High elevation forest in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Photo by Zoe Hoyle. The Southern Forest Futures Project started in 2008 with a series of public meetings across the South to gather perceptions and input about the future of the…
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Futures Report Charts Changes for Southern Forests
Tagged with: forest futures
Posted in Biomass and Bioenergy, Climate Change, Economics & Policy, Forest Landowners, Forest Products, Forest Watersheds, Insects and Diseases, Invasive Plants, Threats
Posted in Biomass and Bioenergy, Climate Change, Economics & Policy, Forest Landowners, Forest Products, Forest Watersheds, Insects and Diseases, Invasive Plants, Threats
Risk Analysis Journal Honors Eastern Threat Center Research
Two scientific papers co-authored by U.S. Forest Service Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center researchers and featured in the journal Risk Analysis are recognized for their contributions to the field of ecological risk assessment. In a special journal issue, Risk…
Kudzu: The Guest That Just Won’t Leave
Spring is right around the corner, and in the South, “all eyes… turn to kudzu… as it awakes,” says James Miller, research ecologist (emeritus) for the U.S. Forest Service Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants unit. Introduced to United States at…
Tagged with: kudzu, nonnative invasive plants
Posted in Forest Health Protection, Invasive Plants, Threats
Posted in Forest Health Protection, Invasive Plants, Threats