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US Forest Service Helps Young Adults Bring Awareness to National Forests Though a Cross-Country Adventure

July 07, 2011 Robert Hudson Westover, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

The original slogan of the trekking group GreenXC read: Share a Ride, Tell a Story, Save a Park. Now they added and a National Forest (as in the U.S. Forest Service). This is because these young folks (all under 30), embarking on this bold transnational ride-share journey that departs July 27 th...

Forestry

National Pollinator Week Success Story: NRCS Helps Farmer Create Pollinator Habitat in Mississippi

June 21, 2011 Justin Fritscher, NRCS Mississippi

Along the lush banks of the Sunflower River, Steve Martens has a slice of paradise. The Madison, Miss. resident owns 1,600 acres of farmland and forests, hospitable not only to soybeans and corn, but also to whitetail deer and bobwhite quail.

Conservation

Faces of the Forest Celebrates Dave Kretschmann

May 26, 2011 Kathryn Sosbe, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

You might say that Dave Kretschmann has engineered his way into Major League Baseball’s history books. Kretschmann’s work as a research general engineer led him to figure out why so many bats used by Major League Baseball were shattered. “Since late in the 2008 season, we’ve seen video of every...

Forestry

Mississippi NRCS Office Breaks Ground on Pollinator Garden

December 03, 2010 Pete Heard, NRCS National Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center

The National Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center (AWCC) in Madison, Mississippi is partnering with the city of Madison to create a pollinator garden.

Conservation
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