Other Ag News: USDA invests $106M to keep working forests working

Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 1:00pm

(Washington, D.C., July 31, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the U.S. Forest Service is investing $106 million to support state and landowner efforts to conserve private working forestlands across the country. Funded through the Forest Legacy Program, these projects will protect forests vital to the economic and social fabric of local communities – ensuring they remain productive, working forests for Americans and tourists to use and enjoy.

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