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by Christine Martens, Science Delivery Specialist • April 4, 2024
Two new papers on prescribed and enhancement planting provide foundational how-to knowledge for oak restoration. Oaks are important trees that wildlife depend upon, and they also use about a third of the amount of water as species like red maple.
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by Kalen Breland, SRS Communications • March 7, 2024
New research shows that even the smallest ecological communities – like the microbes in the soil – thrive after prescribed fire. The bacterial and fungal communities in the soil are small but mighty, cycling nutrients and carbon through the ecosystem by contributing to decomposition and carbo...
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by Kalen Breland, SRS Science Communications • February 27, 2024
In 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service delisted eight species of mussels from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction. All of these mussels were native to the Southeast, a region of significant freshwater biodiversity. In addition to enigmatic declines, mussels face habitat destruction ...
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by Christine Martens, Science Delivery Specialist • February 22, 2024
Older forests in particular are shifting from drought-tolerant tree species like oak and hickory to shade-loving trees like maple and poplar, reports a new study that evaluates fine-scale factors driving mesophication across the eastern U.S.
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by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications • February 15, 2024
For many indigenous nations, river cane is a cultural keystone. The Forest Service currently stewards land that is the ancestral homeland of many tribal nations. Working with Tribes to restore, sustain, and improve access to river cane is one of the ways we are putting our Tribal Action Plan into...
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by Ashlynn Amon, Southeast Climate Hub • February 13, 2024
The latest outreach efforts of the Southeast Climate Hub include participation at multiple public events. The Hub is bringing science-based information to farmers, foresters, and land managers across the South. At two events in 2023, the team interacted with over 4,000 people.
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by Kalen Breland, SRS Science Communications • February 2, 2024
For more than 40 years, invasive wild pig (Sus scrofa) populations have exploded across the South, costing billions of dollars in damage to ecosystems and farms each year. New research indicates a promising new management tool for reducing the density of wild pig populations, but without consiste...
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by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications • January 30, 2024
In the Southern Appalachians, fires that kill mature trees create habitat for birds - especially the species that depend on young forests and early successional habitat. But even bird species that are not considered disturbance-dependent were more abundant in areas that burned more severely.
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by Sarah Farmer and Jennifer Moore Myers • January 25, 2024
Because American-Chinese chestnut hybrids are viable, people have assumed that the two species are compatible. However, new research reveals that their chromosomes are not so similar after all, at least in one key region of the genome.
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by Jacqueline Patterson, SRS Science Communications Resource Assistant • January 23, 2024
Tree-of-heaven and Chinese tallow tree are the most invasive tree species in the South, according to a recent study which uses Forest Inventory & Analysis data to identify highly and moderately invasive nonnative species across the U.S.
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by Kathryn Sosbe, Washington Office of Communication • January 17, 2024
Tax tips for forest landowners are now available. Updates for the 2023 filing season include changes to the limit for bonus depreciation. Many factors, including forest ownership classification, holding period, and the method of selling timber can affect taxes. The complexities of some of these i...
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by Kalen Breland, SRS Science Communications • January 2, 2024
Across Florida, 30% or more of the ant species present are nonnative. In parts of southern Florida, that number has reached 70%. Ants disperse seeds and are important members of nutrient cycles. The researchers plan to further study nonnative ants and forest health, how to detect new species at p...
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by Christine Martens, SRS Science Delivery Specialist • December 12, 2023
The Southeast Bat Hub was recently established to help people in 10 southern states conduct bat surveys that follow NABat protocols. The data collected is helping researchers understand how white-nose syndrome and other threats are affecting bat populations.
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by Jacqueline Patterson, SRS Science Communications Resource Assistant • December 7, 2023
Cutting gaps in the canopy around eastern hemlock significantly improves their survival despite hemlock woolly adelgid infestations, reports a recent study. Researchers tested different gap sizes of up to 0.15 acres and found that the larger the gap, the better the hemlocks were able to produce n...
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by Christine Martens, SRS Science Delivery Specialist • November 30, 2023
In October 2024, oak experts from around the world will gather in Knoxville, Tennessee for the International Oak Symposium. The Symposium is designed to meet Forest Service priorities, sustain oaks, and bring researchers and managers into productive dialogue. The call for abstracts – for both o...
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by Kalen Breland, SRS Science Communications • November 7, 2023
A new economic model for understanding hardwood markets allows researchers to account for trends in the supply and demand of important species such as white oak. White oak is vital to many industries and is ecologically important. Previously, all hardwood species were modeled as a group. The new ...
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by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications • October 26, 2023
The Louisiana pinesnake is one of the rarest snakes in the country. The Forest Service is restoring its longleaf pine habitat, tracking released snakes, and studying their population ecology. “This work highlights the multidisciplinary nature of species conservation and the multiple partnership...
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by Jacqueline Patterson, SRS Science Communications Resource Assistant • October 19, 2023
A new modeling study suggests that climate change has become the major driver of erosion in the Mississippi River Basin. In the future, extreme precipitation is expected to occur more frequently in the upper basin cropland area. Croplands are more vulnerable to extreme rainfall and contribute mor...
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by Christine Martens, SRS Science Delivery Specialist • October 11, 2023
A 20-year study confirms Asiatic bittersweet's sit and wait strategy. The invasive vine grew rapidly for the first 9 years in gaps created by Hurricane Opal. After that point, the gaps closed in with new growth, and Asiatic bittersweet increased only slowly until year 20. The study also reports t...
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by Jacqueline Patterson SRS Science Communications Resource Assistant • October 3, 2023
Remote sensing technologies such as LIDAR are leading to more accessible and efficient ways to map forest structure in order to track forest health, conservation needs, and climate change impacts over time. LIDAR data can be used to create 3D maps of forest structure. A new study shows that fores...
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by Christine Martens, SRS Science Delivery Specialist • September 28, 2023
A special issue in the journal Forest Ecology and Management focuses on chestnuts across the globe. Most of the 22 articles focus on the American chestnut and the European sweet chestnut. Topics included chestnut ecology, disease pathology, wildlife perspectives and silviculture for timber produc...
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by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications • September 26, 2023
The most advanced hybrid American chestnut trees do not yet have the blight resistance needed for forest restoration, according to results from an eight year field trial. The recent study is part of a largereffort representing theoldest field trials of advanced hybrid seedlings.
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by Mike Haldeman, SRS Science Communications • September 14, 2023
By 2070, drought is likely to affect three times the forest area as it has in recent decades. This is based on projections from a new Forest Service study that shows where drought exposure may increase and which forest types could be most affected. Managing for open forests by thinning, planting ...
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by Allyson Mann, University of Georgia Athens • September 12, 2023
See AlsoPlants That Close their Leaves at Night - Nyctinasty - Oxalis and OthersDo all flowers close up at night? - Handy Answer BookWhy these flowers only bloom at night - The Weather NetworkGive 3 examples of leaves which close at night.New research reveals that the plentiful—although short term—presence of black locust trees after a land disturbance creates nutrient conditions that favor species like maple and tulip poplar, rather than oak and hickory, and the effects can last for decades. In addition, fire makes soil more ...
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by Mia Beams, SRS Science Communications intern; Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications • August 17, 2023
A new book takes an ecosystem approach to urban forest management. The book provides detailed steps for developing a successful urban forest management plan – from assembling a project team, engaging the community, surveying the urban forest and working within the governance to create a sustain...
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by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications • August 10, 2023
Prepared as a part of the centennial of Forest Service research in the South, a new report uses previously unpublished studies, biographies, maps, letters, photos, and other primary materials to show how forestry evolved in the southern U.S.
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by Mia Beams, SRS Science Communications Intern • August 3, 2023
A new study is the first to examine how large storage dams in freshwater streams affect crayfish. The study reports that streams with a dam have fewer microhabitats, more predators, less aquatic vegetation and warmer water. They also have fewer crayfish. Streams without a dam have more microhabit...
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by Mia Beams, SRS Science Communication Intern • August 1, 2023
Since 2007, some bee populations have fallen by more than 80%, according to a recent 15-year study on bees and butterflies in northeastern Georgia. This study was among the first to assess pollinator decline in forests largely undisturbed by humans. Many previous reports of pollinator declines to...
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by Tom Brandeis, Forest Inventory and Analysis • July 20, 2023
Forest Inventory and Analysis experts recently shared forest inventory knowledge with experts in the Republic of Tajikistan. The Tajikistan government is seeking to reforest rural areas, improve watershed management, and implement a national forest inventory that would provide them with the infor...
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by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications • July 18, 2023
Timber sales are part of the Forest Service land management strategy. But in recent years, almost 15% of timber sales have not gotten a single bid when first offered. New research is illuminating the factors driving no-bid timber sales and pointing towards solutions that can reduce them.
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by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications • July 11, 2023
With partnerships, a model, and maps, fire managers on the Oconee National Forest in Georgia doubled the acres treated with prescribed fire.
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by Jacqueline Patterson, SRS Science Communications Resource Assistant • June 28, 2023
A new studyfound that, at broad scales, dense, crowded forests are at higher risk of damage from insects and diseases. USDA Forest Service researchers Christopher Asaro, Frank Koch, and Kevin Potter compared the amount of space trees take up, or total basal area (TBA), with survey maps of fore...
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by Jacqueline Patterson, SRS Science Communications Resource Assistant • June 22, 2023
Forests provide critical pollinator habitat and pollinators provide important benefits to forests. A new global review discusses why forests are incredibly important to pollinators and how forest pollinators can provide substantial economic benefits to neighboring agricultural areas.
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by Jacqueline Patterson, SRS Science Communications Resource Assistant • June 16, 2023
The 2023 FIA National User Group Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina was hosted by theSociety of American Foresters andthe National Council for Air and Stream Improvement. The meeting highlighted partner projects as well as FIA program updates.
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by Jacqueline Patterson and Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications • June 15, 2023
140 sixth-graders recently spent a day at Bent Creek Experimental Forest, learning about hemlock ecology and spending time in the woods. Forest Service researchers Bud Mayfield and Andy Whittier showed students the hemlock insectaries, where biocontrol agents that prey on hemlock woolly adelgids ...
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by Jacqueline Patterson, SRS Communications Resource Assistant • June 1, 2023
Table mountain pine, a rare and fire-dependent tree species that grows in the Appalachian Mountains, has declined due to fire suppression and changing land uses. Researchers are studying the genetic diversity of the species to guide restoration efforts. Replanting and restoration may be essential...
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by Jacqueline Patterson, SRS Communications Resource Assistant • May 30, 2023
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by A. Dan Wilson, research plant pathologist • April 17, 2023
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Table of Contents
How to restore your oak forests: New guides available for landowners and land managers
Fire, carbon & healthy soils: Microbial communities thrive after prescribed fire
The mysterious and alarming extinctions of southeastern mussels
Mesophication in oak and hickory forests of the eastern U.S.
Working with Tribes to sustain a cherished plant: River cane restoration throughout the South
Southeast Climate Hub expands outreach efforts
Even the most promising new management tools struggle to keep up with invasive wild pigs
Fire is for the birds: Bird abundance doubled in severely burned areas of Southern Appalachia
Major difference in genomes of American and Chinese chestnut revealed
The silent invasion: Nonnative trees threaten American forests
Timber Tax Tips for 2023
Six decades of museum collections reveal the rise of nonnative ants throughout Florida
The Southeast Bat Hub coordinates NABat monitoring efforts in the Southeast
Sunshine & silviculture help hemlock trees tolerate an invasive pest
Announcing the International Oak Symposium
New economic model for white oak markets
The Louisiana pinesnake – Rare, elusive, and at the center of a restoration partnership
Climate change & soil erosion in the Mississippi River basin
Asiatic bittersweet grows rapidly after disturbances, prefers wetter soil
Measuring forest structure with LIDAR – and finding the right resolution
Chestnut management & ecology across the globe
American chestnuts in the wild: Hybrid seedling survival & growth after eight years
Forests and a future of drought
Land use, nutrient conditions contribute to oak decline
Urban forest management: Engaging stakeholders for long-term success
New report on centennial of Forest Service research in the South
Dams & crayfish communities in freshwater streams
Major decline in pollinator populations - even in undisturbed forests
Successful workshop for building national forest inventory capacity held in Tajikistan
Why some timber sales receive no bids
Safely increasing prescribed fire with a simple & flexible tool
More trees per area, more problems: Dense forests in the U.S. are at risk from insects and di...
The deeper connection between forests and pollinators
Highlights from the 2023 FIA National User Group meeting
A day in the woods: Sixth graders explore Bent Creek Experimental Forest
Table mountain pine: Genetics inform conservation strategies
Alligator snapping turtles: Surveying animals using environmental DNA
Mushrooms in the Mississippi Delta and beyond: Winter and early spring
The history, culture, and wildfire risk of Hochatown, Oklahoma
Two decades of annual national forest health check-ups
Rediscovering the ‘snoring’ dusky gopher frog and restoring longleaf pine forests for the...
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Understanding your taxes as a forest landowner
The importance of Indigenous gathering practices
Diversity among foresters
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The journey of a special spruce: From the mountains to the U.S. Capitol
Data transparency for forests in Latin America and the Caribbean
Bats on the Brink
Tri-colored bats & white-nose syndrome
New synthesis of wildland fire smoke science
Your home stores carbon for decades
Wildfires on a warmer planet
Air, wind, and fire
Planting oaks: a recipe for success
Long-term impact of hurricanes on forest markets and carbon storage
Improving hurricane assessments with FIA data
Bringing science from groundwater to surface
The fate of wood
A supply, demand primer
Payments for ecosystem services
Pondberry needs light to thrive
Harvest ramps responsibly to enjoy for many years to come
Chinese tallow leaf litter negatively affects frogs
Maintaining productivity in the logging industry
Managed fires
Earthworms can jump
Climate change worsens heatwaves
Urban hotspots for invasive insects
Focus on Joseph O'Brien
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Fighting future fires
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Prescribed fire history affects pollinator diversity in southern forests
A tribute to Thelma Perry
Forests to Faucets 2.0
Breaking it down with insects: Deadwood decomposition across the globe
Appalachian stream fish diversity: The more the merrier!
Prescribed fire science: Why it's needed now more than ever
Taking students to the fireline
Decreasing development on forest and agricultural land partly driven by gas prices
Timber Tax Tips can help forest owners realize potential tax benefits
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Conserving trees for endangered bats
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