BROADCASTERS: A split audio version without on-screen graphics is available on the USDA FTP site. Download instructions: The host: ftp://ocbmtcmedia.download.akamai.com/23747/TV_Features User name: usdaftp Password:1qaz2wsx Filename for TV Feature: USDA WIR Episode 36 July 25 SPLIT The new file is in QuickTime Movie Please use this free ftp client if you have problems. http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type+client Please email bob.ellison@usda.gov if you have problems or suggestions. Narrator (Bob Ellison): The comeback of an iconic tree, and creating opportunity throughout rural America. Those stories and more in USDA Week In Review.
Narrator: The longleaf pine is making a comeback in the southeastern U.S. thanks to USDA and private landowner efforts.
Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment: A decade ago it was three million acres, but today it's four million acres and going north.
Narrator: Private landowners who've worked to restore longleaf pines were acknowledged by USDA officials during an awards ceremony.
Jason Weller, Chief, USDA NRCS: We would not have made as much progress as we've made without the examples and the vision and leadership and hard work that the awardees have brought forward.
Tom Tidwell, Chief, U.S. Forest Service: The public lands have a role to restore longleaf. There's no question about that. But it's through our private landowners where the real solution is.
Narrator: Secretary Vilsack hosted a panel discussion on the importance of continued longleaf pine restoration.
Tom Vilsack, Agriculture Secretary: The restoration of the timber industry and the jobs that it can bring, the habitat that can be expanded that in turn creates new opportunities for tourism and obviously supports a stronger ecosystem.
Narrator: In another rural America effort, CoBank announced at the rural opportunity investment conference in Washington that it was committing 10 Billion dollars to finance infrastructure projects.
Bob Engel, CEO CoBank: The needs out there are much bigger than what the number is, and we're hoping because we are an organization that deals in rural America every day, that there's a great deal of confidence in rural America every day, that will encourage others to come together.
Tom Vilsack, Agriculture Secretary: It's going to spur innovation, it's going to spur job growth, it's going to spur a more competitive rural economy, that's for sure.
Narrator: The conference is part of the White House increasing investments in rural America and improving the U.S. economy. That's all for USDA Week In Review. Follow, tweet, and stay informed at USDA dot gov.
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