Tag: Partnerships

Inventorying an ‘Industrial Flora’

by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications  • 
Shipping containers are stacked like Legos. From all over the world, they have arrived at the Garden City Terminal, at the Port of Savannah in Georgia. About a third of the plant species growing there are also from around the world – they are non-native. Some are new to Georgia and the U.S. altogether. That’s…  More 

Experimental Forest Network is Expanding

by Jennifer Moore Myers and Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications  • 
USDA Forest Service scientists, technicians, and professional support will soon be devoting more time, energy, and expertise to the Southern Experimental Forest Network. Beginning in 2015, Stephanie Laseter was tasked with initiating and developing the network, along with Jim Vose and Jim Guldin. “When we put out the call for detailers, we got an awesome…  More 

Green Line Meeting in Arkansas Promotes Collaboration

by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Communications  • 
On September 10, a Green Line meeting brought USDA Forest Service researchers and managers together, along with state partners. Participants represented the Southern Research Station, the Ouachita National Forest, the Ozark National Forest, and the Arkansas Forestry Commission. Twenty-eight people attended the meeting, including leadership from SRS, the Southern Region and Arkansas state forester Joe…  More 

“Promise of the Piedmont”

by Stephanie Laseter, SRS-R8 liaison, and Peggy Nadler, Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests  • 
“South Carolina’s Promise of the Piedmont” meeting was convened to highlight the diverse and important resources of the Piedmont ecoregion. More than 20 participants from the USDA Forest Service and 25 participants from a range of partner organizations attended the three-day meeting in Newberry, South Carolina. The workshop focused on population growth and urbanization, water…  More 

Workshop on Southern Experimental Forest Network

by Jennifer Moore Myers, SRS Science Communications, and Stephanie Laseter, EF network coordinator  • 
More than 20 representatives from SRS Experimental Forests (EF), Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA), SRS leadership, and partner sites met on April 30 in Little Rock, Arkansas. “Their primary objective was to build on previous efforts, such as the field tours, and develop an implementation framework and plan for the network,” says Stephanie Laseter, EF…  More 

Adaptations Help Illustrate Importance of Biodiversity

by Bill Holimon, Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission  • 
Protection and restoration of open pine ecosystems — woodlands dominated by large pine trees spaced about 50 feet apart with sparse mid-story and shrub layers and a rich herbaceous layer — in the Coastal Plain of southern Arkansas has been a high priority of the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and partners for over two decades.…  More 

Tribes and the U.S. Forest Service Strengthen Partnerships

by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Delivery  • 
Tribal Nations and the U.S. Forest Service recently met at the 14th annual To Bridge a Gap meeting to share scientific research and traditional ecological knowledge, while discussing strategies for managing cultural and natural resources in the National Forests. The meeting was held from March 30 – April 2, and was hosted by the Eastern…  More 

Black Mangrove on the Move on the Gulf Coast of Texas

by Zoe Hoyle, SRS Science Communications  • 
Some plant species are already migrating due to climate change, moving north into areas that aren’t as cold as they used to be. Along the Gulf Coast of Texas, black mangrove, a small shrubby tree, is expanding into saltmarshes as the intervals between winters with freezing temperatures lengthen. Easily outcompeting the Spartina cordgrasses that dominate…  More