Description: <p style="margin:6pt 0in 0in; font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;">The USDA Forest Service is moving forward with implementation of the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/116/plaws/publ152/PLAW-116publ152.pdf" style="color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;">Great American Outdoors Act</a>, which will enable federal land managers to take aggressive steps to address deferred maintenance and other infrastructure projects on national forests and grasslands through 2025.</p><p style="margin:6pt 0in 0in; font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;">The Forest Service will use these funds to maximize the benefits experienced by millions of Americans who visit and use their national forests. Projects funded by this act will focus on improving conditions on forest and rangelands, reducing wildfire risk, and increasing the resiliency of our nation’s forests for present and future generations.</p><p style="margin:6pt 0in 0in; font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;">With the success of the Public Comment Map in November 2020, the Alaska Region of the Forest Service is excited to continue public engagement using geospatial technology. This interactive web map details the projects selected for funding in FY 2021 (10/01/2020-09/30/2021) on the Chugach and Tongass National Forests. You can learn more about individual projects by scrolling to the map. Funded projects are denoted with a star. Projects that have not been chosen for funding in Fiscal Year 2021 are denoted with a small gray dot, and are still eligible for future funding opportunities. Please note that project locations on the map represent the general location of the project.</p><p style="margin:6pt 0in 0in; font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;">We welcome you to check back at this page periodically to keep up to date on newest information for projects in your area. We will update this map when we have announcements about projects that will be funded in Fiscal Year 2022 (10/01/2021-09/30/2022). Additionally, we are looking forward to another round of public feedback on proposed projects later this year. </p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem; font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;">If you have questions or difficulties with the web map, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:SM.FS.OutdoorProj@usda.gov?subject=Alaska%20Region%20Outdoor%20Projects%20-%20Public%20Input" style="color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;" target="_blank">SM.FS.OutdoorProj@usda.gov</a>.</p>