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,…
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King of the cactus family lives on
The Tonto National Forest’s Julia Wolke (left) and Bec Veerman (right) team up to replant a saguaro during the 5th annual Save the Saguaros replanting event. They were among 150 volunteers who gathered Nov. 9 to aid the restoration of the Sonoran Desert’s ecosystem following the 2020 Bush Fire…
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Forest Service workshop champions importance of restoring peatland
Where peatland restoration is successful, rewetting conditions lead to recolonization by plants that are staples of a healthy wetland ecosystem, such as Sphagnum mosses, sedges, heath plants, tamarack and black spruce. (USDA Forest Service photo by Erik Lilleskov)
MINNESOTA — Ever heard of a…
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National climate assessments help protect communities and forests
Chris Fettig removes a piece of bark from a ponderosa pine to assess bark beetle colonization. (USDA Forest Service photo by Hilary Clark)
CALIFORNIA — Climate change is one of the most consequential threats to our planet. Understanding and sharing the science behind climate change is a primary goal of the…
#ClimateChange, #Entomology, #Insects, #EcologicalRestoration, #Wildfire
Healthy Forests
The USDA Forest Service, together with The Nature Conservancy partners, worked on restoring the ecological and economic balance in the Ouachita Mountains. The Stortleaf-Bluestem Community Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program project covered nearly 350,000 acres in Arkansas and…