From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:The summer of 2013 was drier than normal along the Front Range, so when rain started …
Fire and forethought: Fire effects syntheses are a powerful tool for planning and management across resource fields
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:The Rocky Mountain Research Station’s Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) team …
Burgeoning biomass: Creating efficient and sustainable forest biomass supply chains in the Rockies
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Woody biomass could be used to generate energy in the western U.S. if the utilization …
Living with fire: How social scientists are helping wildland-urban interface communities reduce wildfire risk
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Reducing wildfire risk to lives and property is a critical issue for policy makers, land …
Wildland fire: Nature’s fuel treatment
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Every year wildland fires affect much more acreage in the United States compared to …
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A world in pixels: How new research is helping to predict probability of high-severity fire
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:A new paper by Sean Parks, a research ecologist with the Rocky Mountain Research Station …
Consequences of an endless summer: Untangling the link between summer precipitation and western wildfires
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:U.S. Forest Service scientists suspected another weather factor was being overlooked as a …
Jumpstarting recovery of Wyoming big sagebrush and other native plants out on the range
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Wyoming big sagebrush may not be the most eye-catching plant on the Great Basin’s …