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National Forests Contribute to Alaska's 2013 Record Salmon Harvest

April 03, 2014 Teresa Haugh, U.S. Forest Service, Alaska

Alaska’s Chugach and Tongass national forests are sometimes referred to as salmon forests, producing all five species of wild Pacific salmon: king, coho, sockeye, pink, and chum. Salmon is vital to Alaska’s economy, and last year’s statewide commercial salmon harvest is being noted as a banner year...

Forestry

Help USDA Stop Invaders that Could Devastate U.S. Crops and Forests

April 03, 2014 Greg Rosenthal, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Big, creepy, and horned, the coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) loves to feed on—and kill—coconut and other palms, banana plants, and more. This invasive species, detected in Hawaii in December 2013, makes the perfect poster child for USDA’s Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month—a child only...

Animals Plants

Conservation Grant Helps Rice Growers Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

April 02, 2014 Ciji Taylor, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Note: Three projects funded by a USDA Conservation Innovation Grant were recently honored by the American Carbon Registry for innovative approaches to environmental stewardship. The winners included Ducks Unlimited, Delta Institute and Terra Global Capital. Ducks Unlimited’s work aimed to generate a...

Conservation

USDA Deputy Under Secretary Promotes Environmental Justice Goals

April 02, 2014 Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Arthur "Butch" Blazer

Late last month, I was privileged to deliver the keynote address at the 2014 National Environmental Justice Conference here in Washington. Environmental justice is “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the...

Conservation

S.C. Farmer Still Growing Strong after 92 Years, 6 Decades, and 1 Microloan

April 01, 2014 Tanya Brown, Writer/Editor, Farm Service Agency

This post is part of a Microloan Success feature series on the USDA blog. Check back every Tuesday and Thursday as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s Farm Service Agency. For Malachi Duncan, life as a farmer is anything but boring. At age 92, he’s going strong and ready to do more. “I was out...

Conservation

Coming Together to Improve Human Nutrition

April 01, 2014 Isabel Walls, Senior Advisor, Food Safety, Nutrition and Health

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. During the month of April we will take a closer look at USDA’s Groundbreaking Research for a Revitalized Rural America...

Food and Nutrition Research and Science

USDA Research Tradition Going Strong in the 21st Century

April 01, 2014 Sean Adams, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. During the month of April we will take a closer look at USDA’s Groundbreaking Research for a Revitalized Rural America...

Research and Science

Scientists Discover New Fish Species in the Upper Columbia River Basin

April 01, 2014 Carita Chan, Research and Development, U.S. Forest Service

U.S. Forest Service scientists at the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Missoula, Mont., have identified a new species of fish—the cedar sculpin ( Cottus schitsuumsh). Although thousands of new species are described by scientists each year, only a small percentage of them are animal species, and...

Forestry

MyPlate On Rutgers Campus

March 31, 2014 Jackie Haven, MS, RD, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

The MyPlate On Campus initiative, USDA’s effort to promote healthy eating on college campuses nationwide through peer-to-peer education, launched 1 year ago. In that time, nearly 2,000 students, representing all 50 states, have joined the cause by becoming MyPlate On Campus Ambassadors . It has been...

Food and Nutrition

USDA to Co-Host Pacific Northwest Wood-to-Biofuel Conference

March 31, 2014 Eini Lowell, Research Forest Product Technologist, U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

In conjunction with Washington State University Extension, USDA is co-hosting the Northwest Wood-Based Biofuels/Co-Products Conference in late April. The conference will be April 28-30, 2014 in Seattle, Wash. The goal of the conference is to bring together the community of researchers, business...

Energy Rural Technology