New tool can keep communities safe during floods and storms
Hurricane Helene overwhelmed culverts, triggering erosion, moving debris, and ultimately causing many to fail. Few places in Georgia were hit harder than the Tallulah River watershed in the Chattahoochee section of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest.Hurricanes and other severe storms continue to put a strain on infrastructure, threatening community access and increasing emergency costs. The…
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Small improvements have big benefits for our aquatic friends
Hinton Creek at 3¾ Road, Site #1, before culvert replacement. (Photo courtesy Trout Unlimited)
WISCONSIN—Walking through USDA Forest Service lands here in the Eastern Region, it is easy to enjoy the sound of multiple small streams, zig-zagging alongside and through two-track-access roads and galvanized-pipe…
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Building the Salmon SuperHwy
The Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership between the Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service aims to restore landscapes, protect water quality, enhance habitat, and reduce wildfire threats to communities across the country. This is a story about fish habitat and how one project known as the Salmon SuperHwy is connecting land-owners and streams across Oregon…