Integrating Watershed Restoration in Wildfire Management: Opportunities, Approaches, and Examples
This publication summarizes new techniques in watershed restoration, known as process-based restoration, that improve wildfire management and support the Active Forest Management Strategy, the Executive Order 14225, and the agency's multiple-use mandate.
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Sierra to Sea Watershed Outcomes Bank
Imagine you’re a program manager seeking funding for a project—you identify a funding opportunity, ensure the money can be used for the project, navigate the complex reporting requirements, and successfully implement work on the ground.Then, you learn a neighboring landowner has a similar project working with a different program manager—and so does another landowner across the ridge. Now imagine…
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Water in the West is life
On Colorado’s Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests, water for the region begins as snow in high-elevation locations before flowing down to creeks, reservoirs and irrigation systems that support communities across the Western Slope. It’s a quiet process, but it supports nearly every part of life downstream. (Forest Service video By Travis Weger)On Colorado’s Grand Mesa,…
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Post-Fire Recovery
In September 2020, the Riverside Fire burned through the Timber Lake Job Corps CCC in Estacada, Oregon. Students and staff evacuated safely ahead of the fire, and most of the core facilities survived but damage was significant. Some staff lost their homes, the campus was without water, power,…
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Disaster Recovery
When natural or human-caused disasters occur on national forests and grasslands, the devastation can have long-term effects on the land and nearby communities. Repairing the damage, like repairing a house after a hurricane, can be costly and long-term.The Forest Service uses available funding, supplemental funding and emergency authorities to respond to immediate or long-term disaster recovery on…
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Water is life
The Rio Fernando Collaborative has partnered with Taos County and the Forest Service to reduce wildfire risk and improve water availability in the Taos, New Mexico region. From left to right – Wayne Rutherford, Joe Fernandez, MaryAnn Fernandez, Vicente Fernandez, Ed Bell, Patricia Martinez Rutherford and Michael Lujan. (USDA/Forest Service photo by…