Virginia Tech Demonstrates New Method to Treat Ash Firewood
Ash logs undergoing vacuum treatment to kill emerald ash borer larvae. (U.S. Forest Service) The shiny green one-half-inch-long, one-eighth-inch-wide emerald ash borer has destroyed tens of millions of...
View ArticleForest Service Unveils Web Application Identifying At-Risk Forests
Using pest and tree photos, tables, and interactive maps, the Forest Health Advisory System provides vital information on future risks to forests across our nation. (U.S. Forest Service) As our...
View ArticleMuch Ado about Fisher
A group of stakeholders participate in a field trip within the Ashland municipal watershed. Photo credit: US Forest Service Located at the base of the Ashland Creek Watershed, the city of Ashland,...
View ArticleGenetic Studies Reveal a Tree’s History to Ensure its Future
Ponderosa pines stand tall in front of Yosemite Falls in California. Photo by Kevin Potter, USFS. It can reach heights of 200 feet and live 500 years, and occupies landscapes across the western United...
View ArticleWorking with Beavers to Restore Watersheds
Kent Woodruff, U.S. Forest Service biologist, introduces a local resident named David to a soon-to-be-new-resident beaver as part of one of the project’s education programs. Photo credit: U.S. Forest...
View ArticleWorking Together to Restore the Colorado Front Range
Dr. Richard Reynolds talks with a group of land owners and land managers about the benefits of ponderosa pine forest restoration to wildlife species. Photo credit: Jennifer Hayes, US Forest Service It...
View ArticleResponding to Oak Wilt and Climate Change on the Menominee Nation Forest
Standing in a disturbed patch of forest, Menominee forester Jeff Grignon looks around and explains, “My role is to regenerate the forest, maintain the forest, create diversity, and look toward the...
View ArticleJob Corps Students, Alumnae ‘Pay it Forward,’ Helping Each Other Learn...
Shray Jackson, an administrative support specialist in the Forest Service Washington Office, is a graduate of the Potomac Job Corps Center in the District of Columbia. She recently shared her advice on...
View ArticleSaving Our Forest Heritage in a Vault
Whitebark pine at Crater Lake National Park. Trees are often referred to as the lungs of the earth, providing not only the oxygen we need to breathe but a filter to clean our air and water. Trees from...
View ArticleMoss Study Helps Identify Pollution Hotspots
Moss growing on urban trees, such as this species sample of Lyell’s orthotrichum, is a useful bioindicator that can help monitor cadmium, a carcinogenic heavy metal, in the air. Photo credit: U.S....
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