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Mechanical thinning, prescribed fire or both?

A raging forest fire viewed through the front windshield of a vehicle on a paved road.
The Antelope Fire strikes northeastern Calif. in 2021 (USDA Forest Service photo by Troy Parrish, Operations Section Chief, Klamath National Forest) Sometimes out of adversity comes wisdom. That was a lesson Pacific Southwest Research Station Ecologist Eric Knapp learned after the 2021…
prescribed fire, treatment

Joint Chiefs’ Funding at Work: Improving Landscapes and Protecting Communities

A picture of several forest workers, all wearing hard hats, standing in a group, listening to a speaker in front, talk about a large tree in front of them.
Since 2014, a partnership between the USDA Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service has improved the health and resiliency of forest ecosystems and mitigated wildfire threats where public and private lands meet. So far, the United States Department of Agriculture has invested more than $247 million in the partnership, known as the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration…
partners, wildfire, fuel reduction, treatment
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