Biden-Harris Administration Invests Nearly $200M from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Reduce Wildfire Risk to Communities across State, Private and Tribal Lands
US Department of Agriculture | usda.gov | March 20, 2023 Release & Contact InfoPress ReleaseRelease No. 0061.23Contact: USDA PressEmail: press@usda.gov WASHINGTON, March 20, 2023 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is investing $197 million in 100 project proposals benefiting 22 states and seven tribes, as part of the Community Wildfire […]
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Provides Communities Resources to Bolster Resilience to Wildfires in Advance of 2023 Fire Season
U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of the Interior, and other agencies continue government-wide effort to protect communities from the threat of wildfires The White House Press Release | https://www.whitehouse.gov/ | MARCH 20, 2023 Today, Vice President Harris, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and White House Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu announced $197 million in funding […]
USDA to spend $197 million to prepare for wildfires brought on by climate change
Dinah Voyles Pulver | USA TODAY | March 20, 2023 Federal officials announced $197 million in grants on Monday to help more than 100 communities and tribes across the nation become more resilient to wildfire. The number of acres burned by wildfires in the United States has more than doubled over 30 years, said Vice President Kamala Harris, […]
Hotter and drier conditions limit forest recovery from wildfires
Warmer and drier climate conditions in western U.S. forests are making it less likely that trees can regenerate after wildfires, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. MARCH 6, 2023 | phys.org/news/2023-03-hotter-drier-conditions-limit-forest | by The Nature Conservancy, Arizona Importantly, the research also finds that ecologically based forest management can […]
The Canopy | Spring 2023
Thank you for visiting the Communities for Healthy Forests newsletter, “The Canopy”. The October edition features articles “Senator Wyden:Please Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle,” By Lee Paterson and “Thinning and Prescribed Fire are Critical Tools for Wildfire Risk Reduction,” By Mark Buckbee. Happy reading.
Melissa Cribbins named Executive Director of Communities for Healthy Forests
Melissa Cribbins was named Executive Director of Communities for Healthy Forests on Jan. 1, 2023, succeeding former Douglas County (OR) Commissioner, Doug Robertson. In her first conversation in her new role, Cribbins gave us a picture of her approach to leading CHF into the future. Communities for Healthy Forests: So, congratulations on being the next […]
‘This is a crisis’
COEUR d’ALENE – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says it’s not a question of if western forests will burn, “but a matter of where and when.” By BILL BULEY | Hagadone News Network | January 20, 2023 1:00 AM An aerial view of the Scotch Creek Fire last year. The fire was among those combined into the Kootenai […]
With wildfires on rise, study compares techniques for limiting them
With the wildfire season reaching further into autumn and concern growing about the loss of structures, ecosystems and lives, scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are evaluating how to manage landscapes to be more robust against future fire threats. Lillie Hoffart, Biological sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | https://www.thefencepost.com/news | Jan 20, 2023 Nearly 19,000 acres […]
COMMENTARY CRAIG D. ALLEN, MATTHEW HURTEAU AND THOMAS W. SWETNAM
Southwestern forests need active management By Craig D. Allen, Matthew Hurteau and Thomas W. Swetnam | santafenewmexican.com | Dec 3, 2022 As longtime local forest and wildfire scientists who have spent decades developing ecological scienceapplicable to forest management, we paid careful attention to last month’s public listening sessionabout local forest management issues — sponsored by […]
Is removing smaller trees and fuels along the narrow road to protect people and the thousands of acres beyond the project an overreach?
Yosemite’s top official and the National Park Service are being sued by a non-profit over the park’s forest thinning project. Watch what is believed to be controversial from NBC News.