Alaska students broadcast the bears of the Anan Wildlife Observatory
Two black bears are seen fishing for pink salmon on the Anan Wildlife Observatory Lower Falls and Caves livecam on Aug. 30, 2024. The livecams were a decade-long vision of Forest Service staff that became possible in 2024 with advancements in satellite internet and solar energy technology, a dedicated group of students and their mentors,…
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Bringing the forest to Boston Children's Hospital
Green Mountain & Finger Lakes National Forest staff joined Smokey Bear at Boston Children’s Hospital for a round of bingo and some show-and-tell. Courtesy photo by Nicole Cutinella, media program manager for Seacrest Studios, at Boston Children's Hospital.
VERMONT— In late August, USDA Forest Service…
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The bear necessities
New picnic tables able to withstand the Sierra Nevada’s snowfall and new food lockers are some of the upgrades made to the Stanislaus National Forest’s Big Meadow Campground. The upgrades were funded with y $1440,000 provided by the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020. (USDA Forest Service…
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It‘s bat time
Tricolored bats are so tiny that they are called microbats. But they gobble up insects, eating up to half their body weight every night, which is a huge help to farmers and the agricultural industry. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo by Ann Froschauer)
During this time of the year, while ghosts and…
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A head start for tortoises
Gopher tortoise eggs are collected on the De Soto National Forest so they can be sent a head start program on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery in Louisiana. (USDA Forest Service photo by Ed Moody)
You think the kids have it tough going back to school this fall? Just…
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Working together for clean water, healthy streams
Volunteers are key to our efforts to plant trees and improve watersheds. They do the hard work of planting young trees in the ground and affixing plastic tubing that protect saplings from deer that would otherwise eat the trees. (Photo courtesy Chesapeake Bay Program)
The earthy smell of…