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Many western forests are severely overstocked, creating a critical need to understand how forests can be thinned while maintaining biodiversity and other ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration. Wood-inhabiting fungi play a critical role in carbon cycling and carbon sequestration. However, the effects of different management techniques on wood-inhabiting fungal communities have rarely been investigated. Here, we implemented a manipulative experimental design to determine the effects of thinning on fungal communities, with four levels of slash retention as well as four combinations...

This resource update is a brief look at some of the basic metrics that describe the status of and changes to forest resources in Illinois. This information is based on field data collected using the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) annualized sample design, and it is updated yearly.Tables for Forests of Illinois, 2021 can be found at https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-358-TablesThe FIA one-click application that generated this report can be found at https://doi.org/10.2737/FIA-One-Click-State-Report-v1.2.

This resource update is a brief look at some of the basic metrics that describe the status of and changes to forest resources in Delaware. This information is based on field data collected using the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) annualized sample design, and it is updated yearly.Tables for Forests of Delaware, 2021 can be found at https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-374-TablesThe FIA one-click application that generated this report can be found at https://doi.org/10.2737/FIA-One-Click-State-Report-v1.2.

A working group of experts with diverse backgrounds and disciplinary expertise was assembled to conceptualize a spatially explicit conservation design to support and inform the Sagebrush Conservation Strategy Part 2. The goal was to leverage recent advancements in remotely sensed landcover products to develop spatially and temporally explicit maps of sagebrush rangeland condition and landscape threats. In addition, the group sought to provide a common basis for understanding the state of sagebrush rangelands through time. First, the study team developed a spatially explicit model to assess...

This resource update is a brief look at some of the basic metrics that describe the status of and changes to forest resources in Missouri. This information is based on field data collected using the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) annualized sample design, and it is updated yearly.Tables for Forests of MIssouri, 2021 can be found at https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-359-Tables.The FIA one-click application that generated this report can be found at https://doi.org/10.2737/FIA-One-Click-State-Report-v1.2

This resource update is a brief look at some of the basic metrics that describe the status of and changes to forest resources in Connecticut. This information is based on field data collected using the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) annualized sample design, and it is updated yearly.Tables for Forests of Connecticut, 2021 can be found at https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-370-Tables.The FIA one-click application that generated this report can be found at https://doi.org/10.2737/FIA-One-Click-State-Report-v1.2.

This resource update is a brief look at some of the basic metrics that describe the status of and changes to forest resources in Rhode Island. This information is based on field data collected using the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) annualized sample design, and it is updated yearly.Tables for Forests of Rhode Island, 2021 can be found at https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-372-Tables.The FIA one-click application that generated this report can be found at https://doi.org/10.2737/FIA-One-Click-State-Report-v1.2.

This summary report provides an overview of findings from the fourth annualized inventory of Delaware forests based on data collected from 2012 to 2018. Forest land area remained stable at 359,000 acres, and 51 percent of forest land is in the oak/hickory forest-type group. Forests in the State continue to mature, with 76 percent in large diameter stands and 65 percent in stands older than 60 years of age. Total live-tree net volume on timberland is 907 million cubic feet, and 92 percent of that volume is in growing-stock trees. Annual gross growth of 29 million cubic feet less annual...

This summary report provides an overview of findings from the fourth annualized inventory of Iowa forests based on data collected from 2012 to 2018. Forest land area remained stable at 2.9 million acres, and 69 percent of forest land is in the oak/hickory forest-type group. Forests in the State continue to mature, with 72 percent in large diameter stands and 50 percent in stands older than 60 years of age. Total live-tree net volume on timberland is 4.4 billion cubic feet, and 69 percent of that volume is in growing-stock trees. Decreases in gross growth (7 percent) and mortality (2...

Many women and women-run associations were involved in historical urban beautification in the United States, especially tree planting, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While men had formal roles as city foresters, arborists, horticulturalists, and landscape architects, women from elite families sometimes labored for free to organize and advocate for urban tree planting. Tightly knit social circles of high-society women in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, yielded much greater influence in nascent tree planting and park creation movements than has generally been recognized. They often...