Scientists have shown how actively managing forests to prevent wildfires can also boost the snowpack, a critical source of hydration in the American west.
A new study reveals how forest management informed by Indigenous practices creates unexpected benefits for drought-prone ...
A recently published scientific study has found that common wildfire reduction strategies in the Southwest – like tree thinning and prescribed burning – are detrimental for some declining bird ...
Snowpack is often described as the West’s largest natural reservoir, storing water through the winter and slowly releasing it into rivers and reservoirs each spring. But new research suggests the way ...
The U.S. House of Representatives voted May 20 to ease bureaucratic obstacles to forest-thinning activities on 20 million acres of the nation’s most fire-prone federal lands. The bill has the backing ...
Forest thinning increases water supplies downstream while reducing wildfire risk, according to a study conducted by Salt River Project and Arizona State University. Land managers and scientists knew ...
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team forest thinning projects are underway in the Lake Tahoe Basin. These projects are expected to continue for the next several weeks with some projects ...
It was a mountain biker on a trail in Bend in 2022 who first spotted the pod of large old Ponderosa pines marked for cutting. The biker alerted local environmental groups, including the Bend office of ...
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team forest thinning projects are underway and scheduled to continue for the next several weeks, conditions and weather permitting. Some projects are ...
The U.S. Forest Service is set to embark on a project to thin and treat 2,800 acres of trees and plant life in northern ...
A recent study highlights how forest thinning significantly influences the ability of forests to store or release carbon. Thinning, the practice of removing some trees to promote the growth of others, ...
Forest thinning found to improve the ‘hydrological resilience’ of forests in addition to preventing wildfires.
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