Just outside the town of Milton, W.Va., Bob Maslowski owns a 140-acre forest where he grows and collects 21 different edible types of mushrooms.

Appalachian Beginning Forest Farmer Coalition was established in 2015 to formalize forest farming efforts for woodland botanicals. The coalition, which connects farmers, universities, government ...

Agroforestry is set to expand in the eastern U.S. region of Appalachia with the announcement of new funding from the U.S. government. More than $590,000 will help growers increase production of a ...

ELKINS, W.Va. — The Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded nearly $1.9 million through the POWER Initiative to Woodlands Community Lender on behalf of Mon Forest Towns Partnership for a ...

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (WCHS) — The New River Gorge became a National Park late in 2020. Its breathtaking views rightfully garner most of the attention, but there's also a rare forest here that ...

Wildfires have burned more than 100,000 acres across seven states in the southern Appalachian Mountains since late October. ... the U.S. Forest Service has spent $45 million to firefighting expenses.

The boreal forest is a belt of cold-tolerant conifer trees that stretches nearly 9,000 miles across northern North American and Eurasia; ...

Boreal forest fires usually make up 10% of global wildfire-related carbon pollution. But in 2021, their contribution soared to 23%, according to the study, as extreme drought and heatwaves in ...

These are just a few facts visitors will learn at the new Smithsonian traveling exhibition “Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest / Historias del bosque boreal.” Developed by the Smithsonian ...

Something's Spawning On Appalachia's Forest Farms : The Salt Agriculture experts say the forests of West Virginia are perfect for cultivating mushrooms.