Southern Urban and Interface Forests - What's New

Through a partnership between the Blue Ridge Foundation’s Kids in Parks Program, University of Florida, USDA Forest Service and City of Gainesville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department, a network of family-friendly outdoor adventure trails that engage children with nature and promote healing and wellness, called Track Trails, has come to Gainesville, FL.

Hochatown, Oklahoma boasts abundant ecological diversity and has a rich cultural history that includes conflicts over land rights, forced resettlement by Native American tribes, extractive natural resource industries, and more recently luxury cabin development and a burgeoning recreation industry. This story map, titled "Pine Resin in the Blood: A Historical Account of Hochatown Culture and Wildfire Risk,"  is the first in a series that will incorporate information about the current wildland-urban interface (WUI) fire situation of the area, proposed WUI management actions on the Ouachita National Forest, and ultimately findings from several related research projects being conducted by Southern Research Station scientists.