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Scientists developed a promising tool to determine the presence of 10 key fish species.

The 1964 Wilderness Act famously defines wilderness as an area “untrammeled by man.” But what does it mean to “trammel” the wilderness?

Scientists reconstructed the taxonomy of Lamprey using DNA analysis

The last pine standing: certain types of snags in different areas last longer, providing longer-term habitat value for woodpeckers.

Differences in pollen nutrition among plant species can predict bee visitors and support pollinator diversity.

Dr. Jacqueline Ott is working with partners from the U.S. Geological Survey and Colorado State University on grassland response to different drought scenarios on Buffalo Gap National Grassland. The research will offer tailored management tools for land managers seeking strategies for long-term resilience.

By teasing out the relative importance of vertical and horizontal tree structure in fire behavior, researchers suggest ways to help forest managers meet the dual goals of reducing crown fire hazard and increasing forest structural complexity.

The Rocky Mountain Research Station has co-produced a vulnerability assessment for aquatic and riparian ecosystems in the southwestern United States.

Beekeeping introduces large numbers of bees to an environment that can lower the abundance of and alter the community composition of local native bees, requiring responsible practices.

A research team set out to better understand where mechanical fuel reduction treatments are feasible, where there might be operational or administrative constraints, and how managers could overcome these constraints.

Researchers reviewed the causes of altered fire regimes in sagebrush landscapes and the longer-term effects of fuel treatments, providing a comprehensive summary of their findings and a discussion around treatment effects on fuels, fire behavior, ecosystem resilience, and landscape resistance.

Support for biochar as a way to re-introduce carbon back into forest soils, remediate mine lands, and to restore soil health is picking up traction across the western United States.

Forest Service scientist Anthony Vaudo approaches his research from a “bee’s-eye” perspective with a focus on the impacts of pollen nutrition in bee and plant community interactions.

While fire promotes cheatgrass, invasion in the absence of fire drives the overall risk of conversion to cheatgrass dominance in the sagebrush biome.

This June, under the blazing Nevada sun, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station research ecologist, Alexandra (Ali) Urza, led a group of partners through a pinyon-juniper woodland to gather input for improving ecosystem resilience.

Over the summer, a team of researchers led by Forest Service Research Ecologist Christopher "Kit" O’Connor, forest managers, and supporting partners kicked off a series of workshops geared toward this mission and new chapter in PODs development.

Scientists use genetic tools to investigate the risks and benefits of translocating foxes to help their populations recover.

Different climatic conditions between plant populations are associated with differences in their pollen nutritional quality for bees.

This guide discusses seven management considerations for evaluating vegetation treatments in shrubland and pinyon-juniper ecosystems vulnerable to the wildfire crisis.

A Forest Service researcher developed a scientific model pinpointing where fuels treatments make the most sense. With the model, forest staff can measure where forest density exceeds desired conditions — and more — to target fuels treatments.