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Warbler Map by Tracy Clark, last updated: Mar 09, 2023 08:10 PM
Map of Golden-winged Warbler range
WLFW Square Logo by Web Editor, last updated: Mar 09, 2023 08:10 PM
WLFW Square Logo
WLFW Round Logo by Web Editor, last updated: Mar 09, 2023 08:10 PM
WLFW Round Logo
USDA Logo by Web Editor, last updated: Mar 09, 2023 08:10 PM
USDA Logo
WLFW Magazine cover by Tracy Clark, last updated: Mar 09, 2023 08:10 PM
WLFW magazine cover
USDA Invests More than $48.6 Million to Manage Risks, Combat Climate Change by Tab Manager, last updated: Mar 09, 2023 02:02 PM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest more than $48.6 million this year through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership for projects that mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality, restore forest ecosystems, and ultimately contribute to USDA’s efforts to combat climate change. This year, the USDA Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest in projects, including 14 new projects, bringing together agricultural producers, forest landowners, and National Forest System lands to improve forest health using available Farm Bill conservation programs and other authorities.
USDA Invests More than $48.6 Million to Manage Risks, Combat Climate Change by Web Editor, last updated: Mar 09, 2023 02:01 PM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest more than $48.6 million this year through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership for projects that mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality, restore forest ecosystems, and ultimately contribute to USDA’s efforts to combat climate change. This year, the USDA Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest in projects, including 14 new projects, bringing together agricultural producers, forest landowners, and National Forest System lands to improve forest health using available Farm Bill conservation programs and other authorities.
News from SECAS February 2023 Newsletter by Web Editor, last updated: Feb 28, 2023 10:19 PM
Recap of Caribbean CoP meeting, new Blueprint Explorer features, spring web forum schedule, and more.
Seeing past the green: Structure, composition, and biomass differences in high graded and silviculture-managed forests of similar stand density by Josselyn Lucas, last updated: Feb 24, 2023 02:45 PM
Forests of the eastern United States (US) mostly comprise a mix of stands managed following silvicultural principles and stands managed with exploitative timber harvesting practices. These stands can have similar stand densities (e.g., basal area per hectare) but vary vastly in structure, composition, and biomass and carbon storage. High grading, a prevalent exploitative timber harvesting practice in the eastern US, is of particular concern because it can negatively affect future forest health and productivity. This study quantifies differences in forest structure, composition, and biomass and carbon storage between high graded stands and stands that received a seed/establishment cut of a uniform shelterwood regeneration sequence treatment, which is a comparable and well-established silvicultural method used to regenerate mixed-oak forests. It focuses on mixed-oak forests (mixed-Quercus), where the effects of high grading have been understudied, and uses a sample with broader spatial coverage than previous studies. The sample comprised nine stands that were known to have been high graded 8–15 years ago and nine stands that received the seed/establishment cut of a uniform shelterwood regeneration sequence. Stand were systematically sampled using fixed-area plots. Field measurements were collected and used to calculate metrics describing forest structure and function. The structure of high graded stands was characterized by a higher proportion of trees with poor health and/or form compared to shelterwood stands, with 18.3 % less acceptable growing stock and trees with lower crown compaction. Diameter distributions of high graded stands were characterized by numerous small trees and few large-diameter trees. Spatial variability of overstory trees was contingent on the tree size range evaluated, with a larger variability of sawtimber-sized trees (trees ≥ 29.2 cm in diameter at breast height) in high graded stands. High graded stands also had 2.2 times fewer oak trees (Quercus spp.) in the overstory canopy, 17,897 fewer seedlings per hectare (ha), and 45 Mg/ha less biomass than shelterwood stands. These results indicate that high grading generally degrades mixed-oak forests and impairs their long-term capacity to supply vital ecosystem services such as habitat for specific wildlife species, carbon storage, and high-quality wood products.
Webinars and Videos by Web Editor, last updated: Feb 22, 2023 04:48 PM
 
Training Resources by Web Editor, last updated: Feb 22, 2023 01:47 PM
 
Online Training Resources by Web Editor, last updated: Feb 22, 2023 01:47 PM
 
Online Training Resources by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Feb 22, 2023 01:47 PM
You can Add: Links to Training, A PDF..or add a Training Event. TAG TrainingTraining Modules Training Resources-links to pertinent online resources (Group these by topic….)
Hellbender Agricultural Land Cover by Web Editor, last updated: Feb 22, 2023 01:35 PM
Hellbender agricultural land cover map.
New analysis highlights conservation challenges and opportunities on Western public lands by Web Editor, last updated: Feb 18, 2023 05:27 PM
Recently published science applies remote-sensing tools to BLM-managed rangelands and provides an unprecedented record of how the vegetation across this enormous area has changed over the past 30 years.
AFS Newsletter February 2023 by Web Editor, last updated: Feb 18, 2023 02:41 PM
AFS Newsletter: Latin America Congress Abstract Deadline Extended, Award Nominations Open, Rockfish Citizen Science.
The Nature Conservancy Nature Lab by Tab Manager, last updated: Feb 16, 2023 10:57 PM
Nature is the fantastic factory that makes the building blocks of all our lives—food, drinking water, the stuff we own, and the air we breathe. That’s why The Nature Conservancy and its 550 scientists have created Nature Lab: to help students learn the science behind how nature works for us and how we can help keep it running strong.
Northern Bobwhite Quail, Grassland and Savannas Partner Workspace by Web Editor, last updated: Feb 15, 2023 09:23 PM
This space is meant to be user-friendly. We hope you can find other partners here, share information and training materials, and enhance each other's capability to achieve large-scale change in working landscapes. The workspace can be used to draft training materials, unedited videos, and other content not yet ready for broader sharing, as well as store some materials that may be sensitive for immediate or near-term sharing.
Eastern Hellbender by Web Editor, last updated: Feb 15, 2023 08:08 PM
 
Bog Turtle by Web Editor, last updated: Feb 15, 2023 08:06 PM