Prescribed fire helps make wildfire response safer and easier
Prescribed fires reduce the amount of hazardous fuels such as leaf litter and fallen trees on the forest floor, lowering a wildfire’s intensity and reducing risks to firefighters and communities. The Southern Region’s fire management professionals conduct prescribed burns on more than 1 million acres per…
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Communities coalescing
Jamestown Mitigation Project Vimeo.mp4 from The Watershed Center on Vimeo.America’s western forests are at risk. We are losing natural treasures to increasingly severe and frequent wildfires. These fires rage through overgrown, dense forests, fueled by drought, wind and terrain. And they threaten nearby towns and cities that rely on these forests for water and recreational opportunities.To…
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Celebrating Partnerships in the Central Sierra Recovery and Restoration Project
Editor’s note: The USDA Forest Service has committed its efforts to mitigating wildfire risk across 20 million acres of National Forests and up to an additional 30 million acres of other Federal, State, Tribal, and private lands as a part of the agency’s 10- year strategy to confront the wildfire crisis. This article illustrates how working across boundaries will be essential for that…