Free access made available to wildfire research collection
Following the devastating bush fires in Australia, Wiley has released a Wildfire Restoration Special Collection, bringing together articles from scientific journals ...
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Bushfires take toll on wildlife research
The recent Australian bushfires have exacted a toll not just on wildlife but on wildlife research. “Some studies have been set back months or years,” writes ...
Bats are resilient to megafires in the West
As burning from lightning-caused wildfires intensifies in the West, researchers were surprised to find that a number of bats are adapting well to the changes. “We ...
How tribes used fire to shape the landscape — and wildlife
California is battling another season of catastrophic wildfires, but before European colonization, the Yurok tribe used quieter, controlled burning to shape the ...
Interior Secretary calls for active forest management
On former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s last day in office, he signed a secretarial order calling for the department to do more to prevent wildfire on its ...
Great gray owls unfazed by California megafire
After California’s Rim Fire burned through Yosemite National Park and Stanislaus National Forest in 2013, managers wondered what impact it had on wildlife in the ...
Forest management legislation encourages thinning and burns
Forest thinning provisions championed by House Republicans did not make it into the final Farm Bill, but Rep. Westerman, R-Ark., made one more attempt to advance ...
Surveying for Survivors
Santa Rosa, California is well known for vineyards, arts and culture. But the locals know that one of the many benefits the city has to offer is outdoor recreation. ...
Best Friends Forever – from The Wildlife Professional
It’s late fall in the high mountains of western North America and the whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) forests are alive with activity. Birds and mammals are ...
BLM conducts emergency roundup of feral horses in Nevada
The Bureau of Land Management has completed an emergency capture of more than 1,000 feral horses in Northern Nevada. Officials said they gathered 1,178 horses and ...