Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program
Marc Estrada a Forest Service wildland firefighter with Palomar Fire Station during a prescribed fire. (USDA Forest Service photo by Andrew Avitt)
The Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program enables national forests, in collaboration with tribes, communities, and partners, to reduce…
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Moose Fire Complex narrative report
WASHINGTON, DC—On July 21, 2022, a contracted wildland fire helicopter, a Boeing CH-47D, crashed into the Salmon River on Salmon-Challis National Forest. The helicopter pilots were engaged in suppression efforts on the Moose Fire 20 air miles northwest of Salmon, Idaho. Sadly, both pilots…
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Employee Perspective: Saving the Klamath—A firsthand account of the Antelope Fire and its aftermath
Rachel Smith, forest supervisor, Klamath National Forest and Butte Valley National Grasslands. USDA Forest Service photo.
There are many individual moments that I will remember from the Antelope Fire.
It was 97 degrees at 10 p.m. on the night Six Shooter Pass burned in 2021. The battered old Forest…
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National Prescribed Fire Resource Mobilization Strategy
This strategy details how the Forest Service can increase the scale of using prescribed fire. By using established knowledge and practices for wildland fire suppression, the agency will create regional teams to coordinate landscape-scale prescribed fires. Prescribed fire is a critical tool in efforts to reduce wildfire risk and the harm it can cause to people, infrastructure, and natural resources.
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Pagami Creek Fire lessons learned: Fire's role on landscape
Kyle Stover, Superior National Forest silviculturist, discusses multi-agency reforestation efforts with the Forest Service and The Nature Conservancy at the Jackpot ATV Trailhead in the Greenwood Fire area. USDA Forest Service photo.
MINNESOTA—Pagami Creek remains Minnesota’s largest…
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Communication excellence: Washington Office receives award for Confronting the Wildfire Crisis
Office of Communication accepted first place in the Print Piece or Collection category of the National Association of Government Communicators Blue Pencil and Gold Screen Awards for its Confronting the Wildfire Crisis Strategy publication. USDA Forest Service publication.
WASHINGTON, DC—On April 19, the…