United States Department of Agriculture CALIFORNIA NE I L ATE D ONAL I NTERNAT I Pacific Southwest Region HAWAII COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS GUAM SPF MARSHALL ISLANDS State & Private Forestry PALAU FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA EQUATOR Connecting Forests 0 250 500 1,000 Miles to People AMERICAN SAMOA USFS“Connecting PACIFIC S PeopleOUT HWEST REGION he Pacific Southwest Region To Conserve Forests.” T works with partners to care for 35 million acres of forests that serve over 40 million ■ Region 5 State and Private Forestry programs residents in California, Hawaii and the engage people where they live, work and play U.S.-Affiliated Islands of American Samoa, We work in to sustain healthy forests. Guam, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, ■ We work with State Foresters in California, Micronesia, and Palau. These forests provide partnership across Hawaii, and the US-affiliated Pacific Islands to homes, jobs, water, food and numerous other achieve their forestry goals. environmental, economic and social benefits all lands to sustain ■ We provide technical forestry assistance to to the people who live, work and visit here. national forests, states, tribes, territories, and restore healthy, private landowners and other agencies. productive and resilient ■ We manage an active grant program in support of forest health and conservation, leveraging rural and urban forests. federal resources at nearly 80%. Forest ■ We collaborate with experts to generate, Service synthesize and share best practices for forest management. Program Goals Forest Health Protection control and management; and restoration and rehabilitation. ■ Provide insect and disease program support and technical assistance to forest managers in California ■ Our goal is to reduce or eliminate the introduction, and the Pacific Islands through a network of U.S. establishment, spread, and impact of invasive Forest Service entomologists and forest pathologists. species across all landscapes and ownerships. ■ We engage with partners to develop, share, learn Aerial Detection Survey and exchange technical and pest management information with forest health specialists and ■ Conduct a systematic and comprehensive aerial indigenous practitioners worldwide. survey of the current forest health status throughout the forested areas of California and Hawaii. ■ We provide timely forest insect, disease, and invasive plant surveys and monitoring information and ■ Conduct special aerial surveys, as deemed recommend mitigation and management measures appropriate, to ascertain the current status of high to reduce, suppress and eradicate pest outbreaks profile/high importance forest disturbance events. threatening forest and agroforest resources. ■ Provide timely, comprehensive, professional communication outreach deliverables to national, Invasive Species regional and local forest professionals, cooperating ■ Our work focuses on four key elements for invasive agencies, various mass media entities and the species management: prevention; detection; general public. Urban and Community Forestry laying the groundwork to harvest timber, promote wildlife, and use their land in ways that are Through the delivery of technical, financial, ■ important to them and good for the forest. educational and research services, our UCF program supports growing and revitalizing healthy and livable ■ Conservation education programs promote VISIT US ONLINE urban environments from the most populous state– sustainable forestry and science-based California (38.8 million people), to the least populated management to schoolchildren, teachers, and the Scan the QR code to visit our website at U.S. Affiliated island–Republic of Palau (21,000 public. http://go.usa.gov/x4KYT people). Wood and Biomass Utilization Find resources such as forms, maps, and GIS data. ■ Collaborating across U.S. Forest Service branches and numerous state and local partners, we support ■ Retain a competitive and resilient wood products the Los Angeles Center for Urban Natural Resources industry infrastructure in California to help Sustainability–a western research hub to promote accomplish ecosystem restoration objectives, create adaptive management, technology transfer and retain jobs in rural areas, and partially defray the and science to improve the quality of lives and direct and indirect costs of management. environment. ■ Advance the efficient use of wood and biomass materials through research and technology Landowner Assistance development activities that reduce GHG and carbon ■ The Forest Legacy and Community Forest Programs emissions. protect working and community forests forever through agreements with landowners and Ecosystem Services and Climate Change 1323 Club Drive. Vallejo, CA 94592 communities in California, Hawaii, and the Pacific ■ Facilitating partnerships, science, and dialogues to Islands to protect water quality and provide habitat, build agreement around policies, strategies, and forest products, and opportunities for recreation. management tools needed to respond to climate change, enhance ecosystem markets, and restore ■ The Forest Stewardship Program supports healthy forests. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. landowners to develop forest management plans .