Aug 12, 2016 | News, News/PR
Billions of magnificent trees that were nearly annihilated a century ago are making a slow, yet promising, comeback thanks in part to a team of Clemson University researchers and their collaborators. Colossal stands of longleaf pines once dominated vast swaths of the...
Jun 20, 2016 | News, News/PR
More than 1,000 acres of the Blackwater River, Pine Log and Point Washington state forests have increased in biodiversity during the past three years due to an ongoing Florida Forest Service reforestation project. The longleaf pine ecosystem is experiencing a rebirth...
Dec 21, 2015 | News, News/PR
Some $3.7 million in USDA funding is available to agricultural producers willing to help restore and protect the habitat of gopher tortoises. The money is available through the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service jointly as part of the Working Lands for...
Apr 15, 2015 | News, News/PR
With support from the Forest Health Protection program of the USDA Forest Service, the Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) is achieving goals outlined in its Forest Action Plan. Cogongrass is an invasive, non-native grass, which occurs in the southeastern United...
Feb 11, 2015 | News, News/PR
With years of experience under his belt, Bill Rivers looked to the rising smoke coming off the burning undergrowth at a longleaf pine forest in St. Tammany Parish and wasn’t pleased. “It wobbled,” he said, referring to the winds on Jan. 30 that seemed to take the...