This month’s national Research & Development Newsletter features a collection of recent research from Forest Service scientists and partners about working together to restore forests and grasslands to a healthier condition.

Featured stories include:

Integrating Traditional and Western Fire Knowledge—working on several fronts to integrate indigenous burn practices into fire management and restoration strategies across land ownerships.

Gathering Value from Tribal Forest-Tending Practices—developing a new Indigenous Cultural Ecosystem Services framework to explore the effects of climate change on traditional gathering of culturally important plants.

Trees Cool Cities and Save Human Lives—developing a tool that calculates how much tree cover can help reduce heat-related human fatalities.

Read these entire stories and more in the R&D newsletter and subscribe!