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  • PDF preview of the Chew On This spotlight
    Termites have been a concern to scientists in the Southeastern United States for many years. Termites are common across the…
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    Time Warp – Chew on This!

  • PDF preview of "To Harvest or Not to Harvest" article
    Black cohosh is a forest plant that is harvested for its medicinal use. Black cohosh is native to eastern deciduous…
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    To Harvest or Not to Harvest: How Does Harvesting Impact Wild Plant Sustainability?

  • PDF preview of "To Spray or Not to Spray"
    Forestry operations depend on the continuous supply of healthy tree seedlings. Seedlings are small trees grown from seeds in nurseries.…
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    To Spray or Not to Spray: Soil Fumigation in Southern Forests

  • PDF preview of the Spanish version of "To Spray or Not to Spray"
    Forestry operations depend on the continuous supply of healthy tree seedlings. Seedlings are small trees grown from seeds in nurseries.…
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    To Spray or Not to Spray: Soil Fumigation in Southern Forests (Spanish)

  • PDF preview of the activity from All About Forests
    List or draw some of your favorite things about forests.
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    Try This! All About Forests

  • PDF preview of the Ty This section from Taking Care of Our Forests
    List or draw ways people can help take care of forests then create a poster to help encourage others to…
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    Try This! Taking Care of Our Forests

  • Illustration of three kids in front of two doors. The kid standing in the middle is scratching their head with a question mark on top of them. The kid on the left points to the door on the right. The kid standing on the right is pondering.
    The Forest Products Laboratory, located in Madison, Wisconsin, is a place where scientists work to develop wood products for human…
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    Which Do You A-Door? Comparing the Energy Needed to Make Wood and Steel Doors

  • The cover for 'Which Wood You Choose' article. The main image is a photo of a canopy of bright green and yellow leafed tree branches.
    The scientists in this study were interested in exploring how the environmental conditions for wildlife species might change as landowners…
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    Which Wood You Choose? – Forest Landowners’ Selection of Trees for Planting Forests Can Have Different Outcomes

  • Who or What Am I Activity from Spring 99 edition of Natural Inquirer
    Can you guess who or what I am? Test your knowledge after reading the Spring 1999 Edition of Natural Inquirer.
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    Who or What Am I? – Spring 1999 Edition

  • Girl standing in wooded forest
    Welcome to Woodsy Owl LIVE, a virtual learning adventure brought to you by the USDA Forest Service and the Natural…
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    Woodsy Owl LIVE 1: Lend a Hand — Care for the Land

  • PDF preview of Batter Up sentence scramble activity.
    Unscramble the words below to make sentences about what you learned in “Batter Up!”
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    Word Scramble – Batter Up!

  • Nematodes Word Search
    Test your knowledge of the lumber industry and nematodes with a word search.
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    Word Search – Goodbye Nematodes