Feature Stories
- 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
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Wildfires: When Fun Turns to Flames
April 14,2021
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 -
Working together for clean water, healthy streams
April 8,2021
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 -
Incentivizing long-term forest ownership
March 31,2021
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 -
Forest Service fights fire by starting a few
March 12,2021
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 - Editor’s Note: This article kicks off a series that will spotlight projects all around the country. These projects underscore the importance of collaborating with partners to manage the land and
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Spread the word, not the weeds
March 2,2021
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 - Every year roughly 100,000 avalanches sweep down mountains across the U.S., damaging everything in their path and killing 28 people on average. In fewer than seven weeks, beginning on Dec. 18, 2020
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Fine-tuned partnerships rev up trail recovery
January 21,2021
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