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Supporting international ecological education

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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

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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

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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

Ecology Research Highlights

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Fish biologists and aquatic ecologists in the Research and Development (R&D) arm of the Forest Service provide knowledge and tools to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of aquatic ecosystems in the Nation’s forests and grasslands. Forest Service scientists conduct basic and applied research on aquatic species and ecosystems to inform land management and to address existing and…
#Ecology, #Research, #Science, #Publications