Forest Service Research & Development

MAHI uses mussel survey data and a few other pieces of information to calculate scores describing mussel health. MAHI scores can be compared across eastern North America. Managers can use MAHI scores to objectively assess how conservation actions or management activities are affecting mussels.

What’s growing in the forests of Palau? And what’s it like to survey those forests? Julian Dendy, the lead author of a recently published report on forest resources in the Republic of Palau, shares his experiences and some key findings.

Formed a decade ago, the North American Bsal Task Force, which includes USDA Forest Service researchers, is helping to keep an infectious amphibian disease at bay. What the team is learning may also help do the same for other emerging wildlife diseases.