Here are United States Forest Service geographic maps defining the 20 major forest cover types in the United States and where common trees are most often located based on frequency of occurrence.

The map, made by geographer and GIS analyst Robert Szucs, shows the forest cover in 48 contiguous states It reveals how the East and West coasts are dominated by dense forests, while central US ...

Eastern red-backed salamanders are the most common salamanders in the Eastern and Appalachian regions of the United States – and in a healthy forest ecosystem, they’re often more plentiful ...

OpEd: National Forests are not National Parks. They are to be utilized to their fullest potential. This means economical as well as environmental.

Forests of the eastern United States are important carbon storehouses. They remove carbon emissions from the air, packing them away into leaves, trunks, roots and soils. Eastern forests are ...