Establishing plants in disturbed areas helps prevent soil erosion, create wildlife and pollinator habitat, protect watersheds, and develop forests for recreation, timber, and other uses.
The long history of scientifically credible data from the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program provides critical status and trend information to resource managers, policy makers, investors, and the public.
Forest Service Research Foresters at the Rocky Mountain Research Station help to study the problem of wildfires in the area contaminated by radionuclides from the Chernobyl disaster.
In the forty years since the 1980 eruption, scientists have studied ecological recovery at the volcano. Today, Mount St. Helens is the most studied volcano in the world and has changed how we understand ecological recovery.
The Forest Service is taking the risks presented by COVID-19 seriously and is following USDA and CDC public health guidance as we continue to offer services to the public. Visitors to our National Forests and Grasslands are urged to take the precautions recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There are three official, government-wide sources of up-to-date information about the coronavirus: Coronavirus.gov,?CDC.gov/coronavirus, and USA.gov/coronavirus.