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Going digital

Image shows a section of forest treated using the digital method, showing a much more sparsely wooded area than the surrounding, non-treated areas of forest.

An area treated using digital marking. Fewer trees, farther apart helps promote a healthy forest by reducing the amount of fuel for a potential wildfire. (Image courtesy of The Nature Conservancy) With a paint can in hand, a forester walks step by step through the dense Arizona ponderosa pine…

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Fuels treatments critical to wildfire management

Aerial view of the dry hillsides of Asotin, Washington

Widespread thunderstorms delivered lightning without precipitation to the dry hillsides surrounding Asotin, Wash. (USDA Forest Service/Umatilla National Forest) Editor’s note: The USDA Forest Service recently announced a 10-year strategy to confront the wildfire crisis and improve forest resilience. The…

Going digital

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Fuels treatments critical to wildfire management

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