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2018
Nationwide Emergency Alert Test Planned for Oct. 3; Test Messages Will be Sent to Cell Phones, TV and Radio — October 3, 2018 International Experts Publish Global Assessment of Forests and Water — July 31, 2018 New Report Assesses the Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits of Sustainably Harvesting Non-timber Forest Products — July 24, 2018 2017 Technical Engineer of the Year — June 13, 2018 Research Forester in Arkansas receives International and Regional Honors — May 11, 2018 Burned Forests Impact Water Supplies — April 16, 2018 USDA Forest Service Liaison will Help Make Connections — April 12, 2018 Secretary Perdue Applauds Fire Funding Fix in Omnibus — March 23, 2018 Forest Service Reports Will Help Landowners Develop Strategies for Agroforestry Use — March 7, 2018 Study led by SRS researchers and based on FIA Data named Editor’s Choice — February 7, 2018
2017
Forest Crews in Mississippi Implement Aggressive Restoration Strategy for Beetle Epidemic — December 21, 2017 USDA Forest Service Scientist Ge Sun Receives one of the Agency’s Highest Honors — December 18, 2017 Scientist Honored for Academic Excellence and International Collaboration — December 14, 2017 USDA Forest Service Researcher Receives Grant to Study Bat Vulnerability to WNS — September 14, 2017 Forest Service Scientist Receives National Award — August 23, 2017 Local Scientist assumes Leadership for Two Forest Service Units — June 27, 2017 New Leadership Roles for Three SRS Scientists — June 22, 2017 New Athens Based Forest Service Unit Project Leader Announced — June 22, 2017 U.S. Forest Service Scientist Joins the Ranks of Distinguished Landscape Ecologists — May 22, 2017 Find a Research Natural Area within your Local National Forest — March 29, 2017 U.S. Forest Service scientist receives Source Water Protection Award — March 29, 2017 Forest Service Scientist Michael Ulyshen Receives White House Recognition — January 12, 2017
2016
U.S. Forest Service scientists based in Raleigh Recognized for Achievements — December 19, 2016 Zoё Hoyle Receives an Abraham Lincoln Honor Award from Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack — September 27, 2016 Partners Work Together to Educate Public on Treating Non-native Invasive Species — June 20, 2016 Climate and Society Will Determine the Future of Wildfire in the South — June 14, 2016 Water Yields from Southern Appalachian Watersheds in Decline since the 1970s — June 1, 2016 More Productive U.S. National Forests and Grasslands Could Yield Less Water in a Future Climate — April 21, 2016 Local U.S. Forest Service Experimental Forest Chosen for U.S.-China Climate Change & Forests Initiative — April 12, 2016 U.S. Forest Service Experimental Forests Chosen for U.S.-China Climate Change & Forests Initiative — April 7, 2016 Local student wins honors at science fair with project
that partners with U.S. Forest Service — April 6, 2016 Austin’s Urban Forest — March 9, 2016 New Interactive Guide Tells the Story of Forest Products in the South — February 24, 2016 Landscape Pattern Analysis Reveals Global Loss of Interior Forest — January 28, 2016
2015
U.S. Forest Products in the Global Economy — December 2, 2015 Carbon Accumulation by U.S. Forests May Slow Over the Next 25 Years — November 12, 2015 Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia: — September 9, 2015 Heat and Acid Could Squeeze Trout Out of Southern Appalachian Streams — September 1, 2015 U.S. Forest Service Publishes Plan for North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) — June 1, 2015 Changes in Forest Structure Affect Bees and Other Pollinators — May 26, 2015 New Mesoamerican Pine Beetle Described by SRS Scientist and Collaborators — April 14, 2015 Researchers Map Seasonal Greening in U.S. Forests, Fields, and Urban Areas — March 31, 2015 Susan Loeb Honored for Lead Role in North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) — March 16, 2015 Renewable Energy Policies Drive Production of Southern Wood Pellets for Bioenergy — January 30, 2015 Carbon Accumulation by Southeastern Forests May Slow — January 27, 2015
2014
2008 Lacey Act Amendment Successful in Reducing U.S. Imports of Illegally Logged Wood — November 19, 2014 Coming This August--Third Inventory of U.S. Virgin Islands’ Forests — August 15, 2014 Loss of Eastern Hemlock Affects Peak Flows after Extreme Storm Events — August 12, 2014 The Interaction of Climate Change, Fire, and Forests in the U.S. — August 5, 2014 New Recreational Travel Model to Help States Stop Firewood Assisted Insect Travel — July 9, 2014 International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology, June 22-27 — June 19, 2014 Innovative Web App Blends Trails and Forest Science — May 20, 2014 Wendell Haag receives U.S. Forest Service Rise to the Future Award — May 15, 2014 The “Schenck You II”: Cradle of Forestry Climate Change Opening — May 6, 2014 Long-Term Response of a Forest Watershed Ecosystem: Clearcutting in the Southern Appalachians — March 25, 2014 Susan Loeb Wins Lifetime Achievement Award — March 25, 2014 In the Genome of Loblolly Pine Lies Hope for Better Resistance to a Damaging Disease — March 20, 2014 Forest Service Honors Outstanding Science — February 12, 2014 Managing Southern Forests under Climate Change — February 11, 2014 Secretary Vilsack Announces Regional Hubs to Help Agriculture, Forestry Mitigate the Impacts of a Changing Climate: — February 11, 2014
2013
2012
ForWarn Team Wins 2013 Interagency Partnership Award — December 12, 2012 Ozone Affects Forest Watersheds — October 17, 2012 North American Freshwater Mussels — October 9, 2012 Emmy Award-Winning Adventurer, Naturalist and Media Host Patrick McMillan to Give Keynote Address at 2012 American Chestnut Summit in Asheville, NC — September 27, 2012 Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program Wins Secretary's Honor Award — September 12, 2012 SRS Researcher Tom Holmes Co-Authors Prize Winning Article — August 28, 2012 Klepzig Receives A.D. Hopkins Award — August 1, 2012 Georgia Forests, 2011 — July 26, 2012 Leaf Litter and Soil Protect Acorns from Prescribed Fire — July 18, 2012 Demise of the Dogwood? — July 17, 2012 Americans' Preferences for Outdoor Recreation Changing — June 19, 2012 Refining Fire Behavior Modeling — May 22, 2012 Southern Pine Beetle Impacts on Forests — May 17, 2012 Forestry Webinar Series Wins Two Chiefs Award — May 14, 2012 Taking America's Rarest Snake Back to the Woods — May 7, 2012 Santee Experimental Forest Celebrates 75-Year Anniversary — April 12, 2012 USDA Forest Service and NASA release Web-based forest disturbance monitoring tool — March 19, 2012 Tennessee's Urban Forests Valued in the Billions — March 14, 2012 US Forest Service’s new invasive-plant iPhone app identifies nonnative plants — February 22, 2012 USDA Grants Support SRS Research in the Southern Appalachians — January 12, 2012 Forest Service to Conduct Prescribed Burn this Winter at Bent Creek — January 6, 2012
