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  • PDF preview of the "A Burning Question" article
    Today, Smokey continues to teach people of all ages about the importance of preventing wildfires. Just how effective is Smokey’s…
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    A Burning Question: Is An Ounce of Prevention Worth a Pound of Cure?

  • Illustration of three kids in a woodchip plant watching a conveyor belt move woodchips.
    One of the historic uses of wood was for heating. In recent years, however, most heating in the United States…
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    A Chip Off the Old Block: Using Wood Energy to Heat Schools

  • PDF preview of A Flame Changer article.
    Open forest ecosystems, like those of longleaf pine or loblolly pine, are managed with regular fires to support native plants…
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    A Flame Changer – How Fire Diversity Affects Bee and Butterfly Populations

  • PDF preview of A Green Bill of Health article.
    The scientists who worked on this study wanted to focus on the effect of people’s environments on their mental health.…
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    A Green Bill of Health – Can Vacant Lot Treatments Impact Mental Health?

  • The cover for the 'Tale of Two Caves' article. The main image is a photo of a person standing in a small passageway of a cave.
    Caves are important natural features in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California. Past studies of some of these…
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    A Tale of Two Caves: How Is Hurricane Crawl Cave Different From Crystal Cave?

  • PDF preview of the Feeling Antsy activity featuring a close-up view of an ant with its body sections highlighted
    Scientists have discovered a new ant species! We need your help naming it! Created with scientists from the Southern Research…
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    Activity – Feeling Antsy

  • The cover for 'All Over the Map' article. The main image is the USGS Community Internet Intensity Map of a section of Virginia.
    The Did You Feel It? (DYFI) system allows Internet users to report earthquake data when they feel an earthquake. The…
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    All Over the Map: Investigating the Did You Feel It? Citizen Science System

  • PDF preview of the alternate factivity for All Over the Map
    The questions you will answer in this FACTivity are: How does the seismic data compare between different States? What is…
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    Alternate FACTivity – All Over the Map

  • PDF Preview of the alternate FACTivity for the "At Your Service" article
    In this FACTivity, you will create a management objective for your schoolyard. Then you will create an adaptive management process.…
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    Alternate FACTivity – At Your Service

  • PDF Preview of Investi-gator Article Amphibious Assault
    Climate change can change the breeding patterns of some animals. Breeding patterns refer to when and how animals reproduce, including…
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    Amphibious Assault: How Climate Change May Affect Amphibian Breeding

  • Drawing of a child looking at nun moths.
    The nun moth is a major pest of conifers and an occasional pest of broadleaf trees in Europe and Asia.…
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    And Then There Were Nun: Trees That Could Be Endangered by a Nun Moth Invasion

  • And Then There Were Nun cover in Spanish
    The nun moth is a major pest of conifers and an occasional pest of broadleaf trees in Europe and Asia.…
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    And Then There Were Nun: Trees That Could Be Endangered by a Nun Moth Invasion (Spanish)