Rapid assessment protocol offers insights into managing riparian ecosystems
COLORADO—Great Basin watersheds are home to many unique riparian and meadow ecosystems. The vegetation and processes of these ecosystems vary wildly, challenging managers to determine appropriate management strategies after disturbances. A recently developed rapid assessment protocol offers a guide, which will be discussed in the…
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Study of prairie strips integrated with row crops is growing momentum
Aerial image of a mid-summer prairie strip inside of corn and soybean crops in northwest Iowa. Photo courtesy of Iowa State University STRIPS project.
MINNESOTA—For more than two decades, the Northern Research Station has been a leader in research that has the potential to change the…
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Wood is the new concrete: bridging carbon reduction and sustainable building materials
Construction underway on the Moffett Creek Bridge in Yreka, California. USDA Forest Service photo by Robert Moon.
WISCONSIN—“The Forest Products Laboratory is building a sustainable future by showing how wood and its components can reduce our dependence on greenhouse-gas-intensive materials…
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New research reveals how critical forests are to drinking water supply
Feather River, Middle Fork, on Plumas National Forest in California. National forests supply drinking water to almost 90% of the people served by public surface water systems in the West. (USDA Forest Service photo by Tim Palmer)
Access to high-quality water will be a defining feature of the…
#Research, #Drought, #Watershed, #InfrastructureInvestmentAndJobsAct, #InflationReductionAct, #Water
Contacts - Tribal Relations
Washington OfficeReed RobinsonDirectorreed.robinson@usda.gov202-384-2558 Heath BaileyTribal Relations Specialistrobert.h.bailey@usda.gov202-657-2656Summer DunnPolicy Analystsummer.l.dunn@usda.govRachael NovakProgram & Management Analystrachael.novak@usda.gov 505-584-3943RegionalNorthern RegionID, MT, ND, SDJohn Kinsner john.kinsner@usda.gov406-253-0699 Rocky Mountain…