forest health

Drought, disease and pests all having an impact

Japanese Beetles are an invasive insect that have been making their way into Northern Wisconsin.Their populations numbers have been increasing and are expecting to keep rising for the next several years.

The Northwoods Forest History Experience opened in Vilas County this summer.It’s a joint project of the North Lakeland Discovery Center and Manitowish Waters Historical Society.

Loss of mills, climate change, invasive species, and land use conversion all put the health of forests at risk.

You can make some extra money gathering pine cones, but they need to be the right ones

Wisconsin Green Fire hopes its latest reports will spark conversations and action to support forests and the forest products industry in the state.

The Forest Service has gathered public input on a proposed National Old Growth Amendment, with a priority to conserve and restore these characteristics on federal lands. Only 17% of the acres within federally managed forest land falls under the category.

Few people know that the Northwoods was once exposed to intense radiation for scientific research amid fears of nuclear war. Fifty-one years ago, a site near Rhinelander, Wisconsin, was developed to study radiation’s effects on northern forest ecosystems, known as the Enterprise Radiation Forest Project.

The Conservation Fund, which works to protect land and nature across the U.S. has announced it has now protected more than 1 million acres of working forests lands across the country

Foresters in Oneida County celebrated Arbor Day by planting trees at the Chequamegon Nicolet National Headquarters.The trees replaced ones that had died from Emerald Ash Borer.