management

Twenty years ago, America awoke to frantic headlines that our first national park, Yellowstone, was being destroyed by fire. Now, after 20 years, the facts on the ground say otherwise.

Even a quiet stroll in the park can dramatically change natural ecosystems, according to a new study by conservation biologists. These findings could have important implications for land management policies.

Berkeley researcher, Sarah Reed, found more than five times as much coyote and bobcat scat in preserves with no public access than she did in areas open to the public.

New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology suggests that native herbivores prefer to consume exotic over native plants. Their results imply that restoring native herbivore communities may be a viable option to help control exotic plant invasions.”  

Judge halts USDA's cattle-grazing plans on Conservation Reserve Program lands. A federal judge in Seattle has put the brakes on an emergency program by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that would allow grazing and hay production on millions of acres of farmland nationwide that had been set aside under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Fifteen environmental groups concur.

Small-scale Fires Key to Understanding Forest Structure

For 94 years, forest caretakers have restricted Mother Nature by suppressing forest fires. Now a Penn State geographer wants to know what the forests would have been like if we'd let them burn.

The year of major restoration is noted for each management unit.

Predicting the perfect predator

Garlic mustard has become an invasive species in temperate forests across the United States, choking out native plants on forest floors and threatening ecosystem diversity. (2008-02-14)