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Go Where the Wild Colors Are

September 29, 2017 Robert Westover, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

Fall is here and it’s time to go wild! Or at least go to where nature’s brilliant hues of reds, yellows, and oranges are dotting our autumnal landscape: America’s national grasslands. In fact, there are millions of square miles of these grasslands, and more than 16 million acres of them are managed...

Forestry

In Conversation with #WomeninAg: Aissata Abdou and Marcia Maposse

September 29, 2017 Tomasina Brown, Special Assistant, Office of Communications

Every month, USDA shares stories of women in agriculture who are leading the industry and helping other women succeed along the way. We hear from two young ladies this month, Aissata Abdou from Niger and Marcia Maposse from Mozambique, who were recipients of the prestigious Mandela Washington...

Initiatives

Introducing the New USDA Climate Hubs Web Portal

September 29, 2017 Dr. David Brown, USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub Director

Since 2014, the ten USDA Climate Hubs have been helping farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, resource managers, and rural communities plan for and manage weather- and climate-related risks and vulnerabilities. A key element of that effort has been the distribution of information resources via the...

Climate