Vegetation Management
Successful vegetation management ensures that our National Forests are conserved, restored, and made more resilient to climate change while enhancing our water resources. Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) is a component of the forest management program that utilizes silvicultural practice overseeing the genetics, growing of seedlings in nurseries, reforestation, and restoration of our…
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Around the Forest Service: May 2025
Chief Schultz continues to get to know employees. In May, he visited Lake Tahoe Basin and discussed vegetation management projects before observing a prescribed fire and then visiting a timber sale on Tahoe Basin National Forest. Secretary Rollins and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signed a joint fire memo ahead of peak fire season in an event held at Forest Service…
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National Grasslands
Welcome to Your National Grasslands!These wind-swept seas of grass and wildflowers—four million acres in all—have witnessed the pageant of the frontier, the Dust Bowl, and the dramatic recovery into a great national treasure.Find a National GrasslandVisit National Grassland websitesFind a GrasslandNational Grassland Visitor's CenterThe National Grasslands Visitor Center introduces and invites…
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Planting new hope in the Umpqua River basin
A sugar pine seedling grows within the Archie Creek Fire scar. Seedlings are planted in the early spring so they are not damaged by hot and dry summer weather. Forest Service photo by Adrienne Barcas
Editor’s note: The USDA Forest Service recently announced a 10-year strategy to confront the…
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Predicting acorn crop size
USDA Forest Service field technicians collected acorns and visually surveyed 477 oak trees of five common species, including Quercus velutina, or black oak. Photo courtesy bugwood.org/T.Davis Sydnor, OSU.
NORTH CAROLINA—Land managers can now estimate the number of acorns in their forest each fall with methods devised by Southern Research…
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Forest Management
Managing the ForestThe Forest Service stewards an impressive portfolio of landscapes across 193 million acres of National Forests and Grasslands in the public trust. The agency’s top priority is to maintain and improve the health, diversity, and productivity of the nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of current and future generations. Forest management focuses on managing vegetation…