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There are 145 United States National Forests in 41 states. Each one is under the supervision of the U.S. Forest Service, which falls under the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is composed of several ranger districts. The person in charge of a national forest is called the forest supervisor. The district rangers from the districts within a forest work for the forest supervisor. The headquarters of a national forest is called the supervisor’s office....

Disney+’s slate of Marvel Studios-produced series is steadily increasing in quantity, which will only continue to be the case in Phase 5 and Phase 6. Included in that mix is a highly-anticipated new story in Daredevil: Born Again, giving Charlie Cox his first official leading effort in the MCU under Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige.Cox will also be joined by Vincent D’Onofrio, who takes on yet another terrifying performance as Wilson Fisk after reprising the role in both 2021’s Hawkeye and 2023’s Echo....

How should the world respond to the most tragic of events? That’s always been a tough question that people in all sectors have struggled with for decades. Hollywood is no exception to this problem, as studios have always been eager to handle things in such a way to avoid triggering backlash or offense. Given the current climate in Ukraine, the entertainment industry is currently trying to understand the best way to handle topics related to the war in a delicate way....

The message “Electrify Everything!” is beginning to spread. There is a parody Twitter account I follow, The Times is on it! “Because sometimes stories in newspapers are just that obvious” – writing about stuff long after everyone knows about it. Now they are picking up on the fact that gas stoves may not be the greatest things to be putting in your kitchen. We have been going on for some time now at TreeHugger about how we have two rallying cries for the green building revolution: Reduce Demand!...

Somehow, Hailee Steinfeld playing the MCU’s Kate Bishop was both the best and worst kept secret of 2020. Rumors of Steinfeld’s involvement started swirling not long after the Hawkeye Disney+ series was announced, but no one knew for sure if Steinfeld had actually agreed to the role until photos and videos of her and co-star Jeremy Renner shooting scenes for the show leaked in November. Even still, Marvel Studios hasn’t said much of anything about the matter past confirming Steinfeld for the role....

After a long wait since the last theatrical DC release, The Suicide Squad hits theaters and HBO Max in just a few short weeks. James Gunn’s highly-anticipated blockbuster has an interesting history behind it, serving as both a reboot and a sequel to David Ayer’s Suicide Squad from 2016. Some fan-favorite villains — including Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn and Jai Courtney’s Captain Boomerang — are making their long-awaited return. However most of the cast is made up of A-list actors playing formerly D-list DC characters — such as John Cena’s Peacemaker and Idris Elba’s Superman-shooting Bloodsport....

Newly-anointed DC Studios head James Gunn may have just given fans a peek at what comic inspirations he is drawing from when writing his Superman movie script. After just about two months since taking over Warner Bros.’ DCU alongside longtime Hollywood executive Peter Safran, Gunn has slowly started to reveal what he has planned for the super-powered franchise. A key pillar of this has been Superman/Clark Kent. After confirming longtime Supes actor Henry Cavill would not be moving forward with the film series, Gunn told the world that he is writing a new Superman movie, and it would focus on “an earlier part of [the hero’s] life....

This year is set to bring another stellar line-up of Marvel Studios Disney+ shows. First, there’s Oscar Isaac’s Moon Knight, whose first trailer blew audiences away, leading to the video getting a notable amount of likes on YouTube. Then will come She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel, both of whom don’t have a release date just yet but are at least confirmed for 2022. After that, what comes next is unclear. This includes the debut of Samuel L....

Marvel Studios is moving full speed ahead with preparations for its next Disney+ entry What If…?, whose first episode will be available to stream on August 11. With the show less than a couple of weeks away, the promotional tour is doing its best to tease the MCU fandom with new material while keeping the majority of the plot a mystery. This has been pushed forward not only with short new teaser trailers, but also by toy and merchandise leaks highlighting some major players in this retrospective....

Oscar winner Olivia Colman spoke in a recent interview about joining the MCU and her role in 2023’s Secret Invasion on Disney+.As revealed in September, Colman will be playing Special Agent Sonya Falsworth in the upcoming series, alongside Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury and Don Cheadle’s James Rhodes (War Machine).It has been indicated that her character will appear again — potentially even multiple times more — after the events of Secret Invasion as a “Fury-esque” character operating in the background of future stories....

We are living in very interesting times and people are looking for a sense of normalcy. Usually around this time of year, millions of people are participating in one of America’s great sports traditions… filling out brackets for the NCAA Basketball March Madness. Well, The Direct is here for you, introducing the MCU Madness Tournament: A bracket-based gauntlet to decide the champion movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s 23-film Infinity Saga....

In a recent interview, Kang the Conqueror actor Jonathan Majors teased who might be included in the next roster of Avengers in the MCU.A previous rumor indicated that Avengers: The Kang Dynasty will see a team including Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson (Captain America), Simu Liu’s Shang Chi, and Letitia Wright’s Shuri (Black Panther).While official information about the next Avengers lineup remains scarce, with rumors flying in every direction, one thing is for certain: many new and legacy heroes are being set up to eventually join the legendary team....

Marvel fans across the world are conflicted about their feelings toward the latest entry into the Sony Spider-Man Universe. Morbius received less than stellar reviews andhas one of the lowest cinema scores in Marvel movie history. From production to performance to story, the Marvel faithful are having a hard time wrapping their heads around the Jared Leto-led film. And just when the movie came to a close, Morbius managed to make Marvel history with the post-credits scenes....

Graham Whiting of Whiting Design has been working on a Passive House design for a family of permaculture farmers south of Guelph, Ontario. TreeHugger Sami has written a lot about Permaculture, and says “the idea behind permaculture gardening is to use nature’s own design tricks to create productive landscapes that do much of the work for you.” That is pretty much what Passive House designers try to do- let the fabric of the building do the work of keeping you warm or cool instead of a lot of mechanical equipment and fossil fuels....

Having spent the last few decades at the forefront of cinema - or the theme park industry if Martin Scorsese has anything to say about it - the comic book movie world has sucked in almost every major face in Hollywood. From veteran actors like Joaquin Phoenix to industry newcomers such as Tom Holland - who hasn’t had a Marvel or DC role at this point? With Marvel Studios preparing to debut two more massive franchises in the X-Men and Fantastic Four, there is sure to be an influx of MCU casting opportunities on the way in the coming years....

With every new superhero film and their subsequent sequels, there’s something besides the hero’s abilities and their adversary that fans always want to know, and that, of course, is the look of their suit. For years, audiences were eager to see what Iron Man’s latest Mark model suit’s capabilities would be; and recently, fans have been buzzing about Thor’s new, surprising look and the design of the costume for Moon Knight....

It’s been about a week since Marvel Studios’ momentous presentation at San Diego Comic-Con, and fan fervor has yet to settle. The MCU faithful likely won’t be coming down from the convention high any time soon, either, as Marvel gave them three years’ worth of entertainment to look forward to. Company head Kevin Feige took to the stage and unveiled huge plans for the entirety of the MCU’s Phases 4 and 5, along with a tease of what’s to come in Phase 6 - including two Avengers titles....

The extended wait for Marvel Studios’ next project only added to the anticipation already built by everything that’s set to be coming in Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Though the movie slate won’t begin premiering in theaters for at least a few months, the MCU is bringing that hype in a new way with storytelling on Disney+, starting off with the first four weeks of WandaVision. After the first three hours of footage, it’s safe to say that the MCU fandom and critics alike are hooked, waiting for new material every week....

The third MCU Spider-Man film is standing strong to its December 2021 release date despite numerous other delays in the movie industry. The film, which is still untitled, is set to feature Benedict Cumberbatch’s Dr. Strange as well as a version of Jamie Foxx’s Electro from the non-MCU The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Rumors also swirl of a possible reprisal of both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men, but they remain unsubstantiated....

Melissa Groo is an award-winning wildlife photographer, conservationist, and writer currently residing in Ithaca, New York. She was recently chosen by the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) to receive their 2017 Vision Award, an award that “recognizes outstanding work of an up-and-coming photographer or other person active in the nature photography community.” TreeHugger interviewed Melissa by e-mail to learn more about her life and her love of nature. TreeHugger: What kind of childhood did you have?...