Trump administration cuts key California drought-monitoring program

The U.S. Forest Service's Aerial Detection Survey has lost funding and staff in California, diminishing the program's ability ...
Beyond Pesticides

Pesticide Contamination of Important Microorganism Communities Moves through Environment to Protected Areas

Pesticide contamination continues to spread into protected areas, as documented by a study in Brazil of epilithic biofilms.

Groups take opposite stands on Green Mountain National Forest logging in Vermont

In late November, Tracey Forest heard loud grinding and beeping and raced down the road to find a fleet of logging trucks with giant claws and saws near where she runs Spirit Hollow, a silent retreat.
Farm ProgressOpinion

Conservation easements that strengthen Western ag

Conservation investments — when thoughtfully structured — can play a decisive role in advancing that mission. Western ...
World Bank Group

Preserving Moldova’s Forests Is Boosting Rural Economic Opportunity

By investing to maintain and enhance its forest cover with World Bank support, Moldova can fuel job creation and new economic activity in the country's rural areas.
Frontiers

Coastal Habitat Degradation under Global Change : Ecological Mechanisms, Socio-Economic Impacts, and Nature-Based Solutions

Coastal ecosystems, including mangroves, seagrass meadows, salt marshes, coral reefs, soft-sediment and rocky habitats are among the most productive and ...
Petersburg Pilot

Forest Service staffing in Southeast down 30% from a year ago

U.S. Forest Service leadership is in flux as the agency takes sweeping actions in managing the 17-million-acre Tongass National Forest and making regulatory and administrative changes at all levels, ...