Slowing the red
Scattered patches of red trees are becoming a more familiar sight in ponderosa pine along Colorado’s Front Range. Scientists, land managers and partners are working to reduce beetle impacts while building more resilient forests.“The amount of mortality we’re seeing over the last four years has steadily increased,” said Marianne Davenport, forest entomologist with the Forest Service Forest Health…
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The art of exploration: Inside the National Forests and Grasslands Passport
A visitor photographs Cathedral Rock in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, part of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest near Las Vegas, Nevada. The area offers hiking trails and scenic views of the rugged mountains and forested landscapes of southern Nevada. (Forest Service photo…
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A partnership in practice
Tents spread out around Platoro Cabins work site offer volunteers respite in the cool mountain air. (Courtesy photo by Flecher Brown, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado)
The Rio Grande National Forest and Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado completed the second phase of major improvements to the historic Platoro…
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Hidden in plain sight: Turning data into action
Emergency services on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, serve communities dispersed across mountainous and wilderness terrain, so proactive wildfire hazard mitigation and evacuation planning are key to community preparedness. (Forest Service photo by Bradley Gordon)
In fire-prone communities…
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Restoring Hanging Lake
In the spring of 2023, Emily Kasyon hiked the Hanging Lake Trail in the White River National Forest for the first time. The water was so high she waded through it the entire way up.“My very first site visit out to this site was during high runoff,” said Kasyon, project lead with the National Forest Foundation. “The very first time I ever hiked this trail, it was completely flooding. I was hiking…
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Resurrection Creek: A river reborn
The Resurrection Creek Restoration Project is healing a century-old environmental scar near Hope, Alaska, by bringing together traditionally opposing forces—including conservation groups, federal agencies, and active mining companies—united by a shared love of salmon. (Forest Service video by Savannah Halleaux)For a century, a 2-mile stretch of Resurrection Creek near Anchorage, Alaska, ran…