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...Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.The trail school in late April here was a joint effort between the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Crest Trail Association, Washington Trails Association and backcountry horsemen's groups in both Washington...
...conditions change this year.National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service officials said Tuesday that automatic cuts in the...can trump most everything, said Gary Lehnhausen, U.S. Forest Service fire safety and training program manager."It...
...west while Skilak Lake Road dips to the south and Swanson River Road leads north. Nationally designated by the U.S. Forest Service as a scenic byway where it winds through our neighboring Chugach National Forest, the Sterling Highway offers...
...some point I see us sitting at a table and having that discussion," Rodman said.Federal agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service own or manage about 71 percent of the Peninsula...
...expenses down by eliminating items that do not affect core functions.Naturalists, who are hired and paid by the U.S. Forest Service or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, make about $22,000 a season. The state provides them free room and...
Naturalist and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness John Muir once said "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." Always pragmatic, ecologists have their own term for nature's gifts - ecosystem services.
...populations over the course of outbreaks does contribute to mortality of moths.In 2012, entomologists with the U.S. Forest Service began investigations on the present defoliation event in Southcentral Alaska, seeking to relate these outbreaks...
...and starts the cycle all over again." Bursch's findings have been verified by a plant pathologist with the U.S. Forest Service. Is it something to worry about? "No. It's a natural, harmless plant fungus," said Bursch. The spruce...
...Forest Service, U.S. Marshals and the Anchorage Police Department.Authorities search for three hours. A U.S. Forest Service Officer fell and sustained minor injuries during the search, and a trooper was treated for exposure as a precaution...
...Soldotna dispatch received a call at 5:08 p.m. from Nathan Cone about the accident. Two troopers and a U.S. Forest Service officer responded to the location about 4.5 miles upriver from the Seward Highway. Responders retrieved Moore's...