Following Marshall Fire, Neguse calls for review of the National Fire Plan
A group of Western lawmakers are asking the Biden administration to update the Forest Service’s long-term plan for wildfires and potentially scale back certain uses of fire for forest management.In…
Read More...Just what is a ‘resilient’ forest, anyway?
What does a “resilient” forest look like in the Sierra Nevada? A lot fewer trees than we’re used to, according to a study of frequent-fire forests from the University of California,…
Read More...Prescribed Fires Can Help Restore Biodiversity to Great Plains
A recent study published in Ecological Solutions and Evidence suggests that large, intense and controlled burns can halt and reverse the encroachment of woody plants into grasslands and help restore…
Read More...Secretary Vilsack Announces New 10 Year Strategy to Confront the Wildfire Crisis
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and Forest Service Chief Randy Moore have launched a comprehensive response to the nation’s growing wildfire crisis. The strategy outlines the need to significantly increase fuels and forest…
Read More...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…
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