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Shoshone National Forest


US Forest Service Mobilizes to Save Cavity Birds

March 18, 2014 Kristen Nelson, Recreation, Heritage and Volunteer Services, U.S. Forest Service

Small owls, such as western screech and northern saw whet owls, weigh between 3 and 7 ounces, or about the same weight as a small cell phone or a deck of cards. They prefer dark, narrow spaces for nesting and roosting, which is why they are called cavity birds. Their habitat preferences make them...

Conservation Forestry

Prince Follows Great-Grandfather's Steps through the Forest

November 19, 2013 Kristie Salzmann, Shoshone National Forest, U.S. Forest Service

On a beautiful fall day on America’s first national forest, Prince Albert II of Monaco retraced the steps his great-grandfather took 100 years ago through the wilderness of the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. Prince Albert II helped celebrate on Sept. 20 the centennial anniversary of the...

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