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How the Military Helps Protect Natural Landscapes

February 16, 2018 Jarrett Caston, State and Private Forestry Program, USDA Forest Service

Home to the premier restricted military airspace for unmanned aircraft system training in the western U.S., Army base Fort Huachuca supports training for personnel from the Air Force, Marine Corps, and U.S. Border Patrol. But it also serves as an example of successful mixed-use wildlands...

Forestry

New Tool Helps California Land Managers Predict Tree Mortality

February 05, 2018 Alison Feliciano, Office of Communication, USDA Forest Service

From 2006 through 2016, more than 100 million trees died in California due to the combined impacts of drought and bark beetles. Although tree mortality is part of a natural life cycle, at a massive level it can lead to adverse economic and social effects. So many dead and dying trees increase the...

Forestry