Fires of winter
Pile burning is usually a one-to-two-year process from beginning to end. First brush, or slash is collected and placed in piles. Then the pile will sit for a year drying out to be burned in wetter colder months. (USDA Forest Service photo by Andrew Avitt).
Snow melts and becomes water, and…
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New science helps predict smoke movement, quantifies impacts to health
Firefighter lookouts monitor fire and smoke movement on the Mendocino National Forest, California. USDA Forest Service photo by Cecilio Ricardo.
WASHINGTON, DC—A new Forest Service book, Wildland Fire Smoke in the United States: A Scientific Assessment, combines research on wildland fire smoke and highlights knowledge gaps for future research.…
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Greenwood Fire: Post wildfire assessments provide key information and recommendations
Greenwood BAER treatments map, courtesy of the Geospatial Technology and Applications Center
MINNESOTA – The USDA Forest Service’s response to wildfires does not end after suppression is completed. The 2021 fire season in northern Minnesota was unusually intense for residents, recreators and land managers alike. A severe drought, coupled with…
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Introducing California Forest News: Understanding the Caldor Fire [VIDEO]
CALIFORNIA—Joe Flannery in the Pacific Southwest Region is on a mission. His goal? To explore California’s forests through a new video series, California Forest News. In the first video, Flannery educates the public about wildfires, from terminology to causes to behavior. He explains how fuel loading, wind, terrain and drought in the area combined to create extreme wildfire intensity and behavior…
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Community Mitigation Assistance Team
What Community Mitigation Assistance Teams (CMATs) DoDuring incidents: CMATs work closely with Incident Management Teams, the Forest Service or other land management agencies and community residents and leaders to identify mitigation opportunities before a fire impacts the community.CMATs work with local partners to identify and help resolve mitigation challenges and build long-term…
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Safe and Effective Wildfire Response
Each year, an average of about 7,500 wildfires burn an average of approximately 1.5 million acres on National Forests and Grasslands. Over the last ten years, just over half (54%) of these wildfires have been caused by humans while the rest (46%) have been ignited by lightning.The U.S. Forest Service responds to all wildfires detected on National Forests and Grasslands, regardless of how they…