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FIRE-BIRD: Habitat suitability model application tools for disturbance-associated woodpeckers

FIRE-BIRD is an ArcGIS spatial tool for applying habitat suitability models to generate maps that inform forest management planning. This tool focuses on disturbance-associated woodpecker species of conservation concern. More […]
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Of Woodpeckers and Harvests: Finding Compatibility Between Habitat and Salvage Logging

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station: Vicki Saab, a research wildlife biologist with the Rocky Mountain Station, has spent over two decades studying the habitat niches of disturbance-associated woodpecker species […]
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Post-Fire Native Species Seed Mixes Are Effective at Keeping Out Cheatgrass in the Great Basin

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station: Seeding an area after a fire has long been used to control erosion and suppress problem invasive grasses like cheatgrass. But for managers, choosing […]
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Piñon and Juniper Field Guides

SageSTEP is producing a set of three User’s Guides, one each for sagebrush ecosystems threatened by cheatgrass invasion, pinyon-juniper woodland encroachment, and western juniper encroachment. These guides will contain the […]
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BLM’s Learning Curriculum

These materials address topics related to the programs and mission of the BLM, and are targeted to learners in secondary schools. Each item in the series presents lessons and activities […]
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Firefighter Safety

Perhaps one of the most critical decisions made by firefighters during daily fire management operations is the identification of suitable safety zones. New research is focused on measuring and predicting […]
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Critical New Wildland Firefighter Safety Zone Research

For many years, the Joint Fire Science Program has funded the wildfire safety zone work of Bret Butler who is a research engineer at the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory. Bret developed flat terrain […]
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Working Together to Increase the Pace and Scale of Prescribed Fire: A Case Study

From the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition: All hands approaches that leverage the capacity of federal, state, tribal, and non-governmental partners are essential to increasing the implementation of prescribed fire. […]
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Trinity Integrated Fire Management Partnership: A Case Study

From the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition: Working across public and private boundaries, or on “all lands”, is essential to address the ecological and economic challenges that communities in the […]
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From Ideas to Action: A Guide to Funding and Authorities for Collaborative Restoration

From the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition: This guidebook presents a menu of USDA Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) tools and programs available to implement land stewardship […]
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