Restoring old-growth River Cane Systems and cultural connections
Research partners taking measurements of restored river cane stands during the June 2024 site visit. (USDA Forest Service by Donna Kridelbaugh)
ARKANSAS — Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Roger Cain, ethnobotanist and member with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma,…
cultural, #AquaticRestoration, habitat restoration, ecological restoration
King of the cactus family lives on
The Tonto National Forest’s Julia Wolke (left) and Bec Veerman (right) team up to replant a saguaro during the 5th annual Save the Saguaros replanting event. They were among 150 volunteers who gathered Nov. 9 to aid the restoration of the Sonoran Desert’s ecosystem following the 2020 Bush Fire…
ecological restoration, habitat restoration
Forest Service workshop champions importance of restoring peatland
Where peatland restoration is successful, rewetting conditions lead to recolonization by plants that are staples of a healthy wetland ecosystem, such as Sphagnum mosses, sedges, heath plants, tamarack and black spruce. (USDA Forest Service photo by Erik Lilleskov)
MINNESOTA — Ever heard of a…
ecological restoration, forest restoration, habitat restoration, #InfrastructureInvestmentAndJobsAct, #WildfireCrisisStrategy, #WildfireCrisis, #Restoration
National climate assessments help protect communities and forests
Chris Fettig removes a piece of bark from a ponderosa pine to assess bark beetle colonization. (USDA Forest Service photo by Hilary Clark)
CALIFORNIA — Climate change is one of the most consequential threats to our planet. Understanding and sharing the science behind climate change is a primary goal of the…
#ClimateChange, entomology, #Insects, ecological restoration, #Wildfire
Healthy Forests
The USDA Forest Service, together with The Nature Conservancy partners, worked on restoring the ecological and economic balance in the Ouachita Mountains. The Stortleaf-Bluestem Community Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program project covered nearly 350,000 acres in Arkansas and…