Another interesting article I read this week was a story about how researchers from Michigan State University compared land in South Carolina that had been used for farming with land without a history of agriculture. By working to restore longleaf pine habitats on both types of plots, the team could…
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With the devastation to many Southeastern forests and woodlots from recent hurricanes, growers need to know how to prepare for the next storm. The UF/IFAS Extension is providing a series of three webinars on building a resilient system, preparing for the storm, and recovering from the storm that can help…
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A new fire-mapping online tool is now available for the Southeast. It enables resource managers to improve their regional or local approaches to managing wildfire risk and fire management needs through targeted prescribed burns and training. Fire management helps improve forest ecosystem health, increases timber values, reduces the risk of…
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Ghost forests are areas of trees that were once alive but have died standing in place due to changing conditions like saltier soils or rising water levels. A new study of ghost forests along the East Coast by Rutgers University scientists link the increase in ghost forests to rising sea…
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Here is a thoughtful article about changes that foresters are seeing in some of the forests around the world that have been decimated by wildfires. In a number of places, after a fire comes through, there is no regrowth of trees even after a number of years. This has been…
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A lot of the Southeast is covered in forest now. In Georgia alone, about 70 percent of the land is now forested. Producers used to be able to make a good living off of forestry during the housing booms of previous decades, but now they are barely getting by. The…
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If you keep up with the news, you can’t help but hearing about all the wildfires that have been raging through the western US this year. In particular, some of the fires have been moving through lands where California’s oldest trees, including sequoia, redwood, and Joshua trees, live. Many of…
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