Watch: Restoring an American icon
The American chestnut was once a common and abundant tree species that occupied 200 million acres in the eastern hardwood forests of North America and provided ...
Forest Service
Lawsuit challenges domestic sheep grazing in bighorn habitat
The U.S. Forest Service is endangering bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, in eastern Washington state by allowing domestic ...
Proposed rule exempts Tongass from logging restrictions
More than 9 million acres of roadless area in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest could become open to potential logging. The U.S. Forest Service proposed exempting ...
Forest Service revisits sage-grouse plans
On Nov. 21 the U.S. Forest Service published a notice soliciting comments on its plan to revisit and possibly amend land management plans in regards to the greater ...
‘Go where your passion takes you’
Dozens of students attended career sessions with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Forest Service Wednesday at TWS’ 24th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, ...
Lifelong Forest Service employee Tony Tooke named chief
Tony Tooke, regional forester for the Southern Region of the Forest Service, will serve as the new Forest Service chief, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue ...
Conference field trip: Experience Albuquerque from 10k feet
The Sandia Crest Tramway is one of three exciting field trips being offered at this year’s TWS Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Conference ...
Shelterwood harvest is good for lizards, bad for salamanders
A common forestry practice may be bad for salamanders, but good for lizards, according to a recent U.S. Forest Service study published in Forest Ecology and ...
Budget hearing: Wildfires a priority for US Forest Service
As the appropriations season for fiscal year (FY) 2017 ramps up in Washington, Congressional subcommittees in both the House and Senate are holding hearings to ...
New York State Forests May Be at Their Peak: Report
The overall forest cover of New York State may have reached a peak, according to a new federal report. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service ...