Salvaging success
When a tornado swept through the Sabine National Forest in March 2025, it left behind a trail of broken trees, downed limbs and hundreds of acres of damaged timber. But in just 28 days, the Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, turned destruction into opportunity by mobilizing resources, assessing the damage and awarding two salvage stewardship sales to help…
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Fuels, Fire Analyst and Fire Planner
Anticipating and Solving Fire Problems
Figure 1: Glen Lewis, a Fire Behavior Analyst with the Rocky Mountain Incident Type 1 Team, talks about how he uses infrared maps and dozens of other resources to help predict how the 416 Fire near Durango, Colorado will burn. (Courtesy photo by The…