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Bringing Back Diversity in Eastern Forests for Landowners, Wildlife

December 29, 2016 Justin Fritscher, Natural Resources Conservation Service

What do biologists look for in a healthy forest? A diversity in the ages and composition of trees and occasional breaks in canopy to allow sunlight to reach understory plants. Healthy forests, just like healthy human populations, are sustained by a diversity of ages. Each group has a role to play in...

Conservation

With the Right Management, Pennsylvania Landowners Bringing Birds to Forest

August 25, 2016 Justin Fritscher, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Natalie Love wakes up each morning to the sounds of songbirds. “What a good way to start your day,” said Love, who lives in the Appalachian Mountains in central Pennsylvania. Natalie and her husband Donald are working to improve the healthy, structurally diverse forests that provide many benefits...

Conservation

Rock Keyboardist and Grammy Winner Chuck Leavell Becomes an Honorary Forest Service Ranger

March 06, 2012 Maxwell Silvera, Forest Service Southern Region

Chuck Leavell may be known as the legendary keyboardist for the Rolling Stones and the Allman Brothers Band, but he’s just as proud of being a champion for tree stewardship and sustainable forest management. His conservation ethic, his forest advocacy and his personal stewardship of Charlane...

Conservation Forestry
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