A management strategy focused only on deer, or only on invasive shrubs, results in little or no forest health improvement, ...

If left unchecked, both overabundant white-tailed deer populations and invasive shrubs like Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) can devastate deciduous native tree regeneration. Yet, a management ...

Forests also provide essential health products such as hygiene and ... These diseases originate from the transfer of pathogens from animals to humans, and they usually occur when natural ...

And many animals also take advantage of the freshly burned forest. The charred remains of trees provide the perfect habitats for insects and small wildlife. Wood wasps, for instance, depend on the ...