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• Forest Service unveils first comprehensive forecast on southern forests
  Urbanization expected to reduce forest area in South during next 50 years

• Media Advisory - News Conference to Unveil Results of the Southern Forest Futures Project

• Forest Service and Kent House to host Kent House Bug Day May 14th

Additional News of 2011

• Deputy Secretary Merrigan Releases USDA Agroforestry Strategic Framework


• Southern Forest Futures Project Webinar - June 16, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. EDT


• Prescribed Fire Research at Bent Creek


• 2011 Fact Sheets


• New Features Enhance Web-based Climate Change Tool


• Updated Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2010 Tax Year

Upcoming Events

July 25, 2011 - July 29, 2011:
19th annual Upland Hardwood Silviculture Course
Course for Practicing Foresters and Natural Resource Specialist

Southern Research Station Science Areas

		Forest Threats provides the knowledge and tools required to predict and avert or mitigate the impacts of forest health threats.
		Forest Values considers natural resources and humans inextricably linked in the South. These linkages will only strengthen as increased urbanization, globalization, and shifting values influence and alter how people interact with forests.
		Forest Inventory and Monitoring quantifies and monitors the condition of natural resources in the South. It is critical for determining ecosystem responses to forest health threats and improvements in natural resource condition resulting from management activities.
		Forest Restoration and Management creates and improves tools and technologies that are needed to successfully restore and manage ecosystems in this changing environment.
		Forest Watershed Science provides the knowledge and tools required to manage the full range of forest water resources in a dynamic and complex landscape.