Vilsack to Announce Major Economic Findings on Nation's Forests

WASHINGTON-Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell will announce - and field questions on - new economic figures relating to the nation's forests. They will also announce new alternative-energy projects, the results of ongoing wildfire-mitigation projects, and the opening of a cutting-edge research center that will bring nanotechnology to the forest-products sector.


Thursday, July 26, 2012

12:00 p.m. EDT

WHAT: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell will host a media conference and field questions on major new economic findings.

DIAL IN: 800-779-1611

Passcode: SECY (Given Verbally)

Trouble number: 202-720-8560

All callers using the above passcode will be placed in listen only mode. To join the Q&A portion of the meeting, these callers are instructed to press *1 on their touch tone phone.

#

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202-720-6382 (TDD).

Contact:
(202) 720-4623