PODs User Community escalates multiagency engagement in pre-fire planning
COLORADO – Wildfire is becoming more frequent and intense across the country, and fire planning and management professionals are increasingly strained. Forest Service scientists develop tools and processes that can be used across boundaries to prepare for and respond to wildfire, such as Potential Operational Delineations and the Risk Management Assistance Dashboard. However, these tools require…
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Thinning the Forest for the Trees
A massive crane clears a dense forest stand in a forest health management process called mechanical thinning. When a forest has too many trees it creates many problems for the health of the entire ecosystem. (Forest Service photo.)
Imagine you are miles from the nearest highway, in lands where dinosaurs…
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Wildfires: When Fun Turns to Flames
Humans cause anywhere between 85% and 97% of all reported wildfires. Visitors should be sure to know and understand the daily Fire Danger Rating which indicates the potential for a fire to ignite, spread and require action from wildland firefighters. (USDA Photo by Lance Cheung)
Heavy, dark clouds roll over…
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Forest Service fights fire by starting a few
A Forest Service employee uses a drip torch during a prescribed burn operation in the Tahoe National Forest. (USDA Forest Service photo)
The flames and billowing smoke rose high enough to veil the sun that cold February afternoon as an acre of bone-dry grasslands was ignited by a slow, fiery…
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Prescribed Fire
The Prescribed Fire StrategyA task group of incident management experts at the Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, developed this mobilization strategy for prescribed fire. The strategy specifically addresses prescribed burning on Wildfire Crisis Strategy landscapes and across regional boundaries.The National Prescribed Fire Resource Mobilization Strategy (June 2023)…