Planting seeds of prevention
A custom seed mix created to reseed a fuel break on the Pine Valley Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest. (USDA Forest Service photo by Lindsey Winkel)
In a large climate-controlled warehouse in central Utah, hundreds of thousands of pounds of seed in white feed bags are stacked to…
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Shared Stewardship Case Study: Utah
In May of 2019, Utah signed a Shared Stewardship agreement with USDA. Governor Gary Herbert and USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue agreed to focus on protecting at-risk communities and important water resources from the threat of unwanted fire.
Shortly thereafter, the state and Forest Service undertook a joint mapping project using a combination of…