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Drought In The World’s Largest Temperate Rainforest?

July 17, 2019 Aurora Cutler and Erik Johnson, Office of Sustainability and Climate, USDA Forest Service

Extreme drought in a rainforest might seem like an oxymoron, but it isn’t. Since early 2018, the southern portion of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world, has experienced moderate to extreme drought. This has wide-ranging consequences on drinking...

Forestry Initiatives

Texas Agriculture – Growing in Many Ways

July 17, 2019 Wil Hundl, Texas State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The recent release of the 2017 Census of Agriculture provides an opportunity to remind the general public about the importance and diversity of U.S. agriculture – and Texas is no exception! The Lone Star State ranks first in the nation for total number of farms with just over 248,000, which account...

Recreation