Wildlife and Fire: From Borders to Biota, Monitoring at Multiple Scales
COLORADO—The USDA Forest Service, Southwest Fire Science Consortium, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, and partners hosted a two-day workshop on the intersection of wildlife and fire. Based on the needs identified in the workshop, this collaborative group is hosting a year-long series of…
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SCIENCEx Soils webinar week: Exploring the ground beneath our feet
Taking soil samples in the carbon rich peatland forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (USDA Forest Service photo by Roni Ziade)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Join Research and Development scientists and others for a week of exploration about the ground under our feet, from bringing soil carbon…
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Student Conservation Association Wildland Fire Academy members ready to make big impacts
Student Conservation Association members gathered in front of Shasta Lake after a long field day that included hose lays, line cutting, firing devices, shelter deployments and valuable conversations about real-world Forest Service careers and experiences. (Photo courtesy Dustin Chavez, Student…
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Southwest Engine Academy fosters wildfire engine skills for participants
Southwest Engine Academy student Aaron Ballesteros, right, learns about pumping mechanisms during a field day held Feb. 9, 2024, at the Glendale Regional Public Safety Training Center in Glendale, Arizona. (USDA Forest Service photo by Randi Shaffer)
ARIZONA—Dozens of Southwest Region…
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New training available for agency employees managing IIJA, IRA funds or projects
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Forest Service received record levels of temporary funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act in addition to regular appropriations.To be more effective stewards of the special funding, a recently piloted training program with…
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Tips for hosting a National Trails Day event: April 11 webinar
National Trails Day is a great day to get volunteers out on your trails. Here, volunteers cleared Heart Rock Trail of fallen trees and overgrown vegetation. (USDA Forest Service photo by Tania C. Parra)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Go take a hike isn't a dismissal, it’s an invitation. National Trails Day…