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  • Hurricane Michael left forest stands within the impacted zones with a mix of live, standing dead, broken, and wind-thrown trees. USDA Forest Service photo by Jason Cooper.

    Improving hurricane assessments with FIA data

    https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/articles/improving-hurricane-assessments-fia-data
    2 min read
    In 2018, Hurricane Michael damaged millions of acres of forest. Forest Inventory and Analysis conducted a damage assessment for affected states and documented the impacts to timber and other resources.
  • Logging truck

    A supply, demand primer: How the pandemic drove up the cost of wood products

    https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/articles/supply-demand-primer-how-pandemic-drove-cost-wood-products
    by Virginia McDaniel
    3 min read
    Forest Service research economist Jeffrey Prestemon explored supply and demand trends in the timber industry during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • a large machine carrying logs

    Maintaining productivity in the logging industry

    https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/articles/maintaining-productivity-logging-industry
    by Virginia McDaniel
    2 min read
    The South employs more loggers than any other U.S. region: 25,575 as of 2017, after a 30% reduction since 1997, according to a study investigating changes in employment and profitability in the logging industry.
  • Joseph O’Brien. USDA Forest Service photo.

    Focus on Joseph O'Brien: Creative fire & land management

    https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/articles/focus-joseph-obrien-creative-fire-land-management
    by Virginia McDaniel
    5 min read
    The science and technology behind models like QUIC-Fire is advancing through collaboration among managers and researchers. O'Brien is a key part of these networks.
  • A forester conducts a prescribed fire to clear underbrush in Florida’s Osceola National Forest. USDA Forest Service photo by Susan Blake.

    Prescribed fire science: Why it's needed now more than ever

    https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/articles/prescribed-fire-science-why-its-needed-now-more-ever
    4 min read
    Prescribed fires and wildfires behave very differently. Researchers and managers are co-developing and testing prescribed fire tools such as QUIC-Fire.
  • a mountain stream tumbles over a rocky cliff to form a beautiful waterfall with trees in the background

    From Forests to Faucets: Where does your drinking water come from?

    https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/articles/forests-faucets-where-does-your-drinking-water-come
    3 min read
    Forests to Faucets, version 2.0 is now available. The tool project includes a report and a story map where users can explore data on forests and drinking water.
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