Guardians of the confluence: Recreation and conservation protect Alaska’s Russian River
Although the Russian River hosts tens of thousands of anglers within every year, the health of the river and its shoreline is the best it's been in 50 years—thanks to the work of volunteers and considerate anglers. (Forest Service video by Savannah Halleaux)The clear waters of Alaska’s Russian River cascade through the forest before merging with the mighty Kenai River on the Chugach National…
#Recreation, #Conservation, #ChugachNationalForest, #Fish, #Fisheries, #Fishing, #AquaticRestoration, #WatershedRestoration, #Volunteers
Reforestation takes root
A well-planted seedling takes root on the Mount Shasta landscape, as part of the Lava Fire Restoration Project in Northern California, April 2026. In just over three planting seasons, Forest Service crews and partners have planted 1.47 million seeds across 2,769 acres of burned landscape. (…
#Reforestation, #Seedlings, #Planting, #PlantingTrees, #Trees, #EcologicalRestoration, #Restoration, #Conservation
Great American Outdoors Act – Legacy Restoration Fund, Fiscal Year 2025 Deferred Maintenance Projects
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All Regions, National Forests, & Research StationsRESEARCH & DEVELOPMENTRegionForest or StationProject NameSummaryCongressionalDistrict2025Funding11, FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORYFOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORYFOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY WELCOME CENTERThis project will restore the Forest Products Laboratory main lobby to reflect…
#GreatAmericanOutdoorsAct, #Grants, #Conservation
Wildflower Ethics and Native Plants
For many of us a field of wildflowers is one of the most beautiful experiences we can encounter in Nature. There is a deep impulse we carry from childhood into adulthood to reach out and pick a flower in a beautiful butterfly-filled meadow or along a public wooded trail lined with spring beauties, irises, or wake-robins. It is because we all carry such memories that we have devoted an entire…
#CelebratingWildflowers, #Wildflowers, #Plants, #Ethics, #Conservation, #RulesAndRegulations, #Poaching, #LawEnforcement, #ForestManagement
All About Forests
In this Natural Inquirer Reader for young audiences, Woodsy Owl talks about different types of forests and their benefits. The Reader includes student activities and reflection questions.
#WoodsyOwl, #Education, #Conservation, #Forests
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration
Partners from rural areas in Colorado and New Mexico gather in a field near Chama, New Mexico, during a field trip about the Rio Chama restoration project. The work is across the Santa Fe, Carson, Rio Grande, and San Juan national forests and connected lands. The partnership works on the…