Hosted by the National Forest Foundation
In January of this year, President Obama issued a proclamation recognizing the 20thanniversary of the Executive Order on Environmental Justice (Clinton 1994), which provides the Forest Service with extraordinary opportunities to contribute to healthy communities. The origins of the executive order lie in reducing the potentially disproportionate negative impacts of Federal programs on minority and low-income communities. The President said, “By effectively implementing environmental laws, we can improve quality of life and expand economic opportunity in overburdened communities”. He challenges Federal agencies to identify, aid, and empower low-income and minority communities.
Please join us May 8, 2014 for a peer learning session about what the Executive Order on environmental justice means for the Forest Service. The session will address:
Our speakers are:
This is one of a series of peer learning sessions for the Forest Service Partnership Network, sponsored by the National Partnership Office and offered in cooperation with the National Forest Foundation.