by Web Editor | Aug 24, 2018 | News, News/PR
The Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) is an ongoing collaborative, landscape-scale initiative designed to restore 2.4 million acres of fire-adapted ecosystems in the Apache-Sitgreaves, Tonto, Coconino, and Kaibab National Forests. Reducing destructive...
by Web Editor | May 30, 2018 | News, News/PR
Big or small, gradual or sudden, change rhythmically punctuates human life. In the natural world, change is just as intrinsic and pattern-based. Seasonal fluctuations in temperature, shifts in sunlight and natural disturbances, like fire, are all part of nature’s...
by Web Editor | Feb 24, 2017 | News, News/PR
Americans are spending their lives farther from forests than they did at the end of the 20th century and, contrary to popular wisdom, the change is more pronounced in rural areas than in urban settings. A study published this week in the journal PLOS ONE says that...
by Web Editor | Oct 7, 2016 | News, News/PR
Forestry experts are working to bring back native trees and ecosystems in southern Illinois forests by letting in the sunshine. It’s not too often you hear the sound of chainsaws inside Trail of Tears State Forest in Union County, Illinois. But Tuesday was an...
by Web Editor | Oct 5, 2016 | News, News/PR
U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said his agency is trying to manage 60 million acres in need of restoration with 40 percent fewer staff and dollars than he had a decade ago. In an interview with the Missoulian on Tuesday, Tidwell said the agency would depend on...