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Gardening, Farming Take Root in New York City

December 19, 2012 Jane Hodgins, Northern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service

If your picture of New York City is skyscrapers and neon, consider expanding that image to include vegetable crops – a lot of vegetable crops – growing everywhere from ground level to rooftops.

Forestry Food and Nutrition Farming

Planting a Holiday Tradition

December 17, 2012 Larry Stritch, National Botanist, U.S. Forest Service

Many holiday traditions are celebrated during the season surrounding the winter solstice, or the time when the sun is at its lowest point above the horizon. For communities and families, plants play a central role in these traditions. Yet, most people are unaware of the origins of how plants like...

Forestry

Rescue Dogs Sniff for Salamanders to Save Rare Species and Help People

December 12, 2012 Bruce Hill, Santa Fe National Forest and Ellita Willis, Office of Communication, US Forest Service

Shelter dogs that are often rejected are getting a new lease on life. Plus they’re helping wildlife and people! These conservation canines climbed the Jemez Mountains, clambering over rocks, running from smell to smell, to track where rare Jemez salamanders, a species found nowhere else in the world...

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Forest Service International Programs lauded by Secretary of State

December 11, 2012 Stephen G. Krecik, International Programs, U.S. Forest Service

During the recent annual Comprehensive Partnership meeting in Washington, D.C., Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Indonesian Foreign Minister Natalegawa applauded recent initiatives supported by the U.S. Forest Service’s International Programs, including forest governance, environmental impact...

Forestry Trade

USDA’s Four-Legged Federal Workers Don’t Believe in Horsing Around

December 04, 2012 Robert H. Westover, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

It seems being a working mule or horse on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest can be a pretty good thing – especially during the holiday season.

Forestry

Forest Service International Programs Leads Study Tour for Chileans

November 21, 2012 Deidra L. McGee, Office of Communication, US Forest Service

During an eight-day trip, Toby Bloom, Forest Service International Programs specialist, led four delegates from the Chilean Forest Commission to the Southwest Region to learn ways to involve indigenous groups in public use planning and environmental outreach. The group visited the Jemez Pueblo...

Forestry

Cranberries, Nature’s Garnets, are Ripening Across the Country

November 16, 2012 Jan Schultz, US Forest Service Eastern Regional Botanist, Milwaukee, Wis.

As we celebrate the autumn season and as holidays approach, many of us will also be thinking of family gatherings and special menus which may include the colorful and healthy cranberry. Knowing some of the plant’s history may just help us enjoy this fruit even more. Vaccinium oxycoccos L. or Small...

Forestry

A Fungus Among Us---Author Names Oregon’s Humongous Fungus as one of the Grossest Places on Earth

November 15, 2012 Keith Riggs, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

According to Richard Faulk’s book “Gross America”, the Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon’s Blue Mountains is “… one of my favorite gross places in America.” That’s because it is home to arguably the largest living single organism on earth.

Forestry

US Forest Service Provides Support for Hurricane Sandy Clean-up Efforts in New York City

November 14, 2012 Robert Westover, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

At the height of the hurricane response effort, approximately 1,200 interagency firefighters organized by the U.S. Forest Service were sent to the impacted areas to provide assistance to communities in need. There are many incredible stories to tell of their work, with one fine example coming from a...

Conservation Forestry

Forest Service Botanist Shares Fall’s Native Plant Diversity on South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest

November 09, 2012 Jill Welborn, US Forest Service District Botanist, Northern Hills Ranger District, Black Hills National Forest

Perhaps it’s just me, but I think many people are relieved to see the fall colors and relish the cool mornings here on the Black Hills National Forest.

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