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The Future is Here ... and it's Made of Wood

December 17, 2014 Dave Atkins, Cooperative Forestry, U.S. Forest Service

It’s a good time for building with wood products. More architects and contractors are returning to this renewable, sturdy, all-purpose material after decades of what some might consider an undue reliance on concrete and steel. In furthering that message, I was pleased to join WoodWorks, a nonprofit...

Forestry

Conference Explores Ways to Value Resources, Improve the Environment and Put a Check into Producers' Pockets

December 15, 2014 Kari Cohen, Natural Resources Conservation Service

What is the monetary value of a supply of clean water? Or the value of clean air or having places available to hike and fish? For decades we have taken these resources for granted, or at least we have not put a monetary value on their benefits. That’s changing. Participants from 30 nations met this...

Conservation Forestry

Think Like a Deer: Award-Winning Video Aims to Reduce Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions

December 10, 2014 Stephanie Worley Firley, Pacific Southwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service

Collisions between vehicles and wildlife are a big problem on U.S. roads. Each year, on average, 1-2 million collisions with large animals, especially mule deer and white-tailed deer, end in 200 fatalities, 26,000 injuries, and costs exceeding $1 billion. About a third of the collisions reported on...

Forestry

Communities Connect with Nature on Alaska's Tongass National Forest

December 08, 2014 Teresa Haugh, Alaska Region, U.S. Forest Service

Scott Harris, the conservation science director for the Sitka Conservation Society, is on a mission. He’s dedicated to connecting the communities of Southeast Alaska to the stunning, natural world that surrounds them including the Tongass National Forest. Sitka Conservation Society’s charge is to...

Forestry

Armchair Travelers Get a Close-Up Look of Southern Appalachian Waters

December 04, 2014 Nat Gillespie, Wildlife, Fish, Watershed, U.S. Forest Service

Deep into the Cherokee National Forest on the headwaters of the Conasauga River, an innovative river conservation program brings thousands of citizen snorkelers to the vibrant waters of Southern Appalachia. Now armchair travelers can enjoy this experience via a six-minute online film. “A Deeper...

Forestry

Even Paul Bunyan is Overshadowed by the 2014 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree - and a Precious 10-year-old Boy

December 03, 2014 Kathryn Sosbe, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

A foggy mist did not deter a crowd of onlookers, politicians and U.S. Forest Service employees as a 10-year-old Maryland boy in a wheelchair enveloped by warm blankets flipped the switch to light the 2014 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree on the West Front lawn of the nation’s Capital. C-SPAN recorded the...

Forestry

Ready, Set, Lights! U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Delivered, Decorated and Ready to Shine

December 01, 2014 Paul Ross, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

After a 2,700-mile, 30-stop journey from Minnesota, the 88-foot white spruce tree harvested from the Chippewa National Forest is delivered, set up in Washington, D.C., decorated by Architect of the Capitol employees and ready for the 2014 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at 5 p.m...

Forestry

Before You Slice the Turkey, Give Thanks to Those Wild Cousins

November 25, 2014 Kathryn Sosbe, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

According to USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, the U.S. is the world’s largest turkey producer and largest exporter of turkey products. An estimated 46 million turkeys will show up on American tables this holiday, and most of those will come from turkey production facilities. A much smaller...

Forestry

Millennial Trains Project: Forest Service Employee Shares Lessons-Promotes Careers in Public Service

November 21, 2014 Michaela Hall, Fire and Aviation Management, U.S. Forest Service

Of all the places I expected to have a life-changing experience, I would never have guessed it would involve a moving train on a transcontinental journey with other young professional millennials. But somewhere between Whitefish, Montana, and St. Paul, Minnesota, I realized that this journey would...

Forestry

Southeast Alaska Trail Crew’s Work on Footbridge Links Generations, Cultures

November 20, 2014 Travis Mason-Bushman, Tongass National Forest, U.S. Forest Service

On a boggy section of single-track trail outside the Southeast Alaska tribal community of Angoon, two men are building a bridge on Admiralty Island National Monument that does much more than simply cross 10 yards of boot-eating muck. This unassuming wooden span is connecting generations, cultures...

Forestry

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