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Burning the Leafy Blanket: Winter Prescribed Fire and Litter-Roosting Bats
Some bat species, such as this eastern red bat, roost underneath leaf litter for short periods of time during the winter. Photo by billy liar, Creative Commons. Rather than hibernating in caves, some...
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Restoring Shortleaf Pine in the Southern Appalachians
Shortleaf pine restoration site at Sandy Mush Game Land in western North Carolina. Photo by Steve Norman. On July 29-30, the Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists (CAFMS) and The...
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Ephemeral Wetlands and Climate Change: Implications for Frogs and Toads
Eastern narrow-mouthed toad eggs float on the surface of shallow waters. All amphibians require water – whether a pond, puddle, or temporary wetland – for breeding. Photo by Fredlyfish4, courtesy of...
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Drought, Insects, and Oak Decline
Oak decline is fairly common and is usually the result some combination of a poor history of forest management practices with climatic or site conditions, and insects and pathogens. Photo by Fred...
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On National Forests and Grasslands, All Droughts are not Created Equal
During the “top five” droughts, researchers found the highest reductions in water yield on national forests in the West and Southeast. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. While some may remember 2002 as the...
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Pondberry Seed Fate: Animal Dispersers, Animal Predators
Student intern Andreza Martins (l.) and SRS biological science technician Carl Smith (r.) focusing video camera on pondberry plot to record animal visits. Photo by Collin Tidwell. Although pondberry...
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American Eels in the Mountain Streams of Virginia?
“Eel wrangler” holding American eel found in recent survey of James River in Virginia. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. In early spring, somewhere deep in the Atlantic Ocean, an amazing fish begins a...
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Increasing Our Knowledge of Small Woody Biomass Harvesting
The Warm Springs Ranger District on the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest (GWJNF). Photo by U.S. Forest Service. U.S. Forest Service research helped the George Washington and Jefferson...
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Life after Hemlock: Restoring Riparian Forests in the Southern Appalachians
At a recent workshop at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, SRS and university scientists discussed the effects of hemlock death on stream processes with forest managers. Photo by U.S. Forest Service....
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Historic Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
A new book published by the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) richly illustrates the legacy of Camp Claiborne, a military site established on the Kisatchie National Forest (Kisatchie)...
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Mystery Crayfish Highlights Conservation Challenges
Researchers collect fish and crayfish from a river upstream of the Lewis Smith Reservoir in Alabama. Photo by Susie Adams. On a recent sampling trip to the Bankhead National Forest in northwest Alabama...
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Forests Provide Clean Drinking Water for the South
For over 19 million people in the South – roughly the population of Florida – clean water begins in the region’s national forests. That’s according to a report by the U.S. Forest Service Southern...
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Bent Creek Experimental Forest: First in the East
Frothingham at Biltmore. After World War I, when the Forest Service sought to establish an experimental station on a site that represented the diversity of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, the...
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The Tallahatchie Experimental Forest
Little Tallahatchie River. Photo by NOAA National Weather Service. The Tallahatchie Experimental Forest (Tallahatchie), located in the Holly Springs National Forest near Oxford, Mississippi, was...
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Fall Tree Roosts Help Male Indiana Bats Survive Hibernation
Understanding how male Indiana bats select roost trees in the months leading up to winter hibernation could prove critical to the survival of this endangered species. Photo by USFWS. “Two resources are...
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The Calhoun Experimental Forest
The Calhoun in the 1940s, after almost a century of soil degradation. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. Until the middle of the 20th century, forest researchers were mostly concerned with what could be...
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Santee Experimental Forest Chosen for U.S.-China Climate Change and Forests...
The Santee Experimental Forest is located in the Francis Marion National Forest in the South Carolina Coastal Plain. Photo by the U.S. Forest Service. U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station...
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The Santee Experimental Forest
Carl Trettin explains long-term soil studies installed on the Santee. Photo by Rodney Kindlund. In 1934, the U.S. Forest Service allocated 6,100 acres (2,470 ha) of the Francis Marion National Forest...
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Managing for Natural Disturbances in Central Hardwood Forests
A new book edited by U.S. Forest Service researcher Katie Greenberg and Western Carolina University professor Beverly Collins offers detailed science-based information about the history of natural...
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Fires, Fuels, and Longleaf Pine in the Western Gulf Region
Dave Haywood (right), retired Forest Service scientist, shares his knowledge about using prescribed fire to manage longleaf pine stands in the western Gulf region. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. On...
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