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Selecting Trees to Grow in Cities
Sometimes in the cramped environs of U.S. cities every inch counts, especially if attempting to make space for nature. City planners and urban foresters now have a resource to more precisely select...
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In South Carolina, Coyotes Not a Threat to Adult Deer
Although coyotes kill large numbers of fawns, they are not always a threat to adult female deer. Photo by Steve Hillebrand, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. In parts of...
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After the Fire, What Happens to Water Yield?
A prescribed fire burns in a southern forest. In a case study of a South Carolina watershed, researchers found no apparent change in annual water yield that could be attributed to fire following low...
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Promoting Sustainable Forestry on African American Family Lands
New insight on the challenges and opportunities facing African American family forest owners in the Southeast was just published by U.S. Forest Service scientists in Small Scale Forestry. SRS research...
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Spring Break Fire Training
Setting a forest on fire is not what you would call a typical a spring break activity. Sixteen graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Georgia (UGA) did just that during a course in...
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Restoration in the Understory
Some plants are homebodies and refuse to thrive in new areas. “Plants have unique abilities to thrive where they grow but moving plants outside their genetically adapted environment might cause them...
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Bats Adapt to Disturbed Habitat
Rafinesque’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) is considered a rare and sensitive species. The bats are small, with a body length of three to four inches, ears just over one inch, a wingspan...
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Protecting White-Tailed Deer Fawns
Coyotes began moving eastward as the wolf population declined. In some parts of the southeast, they have arrived recently – within the past few decades. Photo by Alan Vernon, courtesy of Wikimedia...
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SRS Researcher Receives Grant to Study White-Nose Syndrome
White-nose syndrome (WNS) has killed more than six million bats over the past decade. WNS is caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd). Tri-colored bats hibernate longer than any other bat...
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Harvest Disturbance Recovery in Wet Pine Flats
Just after Hurricane Hugo roared over the Atlantic coastal plain in 1989, U.S. Forest Service research soil scientist Bill McKee (now retired) visited Francis Marion National Forest in South Carolina....
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Carolina Hemlock Populations: Isolated and Imperiled
Hemlocks are under attack. U.S. Forest Service scientists and their partners are working to save the native conifers from the hemlock wooly adelgid (HWA), an invasive insect from Japan. Carolina...
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Immigration and Reproduction Complicate Coyote Control Programs
Coyotes arrived in the Southeast relatively recently. “Beginning in the early 20th century, coyotes started moving eastward,” says John Kilgo, a research biologist with the U.S. Forest Service. “But...
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Post-Fire Mortality for Southern Hardwoods
Drive down Highway 7 in northern Arkansas, winding through the Ozark National Forest, and you may glimpse evidence of recent fire: scorched grass, darkened tree bark, maybe even a lingering wisp of...
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Southern Roots in New York
Community garden in New York City. Many New Yorkers own land in the South. Photo by Eric Wittman, CC 2.0. Urban-rural connections are quite important for land and forest management in the South. From...
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“Promise of the Piedmont”
Tour participants learn about the Indian Creek savanna restoration. The project restored grassland bird habitat, reduced wildfire risk, and enhanced water quality on more than 15,000 acres of public...
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Longleaf Pine on the Santee Experimental Forest
Mature longleaf pine forests provide shelter and food sources for red-cockaded woodpeckers. Nest cavity trees on the Santee Experimental Forest will be preserved, along with buffers of forage habitat....
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Species Selection for Woody Biomass Production
The researchers analyzed late-rotation loblolly pine stands, shown here, that were planted 14-15 years prior to the study. USFS photo. In the southeastern U.S., short-rotation woody crops are a...
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Diets of Nestling Red-Headed Woodpeckers
Red-headed woodpeckers produce two broods annually. The researchers observed nests through both brood periods, from June 5 to September 5. Photo by Mike Vukovich, USFS. The red-headed woodpecker has...
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Wood-Boring Beetles Not the Primary Cause of Sugarberry Mortality
This dying sugarberry tree in North Augusta, South Carolina has a sparse canopy and branch dieback. Photo by Michael Ulyshen, USFS. In the past decade, sugarberry trees (Celtis laevigata) have been...
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Water Supply from Southern State and Private Forest Lands
State and private forest lands in the South supply at least some portion of drinking water for 55 million southerners – and 1.8 million people outside the region. Photo by Patrick Mueller, via...
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