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Remembrance, Recovery, and Resilience: 9/11 Memorials in NYC Metropolitan Landscapes

September 09, 2016 Heather L. McMillen, Lindsay K. Campbell, and Erika S. Svendsen, U.S. Forest Service, New York City Urban Field Station

As we approach the 15 th anniversary of September 11 th, 2001 or 9/11, our thoughts return to that day and many of us will revisit public spaces designed to promote healing and emotional recovery from the worst terrorist attack in our nation’s history. The memories of the victims are cemented in our...

Forestry

Secretary's Column: USDA Support Keeps Old Glory Flying High

July 03, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

What began as a small sail-making shop in 19 th century New York City has evolved into the modern realization of one family’s American Dream—a family-owned and –operated small business whose product has been a part of some of the most iconic images in our nation’s history. Alexander Annin’s sail...

Rural

We Will Never Forget Our Fallen Firefighters

October 23, 2013 Robert Westover, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

Few would ever take jobs that require one to literally run toward fire—and possible death—but that’s exactly what countless firefighters did last year. Seventy-three of those heroes didn’t live to tell about it. Their deaths happened on U.S. Forest Service-managed lands, in public and privately...

Forestry
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