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…
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Around the Forest Service: September 2023
WASHINGTON, DC—Trees make a difference, something that Forest Service employees have always known. In September 2023, through Inflation Reduction Act funding, the agency made historic investments to boost the nation’s tree cover in urban, suburban and rural communities nationwide.
National grasslands are also getting attention. Great American Outdoors Act funding is providing resources for some…
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Planting trees for tomorrow's climate
Preparing to plant valley oaks in an experimental plot within the Camp Fire burn footprint in April 2023. Seen from right to left, Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station research geneticist Jessica Wright, UC Davis student Alejandro Ramos, American Forests Northern California…