Secretary Vilsack Announces New 10 Year Strategy to Confront the Wildfire Crisis
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Forest Service Chief Randy Moore recently announced a comprehensive response to the nation’s growing wildfire crisis – “Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: A Strategy for Protecting…
Read More...Land on Fire
Ranchers are at the helm of a highly cost-effective tool to reduce fuel loads.That tool is called grazing.More and more, government agencies, including fire departments, have realized the value of…
Read More...Documentary focuses on biologists’ effort to save San Juan cutthroat trout following 416 Fire
A new documentary, “The Fish & the Flame,” highlights the successful recovery of the San Juan cutthroat trout in the wake of Durango’s 416 Fire of 2018. The 14-minute film…
Read More...“The Fish & the Flame” tells the story of rescuing cutthroat trout during the 416 Fire
Newly discovered San Juan cutthroat trout were saved during the 416 Fire in Durango. “The Fish & the Flame,” a new documentary film, tells the story of a Colorado Parks…
Read More...Fish and the Flame
The successful recovery of the San Juan cutthroat trout in the face of Durango’s 416 Fire of 2018 is the subject of a new documentary film produced by Days Edge Productions and…
Read More...Scientists: Phase out grazing, logging in ‘forest reserve’
The United States should immediately move to create a collection of strategic forest reserves in the Western U.S. to fight climate change and safeguard biodiversity, asserts a scientific collaboration led by…
Read More...Snow cover critical for revegetation after fires
How much and how long a severely burned Pacific Northwest mountain landscape stays blanketed in winter snow is a key factor in the return of vegetation according to new research. Findings are…
Read More...Wildfires accelerating tree migration from climate change: study
Migrant trees are finding new homes in forests across the Western U.S., as changing climate conditions — accelerated by wildfires — force them to seek out cooler, wetter locations, a new study…
Read More...Drones help restore forests destroyed by wildfires
Millions of acres of U.S. forestland go up in smoke every year due to wildfires, in some cases leaving nature struggling to regenerate. CBS News’ Anthony Pura shows us how…
Read More...Grazing in orchards, vineyards mutually beneficial
Livestock grazing can serve several purposes. It feeds the livestock, regenerates plant and soil health, and—when animals are grazed in orchards or woodlands—lessens wildfire severity by reducing fuel loads. Mark…
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