A forest in motion

Dense, dangerously crowded stands of trees are giving way to healthy, spacious forests across Alabama. Individual trees are gaining the room they need to grow, birds and other wildlife are finding better habitat, and communities near the forest are breathing easier as the risk of catastrophic wildfire shrinks.

This transformation is because active forest management on Alabama’s national forests is moving faster than it has in years, and the efforts are improving forest health and supporting local jobs.

Forest Service priorities are refocusing efforts on the fundamental work that delivers the greatest good to the American people. One of those priorities is focusing on thinning crowded forests, removing dead trees and using prescribed fire to reduce dangerous fuels. These actions help keep forests open, healthy and productive.

And in Alabama, they are moving full steam ahead.