Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes
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A map of high-risk firesheds and the 21 Wildfire Crisis Strategy landscapes outlined in black. (USDA Forest Service graphic)
In January 2022, the Forest Service launched the Wildfire Crisis Strategy. This strategy aims to create safer and more fire-resilient…
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Planting the Shade You’ll Never Feel
Editor’s note: The USDA Forest Service’s 10-year strategy to confront the wildfire crisis and improve forest resilience isn’t just about mitigating wildfire, it’s also about post fire restoration. Together we work with our partners to reforest areas impacted by wildfire.“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” Greek Proverb…
#Reforestation, #Wildfire, #ForestHealthProtection, #ConfrontingTheWildfireCrisis, #SharedStewardship
The Forest Service has a vision; the Stanislaus National Forest has a Plan
Editor’s note: The USDA Forest Service recently announced a 10-year strategy to confront the wildfire crisis and improve forest resilience. The agency will work with partners over the next decade to treat up to an additional 20 million acres on National Forest System lands and up to an additional 30 million acres of other Federal, State, Tribal, and private lands. This article highlights how…
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Science says thinned forests are healthy forests
Overgrown forests are one of the key contributing factors to the current wildfire crisis in the West. The new Forest Service strategy on Confronting the Wildfire Crisis outlines the agency’s plan for increasing fuels and forest health treatments to create healthier forests and reduce the risk to communities…
#Wildfire, #Science, healthy forests, thinning
Planting new hope in the Umpqua River basin
A sugar pine seedling grows within the Archie Creek Fire scar. Seedlings are planted in the early spring so they are not damaged by hot and dry summer weather. Forest Service photo by Adrienne Barcas
Editor’s note: The USDA Forest Service recently announced a 10-year strategy to confront the…
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Reducing Wildfires through Better Utility Pole Inspections
Electrical utility pole failure is one of the leading causes of wildfires nationwide. The sheer number of poles involved makes regular inspections challenging – but the Forest Products Lab is finding new ways to carry out pole inspections quickly and easily. (Forest Service photo)
They can pop up almost…