Alaska is a land of extremes. This includes its climate, which ranges from mild to maritime in its southeast, to arctic in its northern slope. Alaska is also at the forefront of experiencing changes in climate and climate variability, including higher temperatures and more precipitation.
This is the fourth in a series of periodic monitoring reports on status and trends of forests used by northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina; NSO) for nesting, roosting, and dispersal on federally administered lands within the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) area (NSO range in the U
Staff on the Entiat Ranger District of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Washington state partnered with researchers to develop a strategy to improve the sustainability of the district’s recreation program.
This report provides detailed estimates and highlights key findings from Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data collected across the Tanana unit in interior Alaska, 2014–2018.
There is growing recognition that more accurate Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) field plot coordinates are required to enable direct comparison of field-measured inventory attributes and high-resolution remotely sensed measurements.
This report reviews existing research and datasets from 17 U.S. Forest Service-affiliated experimental forests and ranges (EFRs) that are relevant to science needs of state and federal water quality regulatory agencies.
Between 1989 and 2012, three Forest Service programs collected more than 8,300 surveys of epiphytic lichen communities, providing a baseline for tracking lichen responses to air quality, climate, and other changes on forest land in the United States.
A description of major biotic and abiotic features within the North Fork Hunter Creek and Hunter Creek Bog areas of critical environmental concern in southwestern Oregon.