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Tree cores, sandy soils, and elevation tell the story of historic forests of the Front Range of Colorado in a new study.

A first study of its kind uses citizen science data to detect new spiders from the Caribbean U.S. territories. It has detected 13 new spiders in 3 new families.

New maps are responsive to managers' desire for maps of: basal area, board feet, total volume, and much more.

Scientists conducted the first quantitative small-scale analysis of mountain pine beetle activity across annual generations.

Understory plantings of subtrees and shrubs are often successful from a survival standpoint, but rarely decrease invasive grass biomass or lead to newly recruiting native species in Hawaii.

New research addresses the first priority of the Native Seed Partnership plan, which was co-developed with agency and non-profit partners, native seed businesses, and researchers, to improve the success of native seed restoration.

What do fuel breaks do, and how effective are they? Researchers find the bottom line for managers.

A new dataset allows managers to rapidly assess current watershed conditions and evaluate road effects within the watersheds that will be affected by proposed fuel treatment areas.

The first application of a robust method to calculate water yield change post-fire from satellite data is available that is much less expensive than traditional stream gauge based approaches.

A new study is the first North American assessment to measure the impact of tethered logging on hillslope erosion.

Researchers have built a computer model to predict how rivers change their shape after restoration interventions that are being used extensively in Front Range rivers.

For decades, national participation in hunting has been on the decline. One population of hunters, however, is bucking the trend: Women.

A new study highlights the importance of seed conservation programs like Seeds of Success and ongoing seed collection efforts in preserving adaptive and resilient traits in native plants.

The Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) framework supports the management decision-making process within wilderness areas experiencing biodiversity loss. The framework provides the first comprehensive review of the limitations and challenges behind freshwater biodiversity conservation in U.S. protected areas.

Forest Service researchers have pioneered a unique and powerful method to characterize how similar the traits of six commercial varieties of bottlebrush squirreltail, a native bunchgrass species used in post-wildfire rehabilitation, are to wildland populations. The results can be used to predict where these commercial varieties can be used most effectively in the future.

Forest Service researchers tested the performance of 98 wild seed sources of bottlebrush squirreltail, a ‘workhorse’ species in post-wildfire rangeland rehabilitation. Managers using these new seed transfer guidelines can better predict which seed sources are the best match for a rehabilitation site.

A new web-based tool that quickly identifies areas unlikely to regenerate naturally.

A new publication synthesizes 20+ years of experience across federal native plant programs that support science-management collaboration to improve the development and use of native seed in restoration.

A new framework that considers important aspects of wilderness character supports managers dealing with the immense challenge of climate adaptive management in wilderness areas.

A new manuscript, the first of its kind since the Forest Service began producing Tree Canopy Cover data for the National Land Cover Database in 2011, documents a redesigned and rebuilt production workflow that delivers reliable and repeatable methods for users who rely on the Tree Canopy Cover dataset.