Water, woodchips and wildlife
Rolling down the hills of northern Arizona, a sea of juniper trees steadily encroaches into the grasslands area. Nestled among them, a massive woodchipper kicks up dust into the dry air as a crew feeds it a steady stream of logs and branches. A thinning crew works hard to cut back the junipers to restore the grassland landscape and retain dwindling water resources. As crews remove these…
#Drought, #Wildlife, #ForestRestoration, #Arizona
A forest in motion
Dense, dangerously crowded stands of trees are giving way to healthy, spacious forests across Alabama. This transformation is because active forest management on Alabama’s national forests is moving faster than it has in years, and the efforts are improving forest health and supporting local…
#Alabama, #Thinning, #MechanicalThinning, #Timber, #Forestry, #TimberSales, #GoodNeighborAuthority, #HealthyForests, #PrescribedFire, #ForestRestoration, #HabitatRestoration, #Habitat
Vegetation Management
Successful vegetation management ensures that our National Forests are conserved, restored, and made more resilient to climate change while enhancing our water resources. Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) is a component of the forest management program that utilizes silvicultural practice overseeing the genetics, growing of seedlings in nurseries, reforestation, and restoration of our…
#LandManagement, #PublicLands, #ForestRestoration, #Reforestation, #Vegetation, #VegetationManagement
Water in the West is life
On Colorado’s Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests, water for the region begins as snow in high-elevation locations before flowing down to creeks, reservoirs and irrigation systems that support communities across the Western Slope. It’s a quiet process, but it supports nearly every part of life downstream. (Forest Service video By Travis Weger)On Colorado’s Grand Mesa,…
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Shared stewardship is shared responsibility
The Town of Frisco will manage the extensive summer and winter trail system under a special use permit under the Frisco Backyard decision. (Forest Service photo by Sam Massman)
The White River National Forest’s recently approved Frisco Backyard Project uses a shared stewardship approach to…
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Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration
Partners from rural areas in Colorado and New Mexico gather in a field near Chama, New Mexico, during a field trip about the Rio Chama restoration project. The work is across the Santa Fe, Carson, Rio Grande, and San Juan national forests and connected lands. The partnership works on the…