Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Supporting international ecological education

USFS shield
The EcoEducators Network visited a tree-planting project site in Moldova to learn about environmental education. USDA Forest Service photo. WASHINGTON, DC—The USDA Forest Service Office of International Programs traveled to Moldova in early August to participate in a workshop on environmental…
#Youth, #InternationalPrograms, #InternationalForestry, #Education, #Ecology, #PlantingTrees

R&D: February newsletter

USFS shield
Prescribed fire on Ochoco National Forest. USDA Forest Service photo by Tom Iraci. This month’s national Research & Development newsletter is a special issue on science to support the Forest Service’s recently released strategy for Confronting the Wildfire Crisis. Featured stories include: Researchers and Fire Managers Strengthen Ties—a…
#InsideTheForestService, #ResearchAndDevelopment, #Ecology, #Science, #FireScience

Tribal and Indigenous Fire Tradition

A picture of two wildland firefighters on top of a mountain area wearing their wildland firefighting gear and equipment.
USFS Six Rivers National Forest fire crew conducting a prescribed burn for enhancing beargrass for tribal basket weaving, near Orleans, Calif. June 2017 Centuries ago, indigenous people inhabited the land from coast to coast. They knew what scientists confirm today:  Frequent, low intensity fires on…
#Fire, #Tribes, #Ecology, Landscape