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  • The first page of the article titled "Inquiry 4: How well are we managing our forests worldwide?".
    Forests provide many benefits to people and other animals. For forests to provide these benefits, however, they must be managed…
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    Inquiry 4: How Well Are We Managing Our Forests Worldwide?

  • PDF Preview of Inquiry 5 from World's Forests 2
    Forests provide many benefits to people and to the environment. For forests to provide these benefits into the future, however,…
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    Inquiry 5: How Well Are We Managing our Forests Worldwide?

  • Cover of the Koa Constrictors article. It's a photo of the top of the tree.
    Koa is one of the most valued of tropical woods. A particular type of koa tree, called Acacia koa, is…
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    Koa Constrictors: Studying Things That Slow the Growth of Koa Crop Trees

  • 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)

  • The cover for 'Lion in Wait' article. The main image is a photo of two men scuba diving and studying a lionfish.
    Over the past decade, humans have introduced two species of Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) into the Atlantic…
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    Lion In Wait: How Citizens Helped Scientists Identify a Rapid Invasion of Lionfish

  • PDF preview of "Logjams and Beaver Dams" article.
    Scientists know little about the movement of litter and dead wood from forests to rivers in mountainous temperate ecosystems. Studying…
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    Logjams and Beaver Dams: How Different Landforms Affect the Amount of Carbon in an Ecosystem

  • PDF cover preview of Mangrove Mania article featuring a photo of a mangrove forest at the shoreline. Half of the photo is taken below water and half is above.
    Mangrove forests include trees and shrubs found in the tropics that have large root structures and create barriers that help…
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    Mangrove Mania: How Elevation Change and Sea-Level Rise Affect Mangrove Forests

  • Drawing of a child walking through the rain carrying a bucket.
    Sudden oak death is a new disease of trees and plants in the United States and Europe. Although scientists are not certain,…
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    Moving Spore-adically: The Spread of Sudden Oak Death in California Forests

  • Moving Sporadically cover in Spanish
    Sudden oak death is a new disease of trees and plants in the United States and Europe. Although scientists are not certain,…
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    Moving Spore-adically: The Spread of Sudden Oak Death in California Forests (Spanish)

  • Cover of the Mussel Mania article. The main image is a photo of a hand holding a mollusk shell on top of an area full of pebbles and other shells.
    Mussels are very sensitive to changes in the environment which makes them good indicators of the health of an aquatic…
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    Mussel Mania: How Streamflow Affects Freshwater Mussels Over Long Time Periods

  • The cover for the 'My Sediments Exactly' article. The main image is a photo of a mangrove forest.
    The scientists in this study wanted to identify which mangrove forests, growing in various conditions, were keeping up with sea…
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    My Sediments Exactly! – Can Mangrove Forest Sediments Keep up With Rising Sea Level?