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Moving up and Out -- These Trees Were Made for Walking

December 03, 2013 Joanna Stancil, State and Private Forestry, U.S. Forest Service

With large areas of our planet heating up because of climate change, some trees (and plants) are pulling up roots and heading north, to higher elevations and to cooling climes—well, sort of. A U.S. Forest Service-led study suggests there are a few dozen tree species in the eastern U.S. that are...

Forestry

Forest Service IT Specialist Excels for Northern Research Station

July 15, 2013 Jane Knowlton, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

Jim Lootens-White, an information technology specialist for the U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Research Station, has a keen interest in interpreting scientific data and developing web projects to highlight the compelling research accomplishments of the station’s scientists. As an IT specialist for...

Forestry

Secretary's Column: Taking Time to Remember the Fallen

May 24, 2013 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

This Memorial Day weekend, I hope all Americans will take a moment to honor the service of those who have lost their lives defending our nation. America is a beacon of freedom and democracy today, in no small part because of those who throughout history stood in defense of our values and principles...

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Skip Hyberg Honored With Economist of the Year Award

February 25, 2013 Tanya Brown, Writer and Editor, Farm Service Agency

He is a quantitative and scientific force behind the nation’s largest conservation program. Armed with two doctoral degrees, Skip Hyberg is an economist and a scientist who has linked both of those worlds together to more efficiently target the Farm Service Agency’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP...

Conservation

Secretary's Column: Why I’m Thankful for Rural America

November 16, 2012 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

This week, Americans across our nation will gather around Thanksgiving tables with family and friends. Every year at this time, I am reminded how blessed we are to have a strong, vibrant rural America which provides so much for each of us, every day. Rural America provides our families with a safe...

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Appreciating Rural Teachers

May 08, 2012 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Today, on Teacher Appreciation Day, we have an opportunity to say “thank you” to America’s educators. In particular, I’d like to send a brief message of thanks to our teachers working in small towns and rural communities across the United States. A quality education is imperative to the lives of...

Initiatives

Searching for Monte Cristo in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

October 14, 2011 Renee Lee, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

Like many national forests, Washington’s Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest is home to visiting hikers, nature and recreation enthusiasts, fishers, and bird watchers.

Forestry

Never a Dull Moment for APHIS Wildlife Veterinarians

August 25, 2011 Dr. Pauline Nol, APHIS Veterinary Epidemiologist, Fort Collins, CO

Hello, my name is Dr. Pauline Nol. I’m a veterinary epidemiologist for USDA APHIS. As a veterinarian and a researcher, I’ve worked in the wildlife health field since 1999, starting my career at the United States Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis. I joined APHIS’s...

Animals Plants

USDA Forest Service Helping to take Sting out of Bugs

June 21, 2011 Reggie Woodruff, Forest Service Public Affairs

How do you turn biting, stinging, pantry raiding, picnic ruining pests into pollinating, irrigating, aerating, fertilizing, ecosystem balancing helpers? … By educating as many people as possible about the role of bugs in the environment. One of the responsibilities of the U.S. Forest Service is to...

Forestry

Dairy Barn Transformation is a Symbol of Its New Role

December 01, 2010 Karen Lynch, USDA Vermont Business and Community Programs Specialist

Construction has begun on Laraway’s new home. Looking at this hundred-year-old dairy barn jacked up in the air on the occasion of last month’s ground-breaking, it occurred to me that this labor of renovation and rejuvenation foreshadows what happens to the at-risk kids who come to Laraway Youth and...

Rural

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