Participants “adopt a woodlot” in their local forests where they learn to identify native wildflowers, plant seeds and roots, and gather scientific data. Over time, participants will literally see the ...

In areas with fewer shrubs, planting three years after a fire would be more effective because some of these woody plants would have ... frequency and severity of forest fires.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has banned new mining for 50 years on 2,841 acres in the San Bernardino National Forest to protect critical habitat for four threatened and endangered plant species.