The National Active Forest Management Strategy fulfills direction from Executive Order 14225, Secretarial Memo 1078-006, and the Forest Service Associate Chief ’s letter on …

tently remeasured forest plots across a full forest inventory are available for all regions of the United States. We have used these measurements to fit generalized

Trees dominate forest ecosystems, so if you have a pretty good idea of what trees are there, you’ll have a pretty good idea of what’s happening in that environment and what else might be living …

Old-growth and mature forests combined cover the majority of forest lands managed by the Forest Service and BLM forest lands. Between 30 and 40 percent of Forest Service and BLM forested …

Aug 1, 2005 · About 13 million acres of forest occurs along Alaska’s southern coast, including the Kodiak Archipelago, Prince William Sound, and the islands and mainland of Southeast Alaska. …

In the denser parts of the forest, greenbrier, poison ivy, and bayberry dominate the understory. Where more light penetrates the canopy, arrowwood, serviceberry, and highbush blueberry …

Deep green and lichen draped, these forests cloak the islands and mainland along the southern coast of Alaska. They are generally found below elevations of 2,500 feet and grow largest in …