New water crossings enhance steelhead habitat, visitor safety
The Wheeler Gorge restoration project involved many partners who were instrumental to the work. (Forest Service photo by Linda Marsh)
Nestled west of Nordhoff Ridge in Ventura County, the Wheeler Gorge Campground on Los Padres National Forest’s Ojai Ranger District has long been a popular…
#AquaticRestoration, #FishHabitat, #Recreation
Meet the National Forest Foundation, official partner of the Forest Service
Editors’ note: This is a guest article from the National Forest Foundation.
The NFF’s Jeff Malik visits the Rainbow Campground on a trail project with Forest Service staff on the Mt. Hood National Forest. (National Forest Foundation photo by Maggie Kirkland)
We believe in a world where caring…
#NationalForestFoundation, #Partnerships, #Partners, #Recreation, #AquaticRestoration, #ForestRestoration, #Restoration, #Resilience, #WildfireCrisis
Restoring old-growth River Cane Systems and cultural connections
Research partners taking measurements of restored river cane stands during the June 2024 site visit. (USDA Forest Service by Donna Kridelbaugh)
ARKANSAS — Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Roger Cain, ethnobotanist and member with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma,…
#Cultural, #AquaticRestoration, #HabitatRestoration, #EcologicalRestoration
Small improvements have big benefits for our aquatic friends
Hinton Creek at 3¾ Road, Site #1, before culvert replacement. (Photo courtesy Trout Unlimited)
WISCONSIN—Walking through USDA Forest Service lands here in the Eastern Region, it is easy to enjoy the sound of multiple small streams, zig-zagging alongside and through two-track-access roads and galvanized-pipe…
#Culvert, #AquaticRestoration
Aquatic ambassadors
A researcher holds and Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) found on the Tahoe National Forest, California. (Forest Service photo by Jamie Hinrichs)
“Some think a frog face is one only a mother could love, but I think they’re cute. And in some ways, they’re both…
#Amphibians, #Frogs, #Aquatic, #AquaticBiodiversity, #AquaticEcosystems, #AquaticRestoration, #NativeFish, #Fish, #Invasives, #InvasiveSpecies, #Endangered, #EndangeredSpecies, #TahoeNationalForest
Firefighting beavers
A Beaver eating a willow branch. (USDA Forest Service Photo)
When you think of beavers, what comes to mind? Busy engineers, pesky rodents, or how about firefighters?You may already know that beavers are a keystone species, meaning many other species of animals, plants and people in the…