Discover Your Forest

This is interesting:

http://discoveryourforest.org

A .org website.  A top level domain extension in the DNS system that has a very broad application to different entities.  It is like somewhere in limbo between a .com and an official .gov site.  This site however has a strong connection to a .gov site: "It is a proud non-profit partner of the Deschutes and Ochocos National Forest.  The additional link connection is the the address of the Discover Your Forest website is: 63095 Deschutes Market Rd. Bend Oregon.  That is the address of Deschutes National Forest Supervisor Office in Bend, an official .gov site.  The official telephone number of this government office is 541-383-5300. 

 The telephone number of Discover Your Forest is 541-383-5530.  This telephone number links to a .gov site: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/deschutes/workingtogether/volunteering the contact at that site is stacey.cochran@discovernw.org.  Stacey Cochran in the Community Engagement Director at the Deschutes National Forest Office.

Partnerships are crucial to managing National Forest Resources. https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/deschutes/workingtogether/partnerships/?cid=fsbdev3_036031
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Partnerships Overview Partnerships are crucial to managing national forest resources. The US Forest Service works in partnership with public agencies, private organizations, tribes, watershed groups, volunteer organizations, nonprofit organizations, schools, and individuals to manage national forest resources. These include water, fish, trees, soil, recreation facilities, roads, terrestrial habitats, invasive weeds, and more! Multiple and dynamic partnerships between the Forest Service and other entities come in the form of agreements, grants, contracts, and volunteer commitments for specific projects or tasks needed to keep our forest healthy and active. For more detailed information about partnerships with the US Forest Service, please visit the US Forest Service Partnership Resource Center. https://www.nationalforests.org/ The Partnership Resource Center is the website of the National Forest Foundation.  This website solicits private partnerships:  https://www.nationalforests.org/corporate-partnerships.  It is a noble thing for private enterprise to support such a noble cause a U.S. government management and preservation of our natural resources.  Good publicity for them.  Is there more benefit than that on a quid pro quo basis that serves their bottom line. There appears to be a cozy relationship between private enterprise and a government agency via an organization making a public appeal and offering opportunity to participate with a government agency. "The National Forest Foundation, chartered by Congress, engages Americans in community-based and national programs that promote the health and public enjoyment of the 193-million-acre National Forest System, and administers private gifts of funds and land for the benefit of the National Forests." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Forest_Foundation "The National Forest Foundation, an American non-profit organization, was created by Congress in 1992 to be the official non-profit partner of the United States Forest Service. Its mission is to help the Forest Service care for the nation's forests for the benefit of future generations. The foundation receives funding from Congress, soliciting additional funds from the private sector. The Forest Service is prohibited by law from soliciting outside funding, but the foundation has been expressly designated to fulfill that function." http://www.forestbusinessnetwork.com/70707/mary-mitsos-named-president-and-ceo-of-national-forest-foundation/