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Partners in Agroforestry

February 22, 2016 Kate MacFarland, USDA National Agroforestry Center

When thinking about how to reduce run-off from potato fields in New Brunswick, Canada, researcher Josée Owen of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada turned to a tool created by Mike Dosskey, a U.S. Forest Service researcher at the USDA National Agroforestry Center. With others at the University of...

Forestry

Using Agroforestry to Help Pollinators Help You

November 12, 2015 Kate MacFarland, USDA National Agroforestry Center

Today, farms in the U.S. are larger and have less nearby habitat to support bees than in the past, yet the need for pollinators in rural landscapes has never been greater. In light of concerns over pollinator declines, a Memorandum was released by President Obama on June 20, 2014, Creating a Federal...

Forestry

Southwestern Willow Flycatcher, Other Species Benefit from Riparian Restoration Work in Utah

April 28, 2015 Casey Burns and Ron Francis, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Utah

Jim Hook, owner of the Recapture Lodge and volunteer firefighter in Bluff, Utah, has been working for years to manage and restore the riparian habitat on his property along the San Juan River in southeast Utah. Where the Cottonwood Creek and the San Juan River meet, Hook is working with USDA’s...

Conservation

Abandoned Mine Lands Restored to Improve Watershed Health in Ohio

May 31, 2012 Pamela Stachler, Forest Hydrogeologist, U.S. Forest Service Eastern Region

For nearly a century, the aquatic life that once thrived in the Monday Creek Watershed has been virtually dead. The goal of this Recovery Act project, known as "Devastation to Destination," is to construct a healthy functioning riparian corridor, restore water quality, and create an integrated land...

Forestry
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