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Reducing wildfire risk and supporting rural economies

An aerial view of Lincoln County illustrates the heavily forested lands intermixed with homes and infrastructure.
This aerial view of Lincoln County illustrates the heavily forested lands intermixed with homes and infrastructure. (USDA Forest Service photo) Lincoln County Montana is a beautiful place. Heavily forested, with the Cabinet Mountains as a backdrop, the vistas are what draw people here.…
#Smoke, #RuralCommunities, #Landscapes, #PileBurning, #ConfrontingTheWildfireCrisis, #FuelReduction

Fires of winter

A wildland firefighter with a propane bottle and torch, burning a pile of fallen branches under the snow.
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…
#WildlandFire, #ForestFire, #Winter, #Wildfire, #ControlledBurn, #PileBurning