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Serra Hoagland, a research biologist with the USDA Forest Service, is only the third Native American woman to receive a doctorate in forestry. (USDA Forest Service photo)
Forest Service biologist third Native women to earn a doctorate in forestry

Nestled in Laguna Pueblo about 47 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, lies a half-million-acre reservation with beautiful mesas speckled with junipers, piñon pines, sagebrush and saltbush plants
A picture of a Fire Danger Rating sign for the Forest Service, with Smokey Bear, showing Extreme fire danger rating.

Heavy, dark clouds roll over the forest hillside. Lack of rainfall and high temperatures have created near-perfect conditions for a wildfire to ignite. In a flash, a bolt of lightning splits a tree
A picture of two women planting a tree in a large grassy area where many other trees have been planted.

The earthy smell of early spring and the sound of rushing water hangs in the air along the banks of Beaver Creek in western Maryland. A group of volunteers on a service-oriented Spring break don work
An aerial picture showing the method of fragmentation and dividing land in smaller land parcels.

Editor’s Note: This blog is the third in a series exploring the role of innovation finance in forest management. From an airplane looking out over Maine’s vast forests something peculiar can be seen

A picture of a wildland firefighter using a drip torch to start a prescribed fire.

The flames and billowing smoke rose high enough to veil the sun that cold February afternoon as an acre of bone-dry grasslands was ignited by a slow, fiery ooze belching from something called a drip
A picture of a small p;ickup truck with the truck bed full of weeds.

Deceptively delicate and fragile in appearance, the Eurasian watermilfoil forms thick mats in shallow areas of a lake, quickly growing and spreading to block sunlight, killing off native aquatic

A picture showing the team of nine volunteer workers.

Each year, severe wildfires ravage forests across the country, damaging ecosystems, infrastructure and recreation facilities, which are often in need of repair before they can be safely reopened. The