SAM Coverage
USFS
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Speak Out :: “Different Approaches to Diversity,” and “15, No 16 under 30”
Rick Kahl discusses “Different Approaches to Diversity.” And Chris Westover, Assistant Mountain Manager at Snowbasin Mountain Resort, lets us know we missed one in…
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Blue Pages :: January 2006
Reviewing the Environmental Scorecard… $1 Millon for a Week in Aspen?… Evolution in the Park… Beer Money… Advertising on Forest Service Land… A Might…
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Loup Loup Redeemed
A partnership between Loup Loup Ski Bowl in eastern Washington and the Easter Seals Society, with help from the Forest Service, aims to create…
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A Heavenly Master Plan
Seven years in the making and weighing in at over 22 pounds, Heavenly Ski Resort’s new master plan is a triumph of persistence and…
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Ske-Cology Takes Partners To Succeed
Describes the partnership among Vail, the USDA Forest Service, National Winter Sports Partnership and NSAA to provide Ske-Cology to as many resorts as possible.
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Caution! Forest Plan Revisions Ahead
A timely reminder that the mandated revisions of land-use plans by the Forest Service require close involvement by ski area permittees.
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Linking Usfs With Public Education And Environmental Issues.
Deals with the changing structure of the USFS and how ski areas and industry players can use this opportunity to effect positive changes.
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A New Dance For The Forest Service
An extraordinary December encounter at Ski Industry Week saw top ski industry executives and Forest Service officials taking new and potentially productive steps. President…
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Swap: Land Exchanges Are Changing Western Areas
A look into two land exchanges that were engineered by the Western Land Group. The swaps involved privately-owned pristine land for USFS-owned land that…
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Grfs–A Critical Industry Battleground
A look at the Graduated Rate Fee System (GRFS) industry battleground and a summary of its current state.
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Summer Ops on Forest Service Land
Follow the screening criteria to smooth the way to approval. The Recreational Opportunities Act of 2011 allows winter resorts on Forest Service land to…
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Steamboat And Its Martens
The American marten, Martes americana, is a reclusive arboreal carnivore of the genus Martes, about 2 1/2 feet long, with 9-in. bushy tail, and…
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Impacts Of Year Round Use
Recreation Planner, Carson National Forest, New Mexico Ski areas across the United States have been expanding from traditional winter activities to include spring, summer…
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Swap: Three Wilderness Parcels For Highway Frontage
In July of 1991, the Purgatory-Durango Ski Resort in Colorado exchanged three isolated parcels of pristine mountain land with a total size 810 acres…