U.S. Forest Service Is Onboard with Climate Science

I just met a hydrology engineer who works for the U.S. Forest Service, which is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture; it administers the nation’s 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, managing 193 million acres of land.

The gentleman works primarily in disaster relief, following severe flood damage, which, sadly, we have in great abundance out here in (once again) sunny California.

I was gratified to learn that the Forest Service fully accepts climate science and the imperative to both mitigate and adapt to climate change.  He says, “Unfortunately, there are some agencies within the federal government that only pay lip service to that issue, but we are simple men and women of science.”

Good to know.