TXST researchers look to improve wildfire mitigation collaboration sanmarcosrecord.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sanmarcosrecord.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The North Pole Fire Department will launch its first apprenticeship program this summer for qualifying applicants of graduating high school seniors to cultivate local interest in the profession, according to
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Study finds forests healthier when burned — or thinned mtdemocrat.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mtdemocrat.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p>A 20-year experiment in the Sierra Nevada confirms that different forest management techniques — prescribed burning, restoration thinning or a combination of both — are effective at reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire in California. These treatments also improve forest health, making trees more resilient to stressors like drought and bark beetles, and they do not negatively impact plant or wildlife biodiversity within individual tree stands, the research found.</p>