Northern Research Station
September Feature - Soils
From swamps to deserts and from mountains to the cold Northwoods, soil is a common denominator across all types of ecosystems. In September, our feature stories dig into soil, including a study that was part of the West Virginia Long-term Soil Productivity Studies, a partnership focused on how fire affects soil, and a scientist focused on what he calls the “tactile” science behind soil.
Rooted in Research
Seeing Our Future More Clearly: How One Peatland Study is Changing How We Think About Carbon
On a 20-acre bog in the Marcell Experimental Forest in northern Minnesota, 10 open-topped chambers rise more than 23 feet out of the peatland, connected by walkways that seem to float over a layer of Sphagnum moss.
Forestcast
New Podcast Episode: Mac Callaham, a research ecologist, goes searching in Georgia’s Chattahoochee National Forest for one of Brood X’s most-southern cicada emergences.
Field note from a scientist on a once in 17 year event. Listen here >>
2020 Research Highlights
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- Voices of Maple Nation - USDA Forest Service Tribal Relations BlogMarch 25, 2020
- Why the Trees Outside Forests Count - USDA BlogMarch 11, 2020
- After a Blight, the Trees that Survived Need Your Help - USDA BlogFebruary 25, 2020
- Seeing the Urban Forest for the Trees - Taylor Quality GuitarsJanuary 13, 2020
- A Walk in the Woods - 17 Years Later - Short Stories About Long Term ResearchNovember 19, 2019
- Trees can do the Dirty Work of Waste Cleanup - USDA BlogAugust 30, 2019
- Podcast: London Plane Trees: More than Just the Hostas of Street Trees? - Urban Wildlife PodcastJune 25, 2019
- Climate adaptation tools designed for health of urban trees and peopleJune 25, 2021
- Urban Forests Count in MissouriJune 17, 2021
- Research Gives Trees an Edge in Landfill Clean-upApril 28, 2021
- Climate Change Atlas Offers a Glimpse into Forest FuturesApril 21, 2021
- New Forest Service Assessment Delivers Research on Invasive SpeciesApril 8, 2021
- Decline in black cherry regeneration may herald wider forest changeMarch 24, 2021
- More news releases...
- As wildfires rage in California, fire concerns grow in New England amid changing climate - Burlington Free PressSeptember 16, 2021
- Obama Presidential Center will displace vital South Side Chicago trees, advocates say - Environmental Health NewsAugust 31, 2021
- Three Storms, A Bucket, A Stress Test: 10 Years Later, What Tropical Storm Irene Says About Climate Change In N.H. Now - New Hampshire Public RadioAugust 23, 2021
- Sixty Brown headed Nuthatch birds set to be released in Mark Twain National Forest - The Rolla Daily NewsAugust 18, 2021
- Why Philly trees cast more shade on the wealthier - Philadelphia InquirerAugust 11, 2021
- Native Clover Species Being Dropped From Endangered List - US News & World ReportAugust 5, 2021
- How a rumored hidden creek inspired a Baltimore pastor’s peace park - Christian Science MonitorJuly 12, 2021
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