Fire, mixed-species grazing enhance livestock production in research project
Researchers from Oklahoma State University are partnering with university scientists and researchers in two other states on a project using fire and mixed animal species to graze in an effort…
Read More...Forest Service debuts state-by-state statistics on carbon
For the first time, a new publication by the USDA Forest Service delivers an overview of the status and trends of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from forest land, woodlands,…
Read More...Long-term efficacy of managed wildfires in restoration efforts
Land managers are increasingly interested in using lightning-ignited wildfires as a tool to restore forests and reduce fuel loads. But little is known about the effectiveness of managing wildfires to…
Read More...Idaho still seeks land exchange with timber company, feds
Idaho hasn’t given up on a three-way potential land swap and cash deal involving a private timber company and the Forest Service that is running into opposition from the Nez…
Read More...USDA extends timber company contracts
The USDA yesterday said it will allow timber companies to extend contracts with the Forest Service as the industry struggles from the economic downturn linked to the novel coronavirus pandemic.…
Read More...Coronavirus forces new approaches to firefighting
They are two disasters that require opposite responses: To save lives and reduce the spread of COVID-19, people are being told to remain isolated. But in a wildfire, thousands of…
Read More...Scientists worry agency plan to prevent fires could do opposite
Scientists say the Trump administration’s proposed program to cut down trees to gain an upper hand over wildfire and protect sage-grouse may in fact do the opposite: increase the wildfire…
Read More...BLM plan eyes 1,000 miles of new fuel breaks in 3 states
A plan to help in the battle against devastating wildfires creates fuel breaks 400 feet wide along 987 miles of roads in southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon that will be…
Read More...Deadline for Joint Chiefs extended to May 1
USDA’s NRCS New Mexico assistant state conservationist for programs announced today that sign up for fiscal year 2020 Joint Chiefs Initiative has been extended. All New Mexico agricultural producers who…
Read More...Public comment open on programmatic EIS for rangeland restoration in Great Basin
Draft PEIS Available for Public Comment: April 3 – June 2, 2020. The BLM has prepared a Draft Programmatic EIS for Fuel Breaks in the Great Basin. The Programmatic EIS…
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