more... > Forestry > Forest Conservation > Forest Management and Stream Organisms: Role of Trees in Aquatic Food Webs [Image: stream] Water quality monitoring efforts in Louisiana’s streams focus on the concentrations of sediment, nutrients and other compounds in the water. However, activities within the watersheds of these streams actually play the most critical role in determining stream water quality. The Role of Louisiana’s Forest Ecosystems in Carbon Sequestration [Image: forest] Since the late 19th century, the global average temperature of the Earth has increased by 0.7 to 1.4 degrees F. The significant global warming has been attributed to human activities such as fossil fuel combustion and land use change, which leadto the increase of the concentrations of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide. Longleaf Pine Forests: Wildlife of Louisiana’s Threatened Grasslands [Image: fire and flowers] What do red-cockaded woodpeckers and gopher tortoises have in common? They are endangered species, and both require a habitat becoming rare inLouisiana and throughout the southern United States. To thrive, they need open pine forests, known as longleaf pine savannahs.