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It's for the Birds! Annual Flyway Festival Enthusiasts Learn More about Migrating Birds and Role of California's National Forests

March 15, 2012 Brenda Kendrix, Public Affairs Specialist, Pacific Southwest Region, Sam Cuenca, Wildlife Biologist, Klamath National Forest and Pacific Southwest Region NatureWatch Coordinator

An estimated 4,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area recently celebrated the return of millions of migrating birds as part of the 16 th annual Flyway Festival held on Mare Island in Vallejo, Calif. California national forests act as a vital habitat link in the Pacific Flyway, a major north-south...

Forestry

Rare Sighting of Baby Bald Eagle Surprises San Bernardino National Forest Staff, Visitors

March 15, 2012 Valerie Baca, Public Affairs Officer, San Bernardino National Forest

A new baby bald eagle will soon begin his flight lessons on the San Bernardino National Forest as the first recorded chick to be successfully nested in recent times near Big Bear Lake. The chick was first spotted Feb. 21 by Forest Service wildlife biologist Marc Stamer while leading a school field...

Forestry

Georgia School Kids Plant Trees While Meeting Olympians

March 14, 2012 Judy Toppins, Public Affairs Officer, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest

Around 1,500 Jasper and Putnam County elementary students in Georgia got their hands dirty planting trees while meeting Olympic athletes at the Kids4Trees program sponsored by the Forest Service. The event was the first of 35 planned across the nation for 2012. Bryan Jacobs, an inspiring two-time...

Forestry

Future Forest Service Leaders Learn About Agency History

March 14, 2012 Renee Lee, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

Imagine men mounted on horses, armed with rifles and sidearms, patrolling millions of acres of public land. These men were typical U.S. Forest Service rangers over a century ago. This is how the Forest Service first approached forest management. Forest Service historian Dr. Lincoln Bramwell recently...

Forestry

Fort Valley Experimental Forest: First in the Nation to Discover the Effects of a Changing Climate on Pines

March 13, 2012 Robert H. Westover, Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Forest Service

Back when Arizona was designated a U.S. territory, scientists had already been exploring its vast landscapes which start from nearly sea level and climb to over 12,000 feet. They were paying particular attention to Arizona’s diverse vegetation and climate. In 1889, biologist C. Hart Merriam...

Forestry

Monitoring Bald Eagles to Help Prevent Deaths from Collisions with Wind Turbines

March 12, 2012 Robert H. Westover, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

Despite the many benefits which come from clean wind energy, one of the most majestic birds of prey, the eagle, is itself falling prey to the blades of wind-energy facilities. For reasons still not clear to scientists, eagles are vulnerable to collisions with wind turbines, and in some areas such...

Forestry

Public Land Access and Changing Demographics in Hall County, Georgia

March 08, 2012 Reggie Woodruff, U.S. Forest Service

In one of the first of its kind studies in the South, a research social scientist with the Forest Service Southern Research Station recently examined Latino access to local public lands in Hall County, Ga. Census-track-based information from studies like this can help municipal and county planners...

Forestry

Finding and Controlling Invasive-Plants? There’s an App for That

March 08, 2012 Reggie Woodruff, Media Relations Officer, U.S. Forest Service

The Forest Service has added an iPhone/iPad application called Invasive Plants in Southern Forests: Identification and Management to its strategy of reducing nonnative invasive plants in the South. The free app will allow more people to get involved in eradicating foreign plants, which, along with...

Forestry

U.S. Forest Service Hosts, Trains, and Engages Bhutanese Foresters

March 07, 2012 Renee Lee, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

Bhutan is a small mountainous kingdom nestled in the Himalayas. Some people know it as the country that measures gross national happiness in addition to its gross domestic product. Others may have heard about its innovative, eco-friendly approach to tourism or of its Dragon King’s royal wedding in...

Forestry

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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