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Southern Regional Fuels Program recognized for implementing prescribed fire over 1.3 million acres this year
Wildfire season has intensified with “mega fires” becoming the norm across western landscapes. The Regional Fuels Program acknowledged it’s not “if,” but “when” the south will have to face similar wildfire seasons. Forests across the Southern Region applied prescribed fire on a regional record-high 1.3 million acres of federal lands. All of this was completed during a pandemic and a new budget modernization process.
The last decade, the U.S. wildfire season has intensified year after year with “mega fires” becoming common place across the western landscape. The Southern Regional Fuels Program acknowledged it’s not “if,” but when the south will have to face similar wildfire seasons as climate change continues making its mark. This Region accomplished implementing prescribed fire to more than 1.3 million acres in FY21, during a pandemic, and following a new budget modernization process.
Forest Service employees carried out the program of work while putting their trust in Regional leadership that the funding and needed resources would be provided. Every Ranger District executed its best effort on all burn days, managing the team's safety while meeting the objectives outlined in the interdisciplinary approved burn plans.
The Forest Service improved water quality, air quality, and carbon sequestration as it reduced the wildfire threat to local communities throughout the south, including Puerto Rico. Our employees embody the skills necessary to perform at a high level to accomplish the mission and communicate the benefits of their work to external audiences. This monumental feat would not have occurred without thousands of Southern USDA Forest Service Employees dedication and strong work ethic.
The success of the Regional Fuels Program was dependent on several individuals for their leadership and ability to communicate to make this year’s historic accomplishment possible.
Mike Ward has been at the helm of fuels management, overseeing suppression, aviation, and coordination functions to acquire the necessary resources and not overextending fire suppression needs. Ward coordinated with Air, Archeology, Biology, Budget, and Timber program managers to ensure a desired outcome by all.
Jason Demas has managed budget concerns and balanced fire suppression needs. Mike Seaton managed the surge modules stationed all around the Southern Region. Seaton communicated daily inside and outside the Geographical Area to keep a workforce available to meet Regional needs. Nancy Ellsworth was a critical contributor to streamlining the ordering process and troubleshooting with the National Interagency Coordination Center to improve the process.
Shardul Raval helped navigate the process to keep the Regional Leadership Team informed, while addressing concerns promptly. He had the bigger picture insight that led to the great success for all of our lands treated with prescribed fire.
11 September 2011. Doha (Qatar): UNAMID JSR and Joint Chief Mediator Ibrahim Gambari (right) and Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud at the inaugural Meeting of the Implementation Follow-Up Committee (IFC) for the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) at the Ritz Hotel in Doha (Qatar).
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
from the museum of funeral customs. the interior is dimly lit with incadescents, but i wanted most of the pictures i took in there to look more antiseptic and clinical so i gelled the flash with a rosco Tough Plusgreen and overpowered the ambient lights, bouncing where i could to emulate ambient fluorescents. it was frustrating because the ceiling is high above the subjects and also painted matte black, making it impossible to bounce the light from above.
A heavily armed version with multiple modifications and weapons.
The folding railgun of the right shoulder is implemented in the form of the original VOLK. Also, the missile launcher on the left arm is slightly different from the original one.
But I haven't yet made a weapon for this mech's left arm and for the hard point on the left back.
I am going to upload after completing the additional weapons.
Thank you.
Content description: Stone arrowhead from Georgia or North and South Carolina
Local identifier: 029_02_00_014
Type of resource: three dimensional object
Genre/form: artifacts
Physical description: 1 artifact; stone: .50 x .10 cm
Digital origin: reformatted digital
General notes: Original object was digitized in 2016 as a TIFF image.
Acquisition notes: Donated by Dr. Charles F. Walcott to the Cambridge Public Library sometime in the 1970s
Description standard: dcrmg
Subject headings:
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Arrowheads
Stone Implements
Host collection: Charles F. Walcott Archaeological Collection, circa 1960-1970
Physical location: Cambridge Public Library
Rights: No copyright--United States
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection: [Identification of item], Charles F. Walcott Archaeological Collection, circa 1960-1970, 29, [Box#, Folder title], Cambridge Room, Cambridge Public Library Archives and Special Collections.
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Yes. This is the trash can where Nick Montfort and Scott Rettberg were questioned about photographing. I was a little nervous about it before I came into the city, but it was all cool. Nobody even noticed me.
USAID stands with the Ukrainian people during wartime. All of our more than 40 development activities continue to operate, thanks to the brave and determined work of our network of implementing partners. Ambassador Brink met with a group of USAID implementing partners in Kyiv, thanking them for their continued work on the ground to support Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. USAID will continue to support Ukraine as it resists Russia’s aggression and prepares for a successful postwar recovery.
Flooding of the Marsaki Wadi (28th of August and 1st of October 2019) and the impacts of the flood on the Marsaki dyke that was constructed to protect the communities of the Marsaki area of Tadjourah city from the floods.
Learn more about UNEP's work on adaptation: www.unep.org/explore-topics/climate-change/what-we-do/cli...
Photo credit: Ministry of Habitat, Urbanism and Environment, Djibouti
The superficial markings of the highlighter, which are somewhat difficult to see in visible light, are clearly visible. Due to the shallow penetration of ultraviolet light, however, highlighter ink itself was largely obscured by almost every implement tested.
At the 2015 Handy House Artisan Fair there were many artists demonstrating their craft. Here are a stone wall builders tools that he just put down after splitting the granite stone in the upper right portion of the photo using steel wedges. Very cool demonstration showing how cobblestones were once made. This annual fair gets better every year. The Handy House is a showcase for the Westport, Ma. Historical Society
Meeting with 15 Indonesian Mayors to discuss ITU standards and the implementation of the U4SSC KPIs
24 February 2023
Geneva, Switzerland
©ITU/D.Woldu
Implementation of anti-corruption reforms in Ukraine: stock-taking event, by the delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Accession Committee.
Implementation of anti-corruption reforms in Ukraine: stock-taking event, by the delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Accession Committee.
Part of the "Quick Impact Skills Development for Adolescents Affected by the Syrian Refugee Crisis," Project, Implemented By ANERA, supported by UNICEF and Funded by the German Bank for Development, a health training was held in Beqaa, Lebanon, gathering more than 33 trainers from Wavel Palestinian Refugee Camp in the Beqaa, around Youth related health issues and water, hygiene and Sanitation.
Dima Zayat and Nadine Abdallah, ANERA's Health Team, conducted an interactive training with visual aids, case studies, activities, and open discussions around adolescence, physical and mental changes and challenges, hygiene and Sanitation, where participants show big interest in the topics and initiated debates, specially around mental health and medical intervention.
Maryam Charawne, an English teacher at the Bilal Ben Rabah educational center, took part of the training, where she highlighted the importance of health component in the educational sector, saying: "Today we learned the importance of health awareness in the life of adolescence, and I think we need to have a health specialist in each educational facility," adding "Last year, one of the girls aged 12, dropped out of school, where she was facing bullying and harassment due to the physical changes she was passing through, and students started commenting badly on her skin, Health awareness will definitely help us avoid school drop outs."
A training of trainers of a South Sudan’s soon-to-be unified army concluded today, 4 October, with a graduation ceremony at the Military Training Centre in Luri near Juba.
The event marks a significant step forward for the implementation of the country’s revitalized peace agreement, signed in September last year.
Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar, Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, described the project of training the nation’s unified forces as one with “tremendous implications for national integrity and security”. He called the graduating instructors “pioneers” with a “huge responsibility” to carry after having received just ten days of training.
“Whatever you do, however you act, is going to affect the soldiers who you train, so I implore you to be conscious of your actions, because you set the trend of the forces of South Sudan,” the Force Commander said.
Lieutenant General Tinaikar also stressed the importance of looking forward rather than backward.
“You have to forget your past, from where you come and your past affiliations, to work together for your young nation, for the state of South Sudan,” he said, reiterating his faith in the diligence and capacity of the instructors to train the unified forces properly.
A lack of qualified trainers has been slowing down the capacity building of units of the united armed forces in 35 cantonment sites across the country, making the readiness of instructors such a vital sign of progress.
To enable the establishment of a Transitional Government of National Unity on 12 November, the few hundred graduates will need to capacitate some 83,000 soldiers, the troops being merged from the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition.
Photo: UNMISS / Eric Kanalstein
Antique tractors belonging to the Tessmer family. They mostly collect Minneapolis-Moline models, but also have a few other models including Case, Oliver, and Fordson.
These were taken at the Edgar, WI antique tractor show in August, 2011. All but the Oliver are handheld, 3-exposure capture for HDR processing.
Watercolour artwork of Old English horse drawn cart from the fox and hounds public house - Old Bursledon.
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Heres a shot of the wheel of my latest find. An old rusty, crusty, planter/ fertilizer made by Moline. I just put the post fence up this evening, and will be planting flowers around it. I love old farm implements.
With alternative technologies selected to destroy both the Colorado and Kentucky stockpiles, Program Executive Office (PEO) Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment is renamed PEO Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, reflecting the shift from testing to implementation.
Más de 2 mil estudiantes y 200 docentes de 29 instituciones educativas de las zonas rurales de Junín, Pasco, Amazonas y Loreto serán beneficiados con propuestas educativas pertinentes de acuerdo con sus características y demandas socioculturales, gracias a convenios de subvención suscritos entre el Ministerio de Educación (Minedu), Asociación Civil Fundación Holanda – Peú (Hope) y la Universidad Marcelino Champagnat (UMCH).
En un verdadero atractivo para los amantes del deporte y del público en general se convertirá durante esta temporada estival la Playa del Deporte 2013, hermoso recinto deportivo al aire libre que por sexto año consecutivo implementó la Municipalidad de Viña del Mar, a través de la Casa del Deporte.
La Playa del Deporte, situada frente al Club de Campo Las Salinas, fue oficialmente inaugurada este lunes por la alcaldesa Virginia Reginato, quien en compañía de los concejales Mafalda Reginato, Jaime Varas y del director de la Casa del Deporte, Javier Aravena además de invitados especiales y deportistas procedieron al tradicional corte de cinta.
Durante la ceremonia la primera autoridad comunal junto con mostrarse complacida por entregar a la comunidad esta nueva alternativa veraniega, hizo un llamado a la ciudadanía y a los miles de turistas que visitan Viña del Mar a concurrir a la Playa del Deporte para disfrutar de las diversas canchas que fueron habilitadas para la ocasión.
“La Playa del Deporte, se ha convertido durante sus seis temporadas en una experiencia muy positiva y enriquecedora para los habitantes de Viña del Mar y los turistas, que hacen de la actividad física y la recreación momentos relevantes en sus vacaciones. Al habilitar nuevamente este emblemático espacio de recreación, sana convivencia y espíritu deportivo, reiteramos nuestro compromiso con el deporte para todos los grupos etáreos de la comunidad, mostrando un nuevo rostro, pues ahora se complementada con la Quinta Etapa del Parque Borde Costero, donde existen modernas máquinas para hacer ejercicios, permitiendo una continuidad y mayor presencia de público en las actividades y talleres”, dijo la alcaldesa Virginia Reginato.
Por su parte el vicepresidente de la Federación de Tenis de Chile, José Santelices, a nombre de las diversas entidades que estarán presente durante el verano en la Playa del Deporte, destacó la iniciativa implementada en Viña del Mar, además de su continuidad resaltando el gran trabajo deportivo que se ha realizado en diversos sectores de la comuna.
Terminadas sus palabras el dirigente del tenis chileno, le obsequió a la jefa comunal una paleta de tenis beach.
Finalmente el director de la Casa del Deporte, Javier Aravena indicó que “en la Playa del Deporte se llevaran a cabo una serie de eventos entre los que destacan el Torneo de Rugby 5, el Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Playa ANFP, el Sudamericano de Voleibol, el Torneo Gol Iluminado, las clínicas de Tenis Beach, Bodyboard y Surf además de los talleres de Tai Chi Kung, Baile Entretenido, Pilates, Taekwondo y gimnasia aeróbica por nombrar algunos.
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La Playa del Deporte habilitada sobre una superficie de 15 mil metros cuadrados, consta de una cancha de fútbol, una de rugby, tres de vóleibol y dos de beach tenis, además de un muro de escalada y un área de slake line.
La Playa del Deporte estará habilitada hasta marzo del presente año, dependiendo de las condiciones del tiempo.
Visite nuestro portal en www.ciudaddeldeporte.com y nuestras redes sociales
Chairman Ros-Lehtinen holds hearing: Iran Sanctions: Strategy, Implementation, and Enforcement
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Group picture of Max Bankole Jarrett, Director in charge, African Progress Panel; Ms. Helen Hai, CEO, Made in Africa Initiative, and Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); Kevin Chika Urama, Senior Director, African Development Institute; Amadou Hott, Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth, African Development Bank; and the delegates during the Annual Meetings 2017 - Day 2 - Special Panel on Accelerating Implementation of the Bank’s Ten Years Strategy with the High 5s Agenda and on the ADF Policy Lab on May 23, 2017, at Mahatma Mandir Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre in Ahmedabad, India.