Science shows that demographics and funding impact wildfire resilience
Damage after the Woolsey Fire in California. Economists recognize that the vulnerable populations who are less able to invest in risk mitigation activities may depend more heavily upon federal disaster assistance to help them recover after wildfire events. (USDA Forest Service photo by Peter…
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Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: Update
This update to the January 2022 strategy document, "Confronting the Wildfire Crisis," examines the progress made during the first year of the strategy. It reports on work accomplished across the 10 initial landscape-scale projects through the funding provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021.
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Wildfire risk to communities
Wildfires know no boundaries.They can easily cross between federal, tribal, state, and private lands, making it crucial for all communities to know their respective wildfire risks and the actions to take to protect themselves and their neighbors. Last year, wildfires burned nearly 400,000 acres of tribal lands, including reservations and other tribal lands, with additional acreage burned on state…
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Confronting the Wildfire Crisis
The Nation faces a wildfire crisis that is increasing in severity due to accumulating fuels, changing climate, and expanding development in wildfire-prone landscapes. As one of the largest stewards of forested land in the United States, the Forest Service has launched a 10-year strategy to confront this crisis and reduce wildfire risk to our country's communities and critical infrastructure.
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Monitoring the giants: Tracking resilience of giant sequoias after wildfires
The tag designates a witness tree, which serves as a survey tool. Using three witness trees to triangulate the center of the plot makes it easier for future crews to find the site for monitoring work. (USDA Forest Service photo by Jamie Hinrichs)
Editor’s Note: The U.S. Department of…
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Discovering dispatch
Interagency dispatchers work behind the scenes and play an indispensable role following an initial report of a wildfire from fire lookout towers or from 911 calls. (Forest Service photo by Zach Behrens)
As wildfires burn across the American west, firefighters from Maine to California respond…