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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...

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Forest 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...

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Much 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,...

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Genetic 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...

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Working 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...

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Working 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...

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Responding 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...

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Job 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...

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Saving 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...

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Moss 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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