R&D Research Highlights Pages Launched
GeoTreesearch Forest Service Publications Search Tool Launched
New Software Analyzes Impacts of Roads on Watersheds
USFS and Partners Fund Edible Forest Project
R&D Research Highlights Pages Launched
Check out the new Research Highlights pages featuring some of R&D’s most exciting research over the past three years. Search by category, principal investigator, stations or years. More »
GeoTreesearch Forest Service Publications Search Tool Launched
The world of Forest Service Research is just a click or two away! More »
New Software Analyzes Impacts of Roads on Watersheds
USFS scientists have developed GRAIP, a software package that can be used to monitor and quantify the impacts of road engineering projects on sediment production and delivery. More »
USFS and Partners Fund Edible Forest Project
Urban youth in Richmond, CA will get opportunities to spend time outdoors and learn about plants and trees, thanks to a $30,000 USFS grant and a $93,000 matching partner contribution. More »
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USFS Climate Change Advisor Dave Cleaves discusses the USFS report "Effects of Climatic Variability and Change on Forest Ecosystems". The report looks at the current condition and likely future condition of forest resources in the US relative to climate variability. More » -
This course, at Bent Creek Experimental Forest, Asheville, NC, provides practicing foresters and natural resource specialists with information about current silvicultural practices and emerging issues, based on scientific research that affects managing upland hardwoods. More »
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12 new volcanoes found in Southeast Alaska In the past three years, 12 new volcanoes have been discovered in Southeast Alaska, and 25 known volcanic vents and lava flows re-evaluated, thanks to dogged work by geologists with the USGS and the USFS. More »
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Forest Service ‘red zone’ report highlights sucesses of fuel treatments, challenges of more exurban growth The report, which synthesized recent research, found that 90 percent of the fuel treatment projects were effective to some degree. The information is aimed at giving community planners better tools to show what works in the red zone. More »
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American Forests Endangered Western Forests Initiative
Things are changing in the West, including in the iconic Greater Yellowstone Area. The course of the last decade witnessed the progressive deterioration of the forest. Not just the whitebark pine, but the whole upper canopy, right at the timberline. In certain drainages, more trees are dead than alive.
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The emerald ash borer's domino effect on human health A metallic-green beetle has arrived, posing a threat to ash trees — and the people who live near them. That is the conclusion drawn by scientists studying the devastating effects of the emerald ash borer in the US. More »
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Invasive plants, energy development threaten Southwest rangeland A USFS report warns of an expansion of invasive plants that threaten rangeland ecology and suggests other risks are possible that over time could cause widespread damage in the years ahead. More »
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