This publication describes the composition and structure of vegetation on what are sometimes overlooked components of the landscape, including abundant abandoned fields and secondary forests, in Puerto Rico. It stems from a collaboration between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Forest Service to develop information on vegetation succession stages, closely tied to soil descriptions and terrain features, that can serve as a decision-support tool for public and private land managers.

This Natural Inquirer monograph—the first in the Fire series—discusses research on prescribed fire and thinning and how those treatments impact wildfire severity and behavior. As with all Natural Inquirer monographs, the article is written for middle school students and covers subject matter from published, peer-reviewed Forest Service science.

This resource bulletin provides an overview of the status and trends in greenhouse gas emissions and removals. Estimates are consistent with methods used in the most recent compilation reported in the U.S. EPA inventory and rely on the latest data available from the Nationwide Forest Inventory collected and maintained by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program. This information is compiled to support national reporting requirements (e.g., Resources Planning Act Assessment, 2030 National Report on Sustainable Forests) and FIA stakeholder needs.

Evaluation monitoring—a component of the Forest Service’s Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) program—supports projects that assess changes in forest health, often at a finer scale than standard monitoring activities. This report is a companion to the annual FHM report and provides summaries of four evaluation monitoring projects.

The annual Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) business report communicates to taxpayers, partners, and clients the FIA program accomplishments as well as the accomplishments forecast for the coming year given budgeted financial resources. The fiscal year 2024 report is the program’s 27th report.