The USDA Forest Service Upper Peninsula Fire and Aviation Management Unit is preparing for prescribed fire operations on the Hiawatha and Ottawa National Forests. The wildfire prevention technique ...

Experts say forest fires tend to follow a cycle, with the frequency and intensity fluctuations depending on fuel availability ...

Understanding how to foster recovery is critical to restoration efforts as climate change intensifies the frequency and severity of forest ... years after a fire affects tree regeneration.

Spring burning offers the opportunity to take advantage of snowdrifts and high ground moistures which help to limit fire ...

After the great catastrophic fire of 2023, most people thought that the Black vulture would leave Dadia - Data presented to ...

The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the understorey due to a lack of light. One reason for this is the absence of ...

They also help to re-establish fire’s positive role in local ecosystems, increase native plant regeneration, and improve wildlife habitat and forest health. The USDA Forest Service says during ...

GLADSTONE, MI— The USDA Forest Service Upper Peninsula Fire and Aviation Management Unit is preparing for prescribed fires in the Hiawatha and Ottawa National Forests. The operations include 7,042 ...

As a result, forest stands have opened up significantly. This could, on the one hand, promote the natural regeneration of light-demanding species such as pedunculate oak. On the other hand ...

Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir forest burned in the 1994 Idaho City Complex Fire on the Boise National Forest in Idaho, and little regeneration has occurred since. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection recently announced plans to start a prescribed burn process at six locations across Connecticut this spring.