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Oh Maple Syrup, How I Love Thee. Let me Count the Ways.
Poster created by the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture to promote maple syrup and stop Asian longhorned beetle. Okay, yes it’s Maple Syrup Day, an unofficial holiday, but the day allows us to...
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SBIR Grantee’s Response to Killer Beetles: SPLAT!
Mountain pine beetle infestation has devastated pine forests in western North America, creating vast areas of “dead-crown zombie trees.” (iStock image) The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)...
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Giant Sequoia Trees Face “Drying” Times
U.C. Berkeley biologists Cameron Williams and Rikke Naesborg measure the trunk diameter of a giant sequoia in Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park. Photo credit: Anthony R. Ambrose “A mature Giant...
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Oregon Conservation Groups Partner with USDA for Results
Ralph Duyck is one of 42 landowners who used the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) to protect the Tualatin River Watershed. With the initial goal of restoring fish habitat and cooling the...
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Managing Forests in the Face of Drought – There is Help!
Longleaf pine plantations of trees approximately 25 years old have received their first commercial thinning on the Conecuh National Forest. Photo credit: Jim Guldin, US Forest Service Drought,...
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The Wonders of Wood Buildings
Forests and wood products are powerful tools to help mitigate the impacts of climate change. (Click to view a larger version) Trees do plenty of work to sequester carbon on their own, but many forests...
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FAS Capacity-Building Efforts in Central America Yield Benefits There and at...
Pablo Chacón, a Guatemalan farmer, takes notes at the CATIE dairy farm and research center in Turrialba, Costa Rica, where he is studying agroforestry on an FAS-funded scholarship. Pablo Chacón, a...
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USDA is a Boon to Business in Boonville, NY; Higher Exports Thanks, in part,...
Administrator Sam Rikkers tours the lumber yard with CJ Logging Equipment and 3B Timber President, Mark Bourgeois. Focusing on international markets, renewable energy and a community’s inherent assets,...
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Shaping Forests from the Bottom Up: It’s All About Root Disease
Root disease tree failure resulted in the loss of this car. The old proverb: “You can’t see the forest for the trees” should have continued with a line saying that it’s even harder to see below the...
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Selecting Trees to Grow in Cities: Database Captures Urban Tree Sizes, Growth...
Knowing the maximum size of a tree can help a planner or manager avoid future conflicts between roots and sidewalks or branches and power lines. A technical manual published by the U.S. Forest Service...
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