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Editor’s note: The USDA Forest Service recently announced a 10-year strategy to confront the wildfire crisis and improve forest resilience . The agency will work with partners over the next decade to

When looking at the Hope Diamond for the first time, you’re not impressed by its size—even for a rare diamond, it isn’t that big. What immediately impresses is the sparkling magnificence and the hue

Overgrown forests are one of the key contributing factors to the current wildfire crisis in the West. The new Forest Service strategy on Confronting the Wildfire Crisis outlines the agency’s plan for

Editor’s note: The USDA Forest Service recently announced a 10-year strategy to confront the wildfire crisis and improve forest resilience . The agency will work with partners over the next decade to

From snowcapped peaks down to wooded foothills, the Sierra Nevada range includes nine national forests in Nevada and California. For Native American tribes like the North Fork Mono Tribe, the Sierra

Editor’s note: The USDA Forest Service recently announced a 10-year strategy to confront the wildfire crisis and improve forest resilience . Wildfires create more than 80 percent of reforestation

Family forests provide many valuable goods and services that extend beyond their boundaries, including clean air and water, wildlife habitat, and carbon sequestration. Although owners of forested land

They can pop up almost anywhere. “They” are wildfires, which can result in loss of human life and lead to billions of dollars of property damage every year in the United States. Hundreds of failures

“What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?” - David Attenborough To the dismay of many naturalists, bird populations

Since 2014, a partnership between the USDA Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service has improved the health and resiliency of forest ecosystems and mitigated wildfire threats

Editor’s note: The USDA Forest Service recently announced a 10-year strategy to confront the wildfire crisis and improve forest resilience . The agency will work with partners over the next decade to

Editors note: The Great American Outdoors Act is supporting the USDA Forest Service to deliver benefits to the American public through major investments in recreation infrastructure, public lands

Editor's note: The Innovative Finance for National Forests grant program supports partner organizations developing out of the box financial solutions to some of forest management’s most vexing

Let’s face it. New Year’s resolutions sometimes lead us to failure. The obligatory lose weight, travel, or get a new job sometimes doesn’t pan out the way we had hoped. So, let’s rethink resolutions

Every time snow covers the ground, it brings magical opportunities to reconnect with nature. The snow muffles all sound as you cross-country ski except the snow crunching under your skis and offers an