Monitoring Forest Health and Implementing Control Measures

Maintaining a healthy forest is important for many reasons – ecosystem integrity, as well as wildlife habitat and recreational benefits. Forest health ... Drought and other climate factors are also increasing wildfire activity in many areas. Why manage fuels? We manage fuels to restore and maintain ecosystems ... Nov 10, 2015 ... ... reducing deforestation, increasing forest cover ... mining, timber) are lacking, there are numerous efforts to reduce deforestation associated ... Nearly 85% of the forests in North Carolina are privately-owned. In other parts of the world, deforestation occurs for many reasons, mainly to clear land for ... Jan 30, 2024 ... Climate resilience involves adapting forest areas to reduce the risk of wildfires occurring, while strengthening their resilience if the worst ... There are several reasons for this. The first is that many thinning projects ... places already impacted by human use—we minimize those negative ecological ... There are tools that land managers can use to decrease the risk of severe ... A video from the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station on the ... Jul 15, 2022 ... ... many species, there is nowhere for species to live. Restoration also ... Promote Ecological Forest Restoration and fuels reduction in fire-adapted ... Dec 4, 2018 ... Reduced Biodiversity. Most of the documented land-based species can be found in forests. When species lose their forest homes, they are often ... Is there such a thing as too many trees? The short answer is yes (for the ... At Bald Mountain in central Idaho, the NFF and our partners are thinning areas of ...