Forestry

Depending on who you talk to, there are between 16,000 and 20,000 vacant homes in Baltimore. Once a mid-20 th century boomtown where residents built the liberty ships and liberator bombers that helped win World War II, the middle-class dreams of this city have been in a decades-long decline. Entire...

Forests are an intricate part of our life, from the air they clean to the water they provide. So, we invite you to love your national forests.

Hollywood’s first 100 percent sustainable studio set was created for 20 th Century Fox’s comedy series “Raising Hope” thanks to the efforts of the U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Products Laboratory and NOBLE Environmental Technologies, a long-term collaborator with the laboratory. NOBLE Environmental...

More than 100 Franklin County middle and high school students got to explore the life of an 18 th century sailor through a living history program presented by employees of the National Forests in Florida and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Jerri Marr awoke on June 23, 2012, expecting a normal day as forest supervisor tending to issues on the Pike and San Isabel national forests west of Colorado Springs, Colo., and on the Comanche National Grassland, some 250 miles away. Not to mention the Cimarron National Grassland in southwest...

Almost three years ago, two biology professors at Delta State University in Mississippi brainstormed how to give science undergraduates research experience in microbiology and entomology. They hit upon the idea of searching for “science gold” in the bellies of bugs. Professors Tanya McKinney and...

The Forest Service is making it easier than ever to report the spread of insects that have invaded America’s national, state, private and urban forests. Forest Health Protection has released Version 2 of its mapping and reporting portal. Built on the latest technology, the portal is an interactive...

America is home to more than 100 million acres of urban and community forests. These are the forests that line our streets, shade our buildings and burst with color every spring and fall. Trees also clean our air and help prevent pollution and flooding. That's one of the reasons we like to call our...

Dubbed America’s premier alpine whitewater river, the White Salmon River in south central Washington State was recently named as a top destination by the New York Times. The White Salmon, used by kayakers and rafters all year round, winds nearly 45 miles from its headwaters on the Gifford Pinchot...

Can you picture yourself running in a 5K race on a crisp winter morning at the top of a 10,678-foot, snow-covered peak in snowshoes? That's what approximately 150 adventurous people did when they competed in the 11th annual Sandia Snowshoe Race on Jan. 19, 2013. The race is sponsored by the Friends...