Restoring old-growth River Cane Systems and cultural connections
Research partners taking measurements of restored river cane stands during the June 2024 site visit. (USDA Forest Service by Donna Kridelbaugh)
ARKANSAS — Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Roger Cain, ethnobotanist and member with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma,…
cultural, #AquaticRestoration, habitat restoration, ecological restoration
A stand with a plan
James Donahey, forester and silviculturist for the Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, stands in a red pine plantation in decline. (USDA Forest Service photo by Briana Shepherd)
To the average mountain biker or hiker on the Pine Brook Trail, there may not be anything about the area that stands out. Lots of trees, some dead and downed…
#Bats, Landscape, #Resilience, habitat restoration
King of the cactus family lives on
The Tonto National Forest’s Julia Wolke (left) and Bec Veerman (right) team up to replant a saguaro during the 5th annual Save the Saguaros replanting event. They were among 150 volunteers who gathered Nov. 9 to aid the restoration of the Sonoran Desert’s ecosystem following the 2020 Bush Fire…
ecological restoration, habitat restoration
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…
ecological restoration, forest restoration, habitat restoration, #InfrastructureInvestmentAndJobsAct, #WildfireCrisisStrategy, #WildfireCrisis, #Restoration
Reforestation project to restore Mexican spotted owl habitat, support tribal landscape initiative
The Mexican spotted owl is listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act and is vulnerable to habitat loss from wildfire and climate change. The Globe Ranger District is reintroducing ponderosa pine trees within the Telegraph Fire burn scar to reestablish habitat for the…
#Reforestation, habitat restoration
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…