Webinar series: Fire science you can use
The Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station is pleased to announce the second webinar series in its 2026 lineup: Fire Science You Can Use. This series includes five webinar events that will explore science and decision support tools for safe wildfire operations, fuels management and pre-fire planning, and navigating trade-offs…
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Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest opens up new paths for high school students
A group of students learn first hand about the effects of climate change on the Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest. (USDA Forest Service photo by Lyndsay Saunders)
ARIZONA — Jackson Leonard, scientist-in-charge of Rocky Mountain Research Station’s Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest, located…
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Collaboration gets the waters flowing
The South Platte River flows freely following the recent removal of an obsolete dam near Lake George, Colorado. Researchers from the Rocky Mountain Research Station, the Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, and the University of Colorado Boulder visited the…
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Wildlife and Fire: From Borders to Biota, Monitoring at Multiple Scales
COLORADO—The USDA Forest Service, Southwest Fire Science Consortium, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, and partners hosted a two-day workshop on the intersection of wildlife and fire. Based on the needs identified in the workshop, this collaborative group is hosting a year-long series of…
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Heighten your situational awareness with WildfireSAFE
Be Prepared with the WildfireSAFE App.COLORADO – As Matt Jolly explains the WildfireSAFE mobile app during a webinar, you can hear his email pinging in the background—slowly at first, but soon increasing to a rapid-fire pace. “Oh,” he chuckles. “People are registering for the app in real time, and I get an email every time they do.”The symphony of pings attests to the attractive…
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Rapid assessment protocol offers insights into managing riparian ecosystems
COLORADO—Great Basin watersheds are home to many unique riparian and meadow ecosystems. The vegetation and processes of these ecosystems vary wildly, challenging managers to determine appropriate management strategies after disturbances. A recently developed rapid assessment protocol offers a guide, which will be discussed in the…