Prescribed fire boosts community safety & forest health
USDA Forest Service’s Michael Moranda uses a drip torch to light an underbrush fire during a prescribed fire operation in the Weaverville Community Forest. (USDA Forest Service photo by Bob Doucette)
On the lower slopes of Jackass Ridge, smoke wafted through an oak woodland canopy, its…
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Saving historic Mount Wilson and crucial communications from Eaton Fire
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A “typical” day as a burn boss (if there is one)
Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Cory Carlson discusses the plan for the Goldwater Prescribed Fire Project with Prescott National Forest Hotshot crew members. (USDA Forest Service photo by Ansgar Mitchell)
It’s 8 a.m.Cory Carlson is onsite and ready to start his workday as a district fire management…
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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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Firefighter finds comfort, healing at Land Between the Lakes
Doug Phelps, a fuels technician with Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area lights a prescribed fire on the Ocala National Forest in Florida in September 2023. (USDA Forest Service photo)
Forestry Technician Doug Phelps grew up visiting Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. He never could have imagined how much the place would…
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Frenchburg Job Corps gives student tools to rebuild her life
Frenchburg Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center Advanced Forestry Conservation graduate Nancy Perez Ramirez works on mop-up of a prescribed burn on the Oconee National Forest in George in February 2024. (USDA Forest Service photo by Colleen Urffer)
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