http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- The Obama administration is ordering a one-year moratorium on most road-building and other development on about 50 million acres of remote national forests. http://www.physorg.com/news162795495.html Space & Earth Fri, 29 May 2009 05:59:24 EST news162795495 (AP) -- The first detailed statewide tree count in Texas history is headed toward this conclusion: Texas is No. 2. http://www.physorg.com/news157268101.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:37:25 EST news157268101 In what eventually could become a major bureaucratic turf war, there have been stirrings on Capitol Hill about moving the U.S. Forest Service from the Agriculture to the Interior Department. http://www.physorg.com/news155140212.html Space & Earth Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:30:40 EST news155140212 Climate change can have significant impacts on high-elevation lakes and imperiled Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged frogs that depend upon them, according to U.S. Forest Service and University of California, Berkeley, scientists. http://www.physorg.com/news148223511.html Biology Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:11:51 EST news148223511 Hispanics often do not visit undeveloped natural areas like national forests because of a lack of information about recreation opportunities, according to a recent Forest Service report. http://www.physorg.com/news148046321.html Space & Earth Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:58:41 EST news148046321 Scientists have found lichens can give insight into nitrogen air pollution effects on Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino mountain ecosystems, and protecting them provides safeguards for less sensitive species. http://www.physorg.com/news142523233.html Space & Earth Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:47:13 EST news142523233 Most residents in fire-prone communities surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest have taken steps to protect their homes from wildland fires, according to a U.S. Forest Service study completed this summer. http://www.physorg.com/news141577813.html Other Sciences Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:10:13 EST news141577813 The effectiveness of the media to inform the public during evacuations and wildland fire effects on recreation are some topics addressed in a U.S. Forest Service report published this month that is a compilation of 17 studies on the social science aspects of fires. http://www.physorg.com/news140266099.html Other Sciences Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:48:19 EST news140266099