Feature Stories

If you asked any American on the street, “Where does your drinking water come from?” they might mention the name of a water utility company or a local reservoir-- even a source as vague as rainfall

Are you excited, too? A total solar eclipse will cross the United States on April 8, 2024, in a path from Texas through Maine and passing through five national forests. This will be my third total

You know about weather forecasters. What about avalanche forecasters? Fresh snow brings an increased amount of interest from backcountry winter sports enthusiasts who seek the adventure of untracked

A childhood dream ignited. Matthew Rau was five years old when his family moved into government housing at a U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service ranger station. Some of his earliest

After the intense wildfires of 2020, Forest Service managers and scientists teamed up with conservation groups, water utilities, and universities. Their mission: To fix the damage to watersheds in the

“Living with fire” -- understanding its role in ecology, management and communities – is an expression that became all too real for Arizonans following the devastating Dude Fire that occurred 33 years

Consider looking at the forest from another perspective — you arrived there by road, launched your boat by ramp, crossed a canyon by bridge, and maybe used a wildland restroom. These amenities

In Fall of 1863, 461 Native Americans from the Yuki, Wailacki, Concow, Little Lake Pomo, Nomlacki, Pit River, Maidu and Nissinan tribes were forcibly marched from their homelands. The march was part

Smoking fields and bare soil betray a common practice in this rural Mozambique district: slash and burn agriculture. The rural population here barely subsists on low-yield rice, cassava, and

Listen to the Story It appears that your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. Please use the following download directly link instead. Transcript | Download directly (66 MB) In a meadow, the squish of

Dry thunderstorms rolled across California’s Central Valley into the Sierra Nevada range on August 17, 2020. Lightning-caused fires, fueled by hot, windy conditions, would eventually burn more than

You’re given hundreds of zip ties, thousands of seeds, bins piled with pinecones and branches, plus lots of glue and wiring. You have four days to decorate the Forest Service wagon for the 135th

When it comes to getting perspective on forest health, sky-high observations are a big help in California. With over 30 million acres of forested land throughout the state, there is a lot of ground to

“Some think a frog face is one only a mother could love, but I think they’re cute. And in some ways, they’re both resilient and fragile,” said Pacific Southwest Research Station aquatic ecologist

Listen to the audio story. There is an ongoing conversation in the forest between insects and trees. But this conversation has no words and no sound. Instead, it uses the language of subtle aromatic