Post Katrina/Rita: managing forests in hurricane impact zones

Forest Service researchers have developed an adaptive strategy to help natural resource managers in the southeastern United States both prepare for and respond to disturbance from major hurricanes. In an article published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management, researchers from the Forest Service Southern Research Station unit in Athens, Ga., report the results of a case study based on the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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