Making a Splash: Watershed Health on the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest
UGA Forestry students moving a log to help improve stream flow. (USDA Forest Service photo by Colette Blackmon)
GEORGIA – On an early Saturday morning in May of 2024, a group of USDA Forest Service employees, volunteers with Trout Unlimited and local university students gathered on the side of a mountain…
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Yuletide splash
Like many households around the world, some National Forests have their own post-holiday traditions, such as recycling Christmas trees on the Wayne National Forest in Ohio. (USDA Forest Service photo by Ashley Kuflewski)
Harvesting and decorating a live Christmas tree is a holiday tradition in millions of U.S. households. Equally important and beautiful traditions surround taking down the…
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Fisheries - Our Team
VACANTNational Fisheries Program LeaderNat GillespieAssistant National Fisheries Program LeaderDr. Chris CarlsonNational Program Leader for Aquatic Ecology ResearchLinkedInFind a Forest Service Regional Fisheries Program LeaderNorthern RegionScott Spaulding - Fisheries Program Manager406-329-3287Justin…
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2015 Accomplishments
By The NumbersThe Forest Service’s more than 310 fish biologists and aquatic ecologists, working with many agency hydrologists, engineers, foresters, and other natural resource specialists, and hundreds of Federal, State, and nongovernmental partners, achieved the following accomplishments in 2015:3,465 stream miles enhanced or restored29,763 lake acres enhanced or restored162 road…