North American oak-hickory canopies are powerhouses for feeding wildlife. Without periodic understory fires, they wane. Centuries-old forests in the Midwest are struggling.

Forest management in Indiana is all about oak. The tree is critical to wildlife who depend on its acorns, and is already dominant across Indiana, making up 61% of forests across the state and 49% ...

When agencies burn Indiana forests, they hope to see oak rise from the ashes. But environmentalists believe the solution for the oak problem is costing the climate, clean water and wildlife. For ...

When agencies burn Indiana forests, they hope to see oak rise from the ashes. But environmentalists believe the solution for the oak problem is costing the climate, clean water and wildlife. For ...

Illinois has some 4.8 million acres of forest land. Just minutes southwest of Peoria, you’ll find Sand Ridge, a sweeping expanse of oak-hickory forest and pines.

Sixty percent of Virginia’s forests are the oak-hickory forest type. White oaks are the flagship species of our oak hickory forests because they are the dominant trees on a wide range of sites ...