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Nov 27, 2020
DOI. Bureau of Land Management.
The Bureau of Land Management has released the final programmatic environmental impact statement for fuels reduction and rangeland restoration in the Great Basin. This programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) is intended to further efforts to conserve and restore sagebrush communities within a 223 million-acre area that includes portions of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Utah.

Sagebrush communities in the Great Basin are a vital part of Western working landscapes and are home to over 350 species of plants and wildlife. Intact sagebrush communities are disappearing within the Great Basin due to increased large and severe wildfires, the spread of invasive annual grasses, and the encroachment of pinyon-juniper. The Great Basin region is losing sagebrush communities faster than they can reestablish naturally. Fuels reduction and rangeland restoration treatments can reduce fire severity, increase sagebrush communities' resistance to invasive annual grasses and improve their ability to recover after wildfires.

Jun 22, 2020
USDA. ARS. Tellus.
ARS researchers are working to understand the impact of a changing climate on bee health. In observance of National Pollinator Week, Tellus presents a special article authored by two of ARS’s leading bee researchers.

Michigan State University Extension.
Box tree moth will destroy most boxwood shrubs in the country if it becomes established. Growers and landscapers can help by protecting newly planted boxwoods.

Feb 2022
University of Kentucky. College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment. Entomology.

New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food.
Boxwood blight (Calonectria pseudonaviculata, BB) kills plants in the family Buxaceae, including boxwoods, pachysandra, and Sarcococca. It was first detected in the U.S. in 2011, and many states have implemented requirements for boxwoods to have been grown in a certified “clean boxwood” program to ship into their state. When this disease is found in New Hampshire nurseries, infected plants are required to be destroyed. BB has been rarely found in managed boxwood plantations in the state. Care is recommended when introducing new boxwood plants into existing plantations as the disease can be latent and difficult to detect. The Horticultural Research Institute has best management practices guidelines for production and landscape managers.