Community Involvement

  • Cover of the Hidden in Plain Sight article
    In this study, researchers worked with middle and high school students to collect moss samples around industrial neighborhoods in Seattle,…
    Bookmark
    Please login to bookmark Close

    Hidden in Plain Sight – Using Moss to Detect Air Pollution and Engage Civic Scientists

  • A Research Study can Greening Vacant Lots Affect Mental Health?
    Welcome to Nature Health Benefits LIVE, a virtual learning adventure brought to you by the USDA Forest Service and the…
    Bookmark
    Please login to bookmark Close

    Video – Can Greening Vacant Lots Affect Mental Health? (Episode 3)

  • Nature Health Benefits
    Hoping to learn more about the health benefits of nature? The Forest Service and Natural Inquirer have partnered to bring…
    Bookmark
    Please login to bookmark Close

    Virtual Learning Adventure – Nature Health Benefits LIVE

  • Forest service scientist on zoom screen
    Woodsy Owl and his friends discuss how climate change affects trees, the benefits of trees, the water and carbon cycles,…
    Bookmark
    Please login to bookmark Close

    Woodsy Owl LIVE 2: Open Your Eyes — Be Climate-wise

  • PDF preview of the 'keeping it local' article cover. It is a photograph of a Smokey Bear with a park ranger, and both are standing in front of a group of children.
    In the past, forest managers always put out wildfires. More recently, forest managers have discovered that fire can be a good thing for…
    Bookmark
    Please login to bookmark Close

    Keeping It Local: How Federal Wildfire Policy Is Implemented at the Local Level

  • PDF preview of the 'keeping it local' FACTivity.
    In this FACTivity, you will get together with other students and brainstorm a list of challenges or concerns at your…
    Bookmark
    Please login to bookmark Close

    FACTivity – Keeping It Local

  • The cover of Hidden in Plain Sight. There is a city scape in the back featuring a body of water. Foreground shows moss growing on a tree.
    In the second monograph in the Moon Trees Series, learn about a civic science project where middle and high school…
    Bookmark
    Please login to bookmark Close

    Hidden in Plain Sight – Vol. 1 No. 27

  • Natural Inquirer cover for the Wildland Fire 2 issue. There are four squares, the top left is a row of tents, top right has a grasshopper, th bottom left a rattlesnake, and the bottom right a woodpecker. All are photographs.
    This journal focuses on wildland fire. Wildland fire is any fire occurring in vegetation areas, regardless of how it was…
    Bookmark
    Please login to bookmark Close

    Wildland Fire 2 – Vol. 13 No. 1