blog post California’s 2022 Fire Season: “A Remarkably Different Year” By Sarah Bardeen Dec 12, 2022 Dec 12, 2022 ... This promotion of prescribed burning is a remarkable change that's happened during my career. CalFire is still pushing for more controlled burns ...
blog post How Active Stewardship Could Protect California’s Forests from Extreme Wildfire By Sarah Bardeen Jun 6, 2022 Jun 6, 2022 ... We're in a crisis, and we know exactly what to do: research shows us that restoration treatments—including prescribed fire and thinning forests ...
blog post Managing Family Forests Is Key to Managing Wildfire By Annabelle Rosser, Henry McCann Sep 8, 2021 Sep 8, 2021 ... In the Upper Cosumnes watershed—where the Caldor Fire currently rages—nearly ... efforts like mechanical thinning and prescribed burning.
blog post How Wood Products Could Lower the Cost of Forest Management By Henry McCann, Van Butsic Jul 12, 2021 Jul 12, 2021 ... ... with mechanical thinning and prescribed burning each year. The agreement aims to reduce the risk of wildfire and improve forest health, ...
blog post Will Drought Fan the Flames this Fire Season? By Lori Pottinger, Sarah Bardeen Jun 1, 2021 Jun 1, 2021 ... We've done very little prescribed burning in this state, and especially in the coastal mountains. The fires in the coastal area last year ...
blog post Video: Preparing for the Next Wildfire Season By Mary Severance May 27, 2021 May 27, 2021 ... “Prescribed fire is a natural part of California's ecology; tribes managed California with ecological fire for millennia,” said Jessica ...
blog post Video: The Path to Healthy Headwater Forests By Lori Pottinger Feb 16, 2021 Feb 16, 2021 ... ... Sierra forests to improve their resilience to fire and drought. ... as is embracing tribal knowledge of prescribed fire,” she said.
blog post Accounting for a Decade of Headwater Forest Management By Henry McCann, Mingfei Xiong Feb 8, 2021 Feb 8, 2021 ... The prohibition of Indigenous burning, aggressive wildfire suppression, and early ... thinning and prescribed fire—over the next five years.
blog post Paying for Forest Health Projects By Henry McCann Sep 29, 2020 Sep 29, 2020 ... ... to treat 500,000 acres per year with mechanical thinning or prescribed burning by 2025. This represents a doubling of USFS's effort and ...
blog post How California’s Wildfires Are Changing By Henry McCann Sep 21, 2020 Sep 21, 2020 ... Prescribed fire is good for improving resilience of forests and reducing severity of fires. People balk at allowing more smoke from such ...