Research in action
Extreme drought and pine beetle outbreaks are of increasing concern for forests in the south to the extent that USDA approved financial and technical assistance to help owners restore forests on non-industrial private forestlands in Mississippi and Louisiana. Behind much of the information about the drought and the trees adversely affected are Forest Service scientists who have developed…
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Working with Tribes to sustain a cherished plant
A canebrake. River cane still grows along rivers and streams, where it protects water quality. However, the vast canebrakes that once flourished in southern flood plains have been destroyed. (Courtesy photo by Roger Cain)
River cane might be unfamiliar to some, but for many Indigenous people, it is part of…
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SEEDS for the future
2016 SEEDS leadership students at Albert Mountain Fire Tower at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in Otto, North Carolina. (Photo by Fred Abbott, Ecological Society of America)
In mid-April, scientists and staff at the USDA Forest Service Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory hosted the…
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How to grow an American chestnut
American chestnut thrived in eastern North American forests for thousands of years, but in the 20th century, an exotic fungus almost eliminated the species. To date, chestnut restoration has mostly meant breeding blight-resistant trees. Now, thanks to collaboration between the USDA…