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Reforestation takes root

A person in hoody and orange vest holding seedlings, kneels with small, rooted plant in hand on sparse landscape of dirt and brush.
A well-planted seedling takes root on the Mount Shasta landscape, as part of the Lava Fire Restoration Project in Northern California, April 2026. In just over three planting seasons, Forest Service crews and partners have planted 1.47 million seeds across 2,769 acres of burned landscape. (…
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Wisconsin community plants trees for Arbor Day

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Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Natural Resources Staff Officer Ann Dassow shows students how to plant a tree on Arbor Day at the USDA Forest Service office in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. (USDA Forest Service photo by Veronica Hinke) WISCONSIN—Elementary school students in Rhinelander,…
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Blessed are those who plant trees under whose shade they will never sit: Arbor Day 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The work we do in the USDA Forest Service is uniquely tied to Arbor Day, a day intended to inspire people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees. In our agency, we can “see the forest for the trees,” and our work in conservation, restoration and research helps maintain the health of forests worldwide.Arbor Day is a good day to “tell our story” and explain the human and natural…
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Sprucing up high-elevation forests

This landscape shows some of the extent of the damage to the Black Hollow site. Restoration crews are working to transplant seedlings to suitable areas within the fire scar to reduce nutrient runoff to the watershed below.
This landscape shows some of the extent of the damage to the Black Hollow site. Restoration crews are working to transplant seedlings to suitable areas within the fire scar to reduce nutrient runoff to the watershed below. (USDA Forest Service photo by Erika Reiter) After the intense…
#InfrastructureInvestmentAndJobsAct, #Reforestation, #Trees, #PlantingTrees

Supporting international ecological education

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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…
#Youth, #InternationalPrograms, #InternationalForestry, #Education, #Ecology, #PlantingTrees

Planting an outdoor classroom for the future

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Volunteer Patricia Laymon, District Ranger Chad Kirschbaum and Nelson Kirschbaum install fencing to prepare an area where hard wood trees will be planted on Trees for Tomorrow campus in Eagle River, Wisconsin. Hard wood trees are highly sought after by forest animals for the buds they sprout.…
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