The Forest Service has a vision; the Stanislaus National Forest has a Plan
Editor’s note: The USDA Forest Service recently announced a 10-year strategy to confront the wildfire crisis and improve forest resilience. The agency will work with partners over the next decade to treat up to an additional 20 million acres on National Forest System lands and up to an additional 30 million acres of other Federal, State, Tribal, and private lands. This article highlights how…
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Joint Chiefs’ Funding at Work: Improving Landscapes and Protecting Communities
Since 2014, a partnership between the USDA Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service has improved the health and resiliency of forest ecosystems and mitigated wildfire threats where public and private lands meet. So far, the United States Department of Agriculture has invested more than $247 million in the partnership, known as the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration…
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Treating Forests Back to Health
As temperatures begin to signal winter, Forest Service districts are starting planned fire operations to clear low lying tree debris that will reduce hazardous materials. While images of firelines snaking across valleys and consuming entire communities flooded the media this summer, voices joined in a chorus that “we must do something about this”. With an emphasis on “we” states, tribes and…
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Caldor Fire: Defending Lake Tahoe Basin
California Fire Intensity- California FOREST NEWS -Episode #1.After burning for 69 days, 221,835 acres burned, 1,003 structures destroyed, and the evacuation of more than 50,000 residents in the area, the Caldor Fire is 100% contained. Now that the fire has ceased, it is time for residents and land managers to begin the process of restoration, to take stock and to reflect.The devastating blaze…