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  • PDF preview of World's Forests 3 lesson plan.
    A guided reading lesson plan that walks students through each section of the journal. It includes graphic organizers and activities…
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    Lesson Plan – World’s Forests 3

  • Black and white illustration of a giant watering a forest with a watering can.
    Until the early 1950s, people mined copper, gold, and silver in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. During mining operations, the…
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    Let Nature Take Its Course: Helping the Environment Take Care of Itself

  • PDF preview of the Spanish version of "Let Nature Take Its Course"
    Until the early 1950s, people mined copper, gold, and silver in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. During mining operations, the…
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    Let Nature Take Its Course: Helping the Environment Take Care of Itself (Spanish)

  • PDF preview of Meet Dr. Warwell featuring Dr. Warwell standing outside in a forest
    Natural Inquirer Readers for students in grades K-2 focus on a scientist and their research. In this Reader, students will…
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    Meet Dr. Warwell!

  • Patchwork article cover
    The scientists in this study were interested in figuring out what kind of treatment would lead to the best outcomes…
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    Patchwork – Using Forest Patches to Help With Forest Restoration in Palau

  • A photo of a woodpecker with the title of the article 'Pecking Order' on the top left hand corner.
    Trees that are dead but still standing are called snags. Even though snags are dead, they are still are important…
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    Pecking Order: What Types of Post-Fire Snag Areas Do Woodpeckers Prefer?

  • Photograph of a rattlesnake with the title 'Snake, Rattle and Roll' on the top left corner.
    After an area has been changed by human or natural disturbances, forest managers often engage in restoration activities. In the…
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    Snake, Rattle, and Roll: Investigating the Snakes That Live in the Bosque Along the Middle Rio Grande

  • PDF preview of the Moon Trees spotlight
    The first and second generation of Moon Trees sprouted out of a partnership between the USDA Forest Service and NASA.…
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    Spotlight – Moon Trees

  • PDF preview of Seed Extractory spotlight.
    One of the important jobs of the Forest Service is to oversee restoration projects for forests, grasslands, and watersheds that…
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    Spotlight – Seed Extractory

  • PDF preview of the Time Warp Spotlight from "Full Throttle Model"
    Nonpoint source pollution is pollution coming from widely developed areas, such as farms or cities. However, nonpoint source pollution can…
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    Spotlight – Time Warp: Full Throttle Model

  • PDF preview of the Where Did the Tallgrass Prairie Go spotlight
    Tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem that once covered 150 million acres of North America, including Iowa, its surrounding States, and…
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    Spotlight – Where Did the Tallgrass Prairie Go?

  • PDF preview of "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" article
    To ensure that big-leaf mahogany harvesting is sustainable, scientists and land managers must know the conditions in which mahogany grows.…
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    Standing On the Shoulders of Giants: How Well Do Big-Leaf Mahogany Trees Grow in Different Conditions?