Community resilience in action
Lisa Zamora Thompson, Carson National Forest East Zone archaeologist, talks to attendees about wildfire resilience, land management strategies and the Taos Canyon Forest and Watershed Restoration Project. (USDA Forest Service photo by Olga Melancon).
NEW MEXICO – One community’s…
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Prescribed fire versus raging wildfire
The Great Lakes Fire, located within the Croatan National Forest, 1 mile southeast of New Bern, NC, started mid-April, 2023. What began as a 50-acre wildfire quickly grew to more than 32,000 acres within just a matter of days. (USDA Forest Service photo by David Nelson)
When it comes to wildfires in the United States, in any given year more…
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Southern area a top priority for national wildfire response
On August 24, Forest Service crews assisted Texas A&M Forest Service by putting in containment lines to help slow the Shearwood Creek Fire’s spread in Jasper, Texas. (USDA Forest Service photo by Danny Harris)
The South is burning. Over 15,700 wildfires have burned 505,179 acres since New…
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Updates to Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy set unified approach to wildfire management
The new addendum to the Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy identifies new drivers impacting wildland fire and encourages employees to work with other agencies, tribes and local communities to address wildfire risk. USDA Forest Service photo.
WASHINGTON, DC—The Forest Service, along…
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Fire Adapted Communities
Structures that are closely surrounded by trees and brush are more likely to burn in a wildfire. (USDA Forest Service image)
More than 70,000 communities and 46 million homes are at risk from wildfire in the wildland urban interface (WUI) – where undeveloped wildland and the built environment meet. Over the last ten years, more than 35,000 structures were destroyed by wildfires – an average of…