USDA appointed nine new members to the Forestry Research Advisory Council (FRAC) to serve three-year terms. FRAC advises the Secretary on USDA forestry research programs. Nominations are reviewed by CSREES and the Forest Service. New members and affiliations follow.
The 13th Annual Forest Utilization Conference and Equipment Exposition is scheduled for April 30 through May 2, 2008. Forestry on the Grow – Exploring Opportunities & New Technologies for Natural Resources Management & the Wood Products Industry – will be held at Western Hills Guest Ranch in Sequoyah Resort Park near Wagoner, Oklahoma.
An unsustainable forest harvesting practice, diameter-limit cutting, has been recognized in several scientific studies for its exploitive effects on forest growth and productivity. Join Dr. Ralph Nyland, Distinguished Service Professor of Silviculture at SUNY College of Environment Science and Forestry, on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 for a webinar on “Diameter-limit Cutting and Exploitation.”
The Society of American Foresters (SAF) testified today before the House Agriculture Committee in support of continuing the Forest Land Enhancement Program (FLEP), a program designed to help family forestland owners manage their forests.
If you missed last year’s Forest Stewardship tour at George Owens Farm, here’s another chance to see one of the most renowned silvopasture operations in the Southeastern U.S. Silvopasture is the intentional integration of intensively managed timber and pastureland for sustained, long-term production from both enterprises. Silvopasture combines trees with forage and livestock production. The trees are managed for high-value saw logs and at the same time provide shade, shelter and forage for livestock, reducing stress and increasing forage production. Properly managed silvopasture can be more productive and often more profitable than either timber or pasture management alone. Come see firsthand how this operation works.
October 29 - In response to thousands of comments from landowners and members of forestry-related organizations, including SAF, the USDA Forest Service has agreed to release $5 million to fund the Forestland Enhancement Program (FLEP). Agency officials, however, have yet to specify a date when the funds would be released.
As a land management agency, the USDA Forest Service hasa unique responsibility to address questions about climate changemitigation and adaptation involving the many issues that challenge forestand rangeland owners, managers, and users.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2007—Forest Service Chief Abigail Kimbell today announced the release of the Forest Service’s Open Space Conservation Strategy.
October 28 -- The USDA Forest Service has unveiled a national strategy toprevent and control the threat of invasive species and non-native plants inthe United States.
The Southern Forest Research Partnership invites you to review and use several new educational products pertaining to the production and utilization of woody biomass for bioenergy and other bio-based products in the southern US.
