West Alabama Landowners Can Apply for Forestry Initiative

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama reminds forestry landowners in the western part of the state to apply for Conservation Activity Plans (CAPs) and practices through the forestry initiative. That deadline is January 21, 2018. West Alabama Landowners Can Apply for Forestry Initiative Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Choose and Cut Christmas Tree Farmers Enjoying the Season

For most of the farmers who have choose and cut Christmas tree operations, this is a very happy season. Gary Crawford has the story. Choose and Cut Christmas Tree Farmers Enjoying the Season Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to …

Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Reflects on Year of Progress

The Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, highlighted some of the agency’s accomplishments during 2017 to improve the productivity, uses, and sustainability of national forests and grasslands. “Our accomplishments this year demonstrate the Forest Service’s strong commitment to improving the economic health of rural communities; ensuring lands and watersheds are sustainable, healthy and productive; and mitigating …

Fox Squirrels – Denizens of the Longleaf Forest

Recently, I was touring a friend’s property in the Florida sandhills through beautiful older longleaf pines, with an open understory that is regularly burned.  As we came around the corner, two fox squirrels bounded towards the nearest large pine.  In a minute, both had found a tree they liked and were gone from sight.  I don’t know about you, but …

Christmas Tree Buying Tips

Continuing with her series on Christmas trees, Cathy Isom has some helpful tips to remember before heading out to buy your Christmas tree. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Christmas Tree Buying Tips Bringing home that perfect Douglas Fir or Noble Christmas Tree and setting it up is a big tradition for many families this season. But before …

Financial Assistance Available to West Alabama Landowners Interested in Forestry Initiative

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Alabama State Conservationist Ben Malone announced a collaborative effort to reach forestry landowners will continue in West Alabama. NRCS Alabama will partner with the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Federation of Southern Cooperatives (FSC), the Limited Resource Landowners Educational and Assistance Network (LRLEAN), and the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) to provide assistance to …

Capitol Christmas Tree Arrives

A nearly 80-foot tall Christmas tree arrived Monday at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service provides a tree each year from a different state for the Capitol. This year’s tree, an Engelmann Spruce, is 79 feet tall and comes from northwest Montana. The 15,000 lbs., the 76-year-old tree made a two-week, 3,400-mile journey to …