Water experts convene in Romania
Reconnecting Rivers workshop participants visit barrier in upper Vâlsan River, Romania. USDA Forest Service photo by Kelsey Aho.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The USDA Forest Service International Programs office recently collaborated with the American engineering firm Inter-Fluve to support a two-day “…
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Incident Command System training builds interagency partnerships across western Balkans
First responders from across Bosnia and Herzegovina gather around a sand table to work through response challenges and interagency responses. USDA Forest Service photo.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—How do you practice situational assessments and plan courses of action? Use a sand table. Sand table exercises work the…
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Living with elephants
A family of elephants cross the roadway, a common occurrence in the Okavango Delta. (Forest Service photo by Elisa Osborne)
Ecoexist partners with Forest Service training specialists to help Botswana farmers and families share methods for living peacefully with endangered savanna…
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Supporting international ecological education
The EcoEducators Network visited a tree-planting project site in Moldova to learn about environmental education. USDA Forest Service photo.
WASHINGTON, DC—The USDA Forest Service Office of International Programs traveled to Moldova in early August to participate in a workshop on environmental…
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Field trip demonstrates hands-on wood forensic science
Ed Espinoza of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shares information about a new mobile forensic laboratory (The Woodshed) used to identify timber at U.S. ports of entry. USDA Forest Service photo by Julie Hundersmarck.
WASHINGTON—The USDA Forest Service hosted two field trips in the…
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Forest Service webinar series helps Ukraine
Opening slide of USDA Forest Service webinar.
NEW YORK—The USDA Forest Service, New York Watershed Agricultural Council and Agency for Sustainable Development of Carpathian Region, or FORZA, delivered forestry best management practices training to Ukrainian foresters and engineers. The…