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…
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Forest Service has answers about the land around you
If you want to know how many acres of forest in your state were converted to agriculture, what the last hurricane did to forests in its path, or how much carbon is stored in the trees in your county, the Forest Service can provide the answer.
The FIA program maintains a network of over 325,000 permanent plots…
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Science says thinned forests are healthy forests
Overgrown forests are one of the key contributing factors to the current wildfire crisis in the West. The new Forest Service strategy on Confronting the Wildfire Crisis outlines the agency’s plan for increasing fuels and forest health treatments to create healthier forests and reduce the risk to communities…
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Healthy Forests
The USDA Forest Service, together with The Nature Conservancy partners, worked on restoring the ecological and economic balance in the Ouachita Mountains. The Stortleaf-Bluestem Community Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program project covered nearly 350,000 acres in Arkansas and…