Prescribed fire boosts community safety & forest health
USDA Forest Service’s Michael Moranda uses a drip torch to light an underbrush fire during a prescribed fire operation in the Weaverville Community Forest. (USDA Forest Service photo by Bob Doucette)
On the lower slopes of Jackass Ridge, smoke wafted through an oak woodland canopy, its…
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2025 Joint Fire Memo signing at Yates
On Tuesday, May 20, the USDA Forest Service was honored to host Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum for a joint wildfire briefing and a joint memo on wildfire preparedness signing ceremony, ensuring active coordination between the two departments this fire year.…
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Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: Making a Difference
The third year of the agency's Wildfire Crisis Strategy saw work continue across the 21 landscapes and throughout the nation. This latest publication highlights the accomplishments and challenges as the Forest Service leads the effort to reduce the risks of severe wildfire impacting our country's communities, infrastructure, and natural resources. New and expanded programs, partnerships, and other relationships continue to drive progress forward.
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Job Corps students gain first-hand experience during active fire
ARIZONA — On July 20, 2024, 15 students from the Fred G. Acosta Job Corps Center set out from Tuscon, Ariz., on a field trip to experience incident management on a wildfire with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Their destination was the Black Fire Incident Command Post on the nearby Tonto Basin Ranger District. The Forest Service has an interagency relationship with the…
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National climate assessments help protect communities and forests
Chris Fettig removes a piece of bark from a ponderosa pine to assess bark beetle colonization. (USDA Forest Service photo by Hilary Clark)
CALIFORNIA — Climate change is one of the most consequential threats to our planet. Understanding and sharing the science behind climate change is a primary goal of the…
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Who Is Eligible to Apply and How?
The Hogback Ridge Fuels Crew is clearing tree brush and loading into a chipper to clear land to prevent a catastrophic wildfire from occurring. This is one of many projects nationwide funded by a Community Wildfire Defense Grant in 2023.
How to Apply for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant ProgramApply now for a Community Wildfire Defense Grant. Notices of funding opportunities are…