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Fall Colors are Big Business for a Small-Town Store

September 30, 2019 Larry Moore, Office of Communication, USDA Forest Service

Nestled in a small cutout of the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont is a town named Lincoln. The very epitome of a small town, Lincoln, is home to around 1,200 people, depending on the season. It’s far enough off the highway that during the winter months, there’s limited traffic coming into...

Forestry

Be Amazed by the Colors of Fall

September 23, 2019 Robert Hudson Westover, Office of Communications, USDA Forest Service

There are so many beautiful songs and poems written about autumn. And images! Amazing Fall Colors Flickr pictures and Forest Service YouTube videos of trees and flowers aglow with brilliant reds, yellows and oranges among the many iridescent shades of the color spectrum—see what I mean! Fall just...

Forestry

Forest Service Helps Small Farmers Hit Hard by Hurricanes

September 20, 2019 Yaneris M. Soto Muñiz, Media Specialist, USDA Forest Service

José (Tato) Roig’s farm has been producing coffee since 1978 and has become one of the most successful farms in Puerto Rico’s Coffee Zone. However, Hurricane Maria inflicted severe damage on his crops, as well as those of many other coffee growers.

Forestry

The Forest Cookie Connection

September 12, 2019 Aurora Cutler, Office of Sustainability and Climate, USDA Forest Service

Having learned about recent fires in the Amazon rainforest at school, my first grader came home with a head full of ideas on how to protect what many call the lungs of the Earth—and all the animals that live there: a bake sale.

Forestry