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2020 USDA Forest Service Report on Technology Transfer is now available

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The Char Boss is a new technology for making BioChar, which is made from plant material and used to improve soil quality. (Image courtesy of Brad O’Connor, AIR Burners, Inc.)  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Issued annually by the Forest Service and the Office of the Secretary, the Report on…
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Peer Review Agenda

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U.S. Forest Service Research & Development (R&D) provides research information to the public that is reliable, accurate, and presented clearly. We require all scientific manuscripts to be reviewed by qualified personnel, including written reviews by at least two peers, competent in the subject matter and with demonstrable objectivity. The Forest Service R&D scientists are further…
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Forest Service fights fire by starting a few

A picture of a wildland firefighter using a drip torch to start a prescribed fire.
A Forest Service employee uses a drip torch during a prescribed burn operation in the Tahoe National Forest. (USDA Forest Service photo) The flames and billowing smoke rose high enough to veil the sun that cold February afternoon as an acre of bone-dry grasslands was ignited by a slow, fiery…
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