmr vesmes h wll pss uuregeers cle wer, wldle, urlresurces rm ur s ress dgrsslds, prvde crcl rm hns urb ress d ply crcl rle ur curys ecmc grwh.

EaB hs decmed he sh rees hrughuhe nrheser ses. ths culd mpcmpr uses sh wd prducs suchs mjr legue bsebll bs d nveamerc bske-mkg merls.

americ hs invesed hevily in bioenergynd biomss o help secure is energyuure. How does his impc upon heobjecives o he Service?

our s ress re sregc sseh c help cheve d ehce USeergy secury, ecmc ppruy,evrmel quly d glblcmpeveess by prvdg rw merlr he reewble beergy d bbsedprducs secr. ths secr s grwgsurce gree jbs he US ecmyh crbues eergy secury dgreehuse gs emsss reduc.

Wdy bmss s crcl reewbleresurce d, hrugh cmmerclly vlbleechlgy, c prduce herml delecrcl eergy, d wh he rgh reserch

c prvde lqud/gseus beergyd bprducs se he use ssluels. Wh s crcl r ur s hremvg bmss keeps ur ress helhyd mre re ress .

Could you explin how you ormsuccessul prnerships wih lnd owners,lnd mngers nd indusry o proecwer, ir nd soil?

there re hree keys r rmg successulprershp: (1) udersdg he prblemshe wers d mgers eed slve; (2)udersdg wh eress re rsk; d

(3) udersdg wh rm hey lck mke decss slus h mgehse rsks. Fr he Fres ivery dalyss Prgrm, we hve wrked wh keyskehlders cree bh nl UsersGrup d Regl Users Grups dereprs he cury. a ul meegs hese grups, prgrmme leders lse dseek udersd ll he dmess heprblems, he vred eress rsk, d herm gps h exs d hw hesegps der mg skehlders.

the increse in droughs cused by wrming world will negively impc

upon your reserch. Wh hs yourreserch ino re nd uel uncovered?

Reserch hs re crbues udmeludersdg re behvur, reeclgy, wldld uels, smke d herre emsss, s well s udersdg re dymcs ecsysems ecedby clme chge, secs, d dsese.Fre reserch resuls re delvered remgers hrugh egred supprsysem, kw s Wldld Fre DecsSuppr Sysem, r use rel-me decsmkg wldld re cdes. therm d ls develped hrugh

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hs prgrmme sss mgers dplcy mkers mkg cs-eecve devrmelly-sud re mgemedecss h sus d ehce resurcevlues d mmse egve mpcs. newkwledge d echlgy mprves -he-grud pers by prvdg beer rskssessmes suppr re ses plgd pprpre mgeme respse;evlug he eecs uel remesresr cves, d ps-re

emergecy remes.

Whle eeded mesures my der bysu, emergg resuls dce huel reduc remes c reduce resevery d pelly reduce re dre spred. i my cses, hg reduce sd d crw desy llwedby slsh reduc hs bee ud be eecve reme.

to de, wh hve been he mosinfuenil wildlie sudies conduced byhe R&D uni? How hve hey helpedshped conservion policy?

i he 1980s d 1990s, Fres Servcewldle reserch prvded he rmrequred udersd he hb eeds red-cckded wdpecker speces d herrespses vrus hb mgemeprcces. Reserch ls prvded ew lsd echlges such s rcl cvesd rslc echques h hve beesrumel he recvery hs speces.Sudes by US Fres Servce resercherswere used hevly he develpme he2003 Revsed Recvery Pl d hve beehe bss r mgeme plcy publcd prve lds hrughu he Suh. nw

lgle pe ecsysems re mged whls lke prescrbed re, hg, d rcles bxes, d rge-wde sregy rrslcs s beg dmsered by heUS Fsh d Wldle Servce. n ly rehe brds survvg d cresg, bu heecsysem s furshg .

a prioriy re or your reserch lies in heuse o nnoechnology. How cn heseools bene oresry lrge?

Recely, wd-bsed echlgyhs bee hghlghed s crcl pr hsve wh he Fres Servce plyg

led rle. the ermus pel dbees wd-bsed echlgycus hree prmry res: resresr help crl csrphcwldres; ew jbs; d vesmes dversy d sreghe amercs ecmy.

Wh do you consider o be he R&DProgrms grees chievemen in he lsew yers? Wh ws he impc?

our lng-term engagement infrestry research, many times withinExperimental Frests and Ranges, hasmeant that Frest Service research is