complications of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and an injunction related to the Mexican Spotted Owl all restricted the Forest Service's ability to conduct prescribed burns in the years prior to spring 2022.
Prescribed fireFire effects monitoringEcosystem restorationUnited States Forest ServiceNational Forests and Grasslands in TexasThe National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT) adopted a standardized methodology to collect vegetation data in regards to both short-term and long-term effects of their ...
(Missoula Current) The Forest Service is proposing a logging and prescribed-burn project under emergency authorization near the mouth of Rock Creek. On Monday, the Lolo National Forest releasedits proposalfor the Tyler’s Kitchen Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Project covering 33,400 acres southea...
Logging and prescribed burns can diminish the damage and progress of normal forest fires that pop up during more normal conditions. However, those are also the kind of fires that firefighters are very effective at controlling, so they’re not as much of a threat, said retired U.S. Forest ...
Completed three prescribed burns for 5,800 acres in areas with concentrations of previously treated fuels. Bureau of Indian Affairs partnered with the Forest Service to assist with thinning in future prescribed fire areas. These prioritized treatment areas have levels of shrub encroachment that negativel...
And if you have any questions about visiting the Wayne National Forest, reach out to our front desk at (740) 753-0101, and a friendly Forest Service employee will help you out! The Wayne National Forest is a highly fragmented national forest with many miles of roads crisscrossing it. Not...
This range of fire intensity can provide general guidance for conducting prescribed burns or for considering naturally ignited fires for resource objectives (North et al. 2021). Conclusion Climate change is expected to cause major shifts in vegetation dynamics and disturbance regimes across forested ...
Under specific favorable conditions, highly trained Forest Preserves staff members, private contractors, partners and volunteers conduct prescribed burns across hundreds of acres of land each spring and fall. The numerous benefits of prescribed burning make it one of the most efficient management tools ...
Prescribed burns were conducted at the Ramer Tower study area in 2001, and at both the Ramer Tower study area and the Ranger Camp study area in 2002. These sites lie approximately 20 miles apart and contain sets of individual units roughly 25 ha each. In addition to longleaf pine, the ...
(Missoula Current) The Lolo National Forest is moving forward with logging and prescribed burns in the Petty Creek drainage, although public comment prompted some parts of the project to be reduced. On Wednesday, Lolo National Forest Supervisor Carolyn Upton issued her final decision on the Sawmill...