SilvaCarbon training promotes best practices in national forest inventory design, implementation
Trainers and trainees presented on a variety of new tools and systems for improving the ease and accuracy of national forest inventories. USDA Forest Service photo.
WASHINGTON, DC—Global leaders in forest inventory design and implementation gathered in-person and online during the week of Aug. 28 to…
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Restoring lost meadow brings new life to scarred landscape
Dr. Karen Pope discusses meadow restoration efforts with staff and members of the media during an August 2023 visit to Sierra National Forest. USDA Forest Service photo by Hilary Clark.
CALIFORNIA—Scorched trees dot the Sierra National Forest’s severely burned Lower Grouse Meadow. Three…
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Field trip demonstrates hands-on wood forensic science
Ed Espinoza of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shares information about a new mobile forensic laboratory (The Woodshed) used to identify timber at U.S. ports of entry. USDA Forest Service photo by Julie Hundersmarck.
WASHINGTON—The USDA Forest Service hosted two field trips in the…
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United Nations certifies phyto-recurrent selection for combating pollution
Phyto-recurrent selection has been used to create this tree buffer adjacent to a landfill in Ontonagon, Michigan. This is one of 16 buffer systems that have been established across Wisconsin and Michigan with a goal of reducing landfill pollution into the Great Lakes. USDA Forest Service photo…
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Oak wilt suppression technique showing promise combating disease
About 12 Forest Service Eastern Region tree climbers climbed and injected 20 targeted trees per state on Department of Natural Resources lands in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota over the course of three weeks in June 2023. USDA Forest Service photo by Rich Kujawa.
WISCONSIN—A promising new technique…
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Evolution of forestry: A century of research in the South
A thinned old field stand of loblolly pine trees in Louisiana, taken Aug. 16, 1937. USDA Forest Service photo by T.T. Kohara.
NORTH CAROLINA—A new general technical report brings history to life, describing a century of Forest Service research in the southern United States. Through the stories of…