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Biocontrol Staff Are Modern-Day MacGyvers in the Fight Against Invasive Beetle

May 23, 2016 Sharon Lucik, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Emerald ash borer (EAB) beetle is an invasive wood boring beetle, first detected in July 2002 in southeastern Michigan. The pest attacks and kills ash trees and it is responsible for the death and decline of tens of millions of ash in 25 states. EAB lives under the bark and when people move EAB...

Animals Plants

USDA Smokey Bear Paintings on Display for First Time

September 16, 2014 Kim Kaplan, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service

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 USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. If you hear a deep resonant voice and the words, “Only YOU…,” you probably could complete the iconic words, “…can prevent...

Forestry Research and Science

Why is Cogongrass So Successful at Invading the South?

August 05, 2014 Zoё Hoyle, Southern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service

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. Cogongrass makes kudzu look like a lightweight. A perennial grass, it grows on every continent except Antarctica and has...

Forestry Research and Science

Keeping it Close to Home: How USDA and Small Business Saturday Help Rural Businesses Thrive

November 27, 2013 Lillian Salerno, Administrator, USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service

By now, we’re all familiar with the uniquely American shopping frenzy known as “Black Friday.” Almost before the Thanksgiving leftovers are even in the fridge, Big Box stores throw open their doors, offering sales geared toward holiday shoppers wrangling for the best deals. Black Friday has become...

Rural

USDA Loans Scout to Ohio Military Museum

June 13, 2013 Carol Bannerman, Public Affairs Specialist, APHIS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Wildlife Services (WS) program were privileged to assist in placing a light observation helicopter (LOH-6A), but affectionately called a LOACH by service members, on long-term loan at the Mott’s Military Museum in Groveport, Ohio. Talking with the excited...

Animals Plants

A 73 Year Old Kentucky Widow Becomes a First-Time Homeowner Thanks to USDA

June 01, 2011 Katherine Belcher, Kentucky USDA Public Information Officer

To Elizabeth Bonner, the single greatest thing about her new home is the serenity she feels as she sits on her covered back porch, listening to the water as it rolls over the rocks that line the creek bed bordering the back of her property.

Rural

Secretary Vilsack: Why I’m Proud of Our USDA Employees

October 21, 2013 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

USDA employees across the country and around the world do critical work that impacts millions of lives. I am proud of our employees for many reasons, and I want to share just a few of their great accomplishments under the Obama Administration.

Conservation Food and Nutrition Health and Safety Forestry Animals Plants Rural Research and Science

Tlingit Master Carver Restores a 74-year-old Totem in Alaska

March 23, 2015 Gregory "Kent" Cummins, Tongass National Forest, U.S. Forest Service

In a small U.S. Forest Service workshop in Juneau, Alaska, a skilled Alaska Native artist is meticulously bringing a traditional artifact back to life. Tlingit Master Carver Wayne Price of Haines has begun the process of restoring the totem, which has overlooked the Auke Recreation Area near Juneau...

Forestry

Farm to School to Future!

April 11, 2022 FNCS Deputy Under Secretary Stacy Dean and MRP Deputy Under Secretary Mae Wu

Making varsity, attending prom, getting into college or finding a job upon graduation … all things that many high school students spend time thinking about. We’d wager that very few of them also spend time thinking about where their food comes from, how nutritious it is, or how it got to their plate...

Food and Nutrition

Putting Our Minds Together to Improve Education on the Warm Springs Reservation

November 23, 2015 Vicki Walker, Oregon State Director, USDA Rural Development

USDA celebrates National Native American Heritage Month in November with a blog series focused on USDA’s support of Tribal Nations and highlighting a number of our efforts throughout Indian Country and Alaska. Follow along on the USDA blog . One year ago, I joined tribal and community leaders on the...

Rural