USDA Forest Service Restoration
Restoration means creating and maintaining healthy, resilient forests capable of delivering all the benefits that people get from them: clean air and water, carbon sequestration, habitat for native fish and wildlife, forest products, opportunities for outdoor recreation, and more.
Home - New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute
The New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute provides technical assistance and practical knowledge in forest and woodland restoration to reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfire and restore healthy and sustainable forested ecosystems and restoration-based economies.
Rebuilding New Mexico's Forests After the Hermit ... - New Mexico …
2024年7月24日 · Two years after the largest wildfire in New Mexico history, landscapes and residents are forever changed. As the metamorphosis continues, many are working hard to preserve and regrow the forests for future generations.
Water is life: Part 1 - US Forest Service
2024年8月8日 · This is the first of two stories featuring the Carson National Forest’s Enchanted Circle Landscape, part of the USDA Forest Service’s Wildfire Crisis Strategy, which focuses on water restoration and wildfire risk reduction.
Forest restoration - Wikipedia
Forest restoration is defined as "actions to re-instate ecological processes, which accelerate recovery of forest structure, ecological functioning and biodiversity levels towards those typical of climax forest", [1] i.e. the end-stage of natural forest succession.
Future Forests: Living with Fire
2024年6月17日 · A nationwide policy of forest fire suppression coupled with poor forest management practices and the increasing effects of climate change have put our forests—and our communities—increasingly at risk.
What is reforestation and forest restoration? - American Forests
Reforestation involves the natural or intentional regeneration of tree cover after forest loss. Much of American Forests’ reforestation work involves planting nursery-grown seedlings after events that have resulted in the partial or total destruction of a forest.
Water is life: Part 2 - US Forest Service
2024年8月9日 · This is the second of two stories featuring the Carson National Forest’s Enchanted Circle Landscape, part of the USDA Forest Service’s Wildfire Crisis Strategy, which focuses on water restoration and wildfire risk reduction.
What is forest restoration? - US Forest Service Research and …
What is forest restoration? The need to repair habitat and restore forest structure and funciton is recognized throughout the temperate and boreal zones as a component of sustainable forest management (Krishnaswamy and Hanson 1999; Dobson et al. 1997).
Forest Landscape Restoration - IUCN
Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is the ongoing process of regaining ecological functionality and enhancing human well-being across deforested or degraded forest landscapes. FLR is more than just planting trees – it is restoring a whole landscape to meet present and future needs and to offer multiple benefits and land uses over time.