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Forest Focus: Audio Podcast
Forest Focus is an audio program about the National Forests in California. Episodes focus on issues such as ecological restoration, fire, recreation, law enforcement, tribal relations and much more.
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Find Forest Focus on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
The show features specialists that work for the U.S. Forest Service and guests who provide other points of view on Forest Service issues. For comments or suggestions please e-mail us at: SM.FS.r5ffpodcast@usda.gov
National Forests are locations where we can listen to a concert of wildlife sounds. The caws, croaks, howls, growls and squeaks we might hear are…
Species are designated as endangered when their population is in significant decline, which often means documentation of these species in their…
[Croak. Ribbit. Croak. Ribbit.] This is the anthem of Frog Fridays. This May-time wildlife survey is held within a stream on the Tahoe National…
When it comes to getting perspective on forest health, sky-high observations are a big help in California. With over 30 million acres of forested…
The gray wolf (Canis lupus) became extirpated, or locally extinct, in California in the 1920s. But this large member of the dog family was once a…
There are portals within many national forests that offer entry into realms of the most curious forms of biodiversity. These underground chambers and…