California’s plan to save its 1,000-year-old redwoods from wildfires
Ancient giant redwoods are among the charred survivors in Big Basin Redwoods State Park after a wildfire last year. Now rangers and conservationists are developing plans to better protect them…
Read More...Climate change and fire suppression
The unprecedented and deadly blazes that engulfed the American West in 2020 attest to the increasing number, size and severity of wildfires in the region. And while scientists predict the…
Read More...Forest thinning to reduce wildfire risk gives opportunity to new startups
The country’s overgrown forests need to be aggressively thinned to reduce wildfire risk. That creates massive piles of worthless brush and branches, but some businesses see a new market for…
Read More...With wildfire risk up, New Mexico supports controlled burns
In a bid to reduce wildfire risk, the House has advanced a bill making it easier for residents to burn brush and wood debris on their property. The bill, passed…
Read More...After record wildfire season, lawmakers increase focus on Wyoming’s forest health
After the worst fire season in the nation’s history, state leaders are looking to take a more aggressive track to reduce fire risks in state and national forestlands across Wyoming,…
Read More...Latest report on prescribed burning shows an encouraging, upward trend in its utilization nationwide
Natural forest disturbances change the structure and composition of forests and allow for regeneration. Many forest types need one natural disturbance in particular to regenerate, and that’s fire. Many land…
Read More...Management effects outweigh plant diversity on restored animal communities
According to a new study, land management practices are better at increasing animal biodiversity and creating more resilient ecosystems. Prescribed fires and reintroducing bison to natural habitats attract more animal…
Read More...Forests with diverse tree sizes and small clearings hinder wildland fire growth
A new 3-D analysis shows that wildland fires flare up in forests populated by similar-sized trees or checkerboarded by large clearings and slow down where trees are more varied. The…
Read More...“We need to act”: Colorado forests primed for megafires without large-scale action, federal managers warn
Federal officials entrusted with managing millions of acres of forest in Colorado and surrounding states say they’re facing accelerated decline driven by climate warming, insect infestation, megafires and surging human incursions. They’ve…
Read More...USDA offers new forest management incentive for Conservation Reserve Program
The USDA is making available $12 million for use in making payments to forest landowners with land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in exchange for their implementing healthy forest management…
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