Crawling in caves
Join us in Nature’s ultimate crawlspace. (USDA Forest Service illustration by John Eudicone)
*Listen to the audio story: Forest Focus Episode 44: Crawling in CavesThere are portals within many national forests that offer entry into underground realms of the most curious forms of biodiversity…
#CavesAndKarst, #PacificSouthwestRegion, lassen
Connecting Culture Through Film: Celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month
Join the Connecting Culture Through Film mini film festival on Microsoft Teams live May 7.
CALIFORNIA—As part of the celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Region 5 is hosting a mini film festival via Teams Live.Join the region May 7, 12:00-1:30 p.m. Pacific, as…
#Video, #PacificSouthwestRegion
Find your path: One engineer's story
Shanisha Reese, deputy director of engineering for the Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region. (USDA Forest Service photo by Andrew Avitt)
Consider looking at the forest from another perspective — you arrived there by road, launched your boat by ramp, crossed a canyon by bridge, and…
#Careers, #PacificSouthwestRegion
Up to the test
For wildland firefighters, knowing their equipment and gear are tested and proven to handle the stresses and rigors of wildland fire operations should never be in question. When they’re headed for the heat, wildland firefighters need to know that the gear they’re bringing with them can take the stress.
That’s why the USDA Forest Service’s National Technology and Development Program works hard to…