After destructive wildfires tear through the Boise National Forest, timber recovery helps ensure public safety while restoring the landscape, offsetting costs and supporting local jobs. See how this critical work is carried out with specialized machinery built for he task.
(USDA Forest Service video by Michael McCool)
Fire behavior modeling datasets provide the foundation for calculating risk across landscapes. The Rocky Mountain Research Station produces national datasets like this map of burn probability that can be used in the RiskMonitor process.
Students from Greenville Elementary participate in an ecotherapy field trip, near Round Valley Reservoir, California, April 25. Blake Ellis, a program manager for the Chico State Ecotherapy Program ecotherapy program guided the students to experience nature and explore their senses. (USDA Forest Service photo by Andrew Avitt)