May 28, 2014 | News, News/PR
A battle against a growing southern pine beetle infestation in Mississippi’s Tombigbee National Forest will be fought by the U.S. Forest Service using designations authorized in the 2014 farm bill. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) yesterday officially designated...
Apr 18, 2014 | News, News/PR
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the United States Forest Service – State and Private Forestry (USFS) today announced $678,000 in grants to support forest restoration on abandoned mine lands at sites in Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee,...
Nov 15, 2013 | News, News/PR
Firefighters are still battling a wildfire that has burned more than 300 acres of the Talladega National Forest in Calhoun County. So far, 319 acres of forest have burned near the Rabbittown community. Officials estimate a total of 566 acres will burn before the fire...
Jul 19, 2013 | News, News/PR
As the 2013 Major League Baseball (MLB) season slides into the All-Star break, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the results of innovative research by the U.S. Forest Service, and funded by MLB, that will result in significantly fewer...
Jul 16, 2012 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service plans to bill the Alabama Forestry Commission $5.12 million for unsubstantiated spending from a federal grant. But the state forester said the state doesn’t owe the money. The Forest Service’s acting chief financial officer, Thelma J. Strong,...