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.
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Webinar series: Science for productive forests and rangelands
The Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station is pleased to announce the first webinar series in our 2026 lineup: Science for Productive Forests and Rangelands. These webinars will kick off with webinar sessions that dive into science about productive rangelands, forest measurements, regeneration after wildfire and forest…
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Webinar series: Managing productive oak ecosystems
The Northern and Southern research stations are hosting a webinar series on Tuesday and Thursday mornings in January 2026 to share the latest U.S. Forest Service research on oak management and silviculture. Please join the webinars to hear from Forest Service researchers who will discuss strategies for managing productive oak-…
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Tree Planters' Notes, 2025 anniversary
Tree Planters' Notes celebrates its 75th anniversary with some retrospectives from retired Forest Service nursery specialists. It also includes articles on restoring landscapes for private landowners through partnerships, how trees in the Pacific Northwest respond to different stock type sizes, creating an in-school nursery program for technical education, using social media to generate interest in planting and nurseries, and a simple strategy to protect seedlings from inclement weather.
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Forest Service partnership builds youth job skills, career foundations
MobilizeGreen participants learn natural resource management along with team building at a project site doing campground maintenance and non-native invasive species work on the Superior National Forest. (Photo courtesy of MobilizeGreen.)
This summer, over 200 young adults had the wonderful experience of…
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Missed the Fireforest screening? Watch now
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In late December, employees had the opportunity to attend a screening of “Fireforest,” a film by Evan Barrientos, that showcases the impact of work the Forest Service does with partners to reduce wildfire risk.The 2020 Cameron Peak wildfire, the largest in Colorado’s history, was slowed due to Forest Service and partner cooperative efforts. Early efforts, like prescribed burns on…