This year, the Northern Region’s annual report is even available in a number of ebook formats. Here’s the official announcement . . .

The Northern Region’s 2013 Year in Review highlights a wide range of feature articles, information and photos that showcase national programs and priorities at work on the ground here in the Northern Rockies. This overview features numerous partnership and collaborative projects and national emphasis programs that have taken hold and are growing in scope each year in the Region.

The review features write-ups and photos about individual projects at the district and forest level, as well as national initiatives and program accomplishments that cross management and state boundaries. The contents highlight how these efforts improve forest health, revitalize resilient landscapes and restore watershed functions in projects whose impacts literally span coast to coast.

The 2013 Year in Review also contains information submitted by partner and collaborative groups, further conveying the improved results the agency has seen through these multi-layer partner and collaborative efforts across the Region.

The publication is available as a .pdf document, and also available in limited traditional hard copy format from most national forests and grasslands, as well as major visitor center locations.

Incorporating new technology for today’s mobile audiences, the Forest Service’s Northern Region has released its 2013 Year in Review in electronic format on a variety of smart phones and other handheld and tablet devices.

Because there are a number of eReader formats, check the directions or software for the specific device in order to download and then read or convert the file.

Download the file for Kindle (.mobi).

Download the file for Apple iBooks, Nook and Android-based e-readers (.epub).

The Northern Region, also called Region 1 within the agency, is comprised of 13 forests and grasslands, and manages more than 25 million acres of public lands that include Wilderness areas, Wild & Scenic River corridors, plus many other scenic and recreational opportunities.