Forest Sector Indicator Reporting Dashboard
The Forest Sustainability Assessment and Reporting Program dashboard provides an accessible, data driven overview of ten key indicators that describe the condition, productivity, and societal importance of the nation’s forests. Through interactive visualizations, the dashboard highlights trends in forest land area, wood production capacity, and growing stock volumes; the extent of forests…
#Sustainability, #Analytics, #Dashboards, #Data, #Invasives
Webinar series: Invasive species in eastern forests
Non-native species are common throughout the eastern United States. Some non-native invasive insects, plants and pathogens affect the ecological and economic values that forests provide. Invasive species are a significant and costly concern for forest productivity in the eastern United States.Forest Service Research and Development is…
#Research, #Invasives, #InvasiveSpecies
Jan. 16 emerald ash borer webinar: Managing riparian forests before and after
Closeup of an adult emerald ash borer.(USDA Forest Service photo by James Jacobs)
WISCONSIN — The USDA Forest Service Eastern Region State Private, and Tribal Forestry Watershed Team will host an hour-long webinar Thursday, Jan. 16, for land managers, forest health managers and forestland owners to discuss…
#Training, #Invasives, #InvasiveSpecies, #EmeraldAshBorer
Caring for people and protecting forests in Hawai’i and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands
HAWAI’I — In Hawai’i and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands, forests sustain life. They provide communities with food, wood, medicine and are part of their cultural heritage. In December 2023, nearly 100 participants gathered in Hilo, Hawai’i for a week-long forestry workshop to discuss challenges of protecting these forests.Many participants traveled long distances from remote…
#Hawaii, #InsideTheForestService, #InfrastructureInvestmentAndJobsAct, #Guam, #Invasives, #PacificSouthwestRegion
Aquatic ambassadors
A researcher holds and Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) found on the Tahoe National Forest, California. (Forest Service photo by Jamie Hinrichs)
“Some think a frog face is one only a mother could love, but I think they’re cute. And in some ways, they’re both…
