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April 18, 2024
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December 21, 2023
Prescribed burning, restoration thinning, or a combination of both are effective at reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire in California.
December 13, 2023
<p>A 20-year experiment in the Sierra Nevada confirms that different forest management techniques &mdash; prescribed burning, restoration thinning or a combination of both &mdash; 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...
October 30, 2023
The University of New Mexico Department of Geography and Environmental Studies will host its 2023 Murphy Lecture, featuring a talk from Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux, Ph.D., Friday, Nov. 17 from 3 to 4 p.m. in Mitchell Hall 122. Dupigny-Giroux, a...
September 5, 2023
The new online tool, released in its beta version this week, seeks to promote more collaboration across agencies on larger wildfire prevention projects.
September 3, 2023
The new online tool, released in its beta version this week, seeks to promote more collaboration across agencies on larger wildfire prevention projects.
December 27, 2022
Fire season 2022 surpassed the 10-year average for number of fires and acres burned. Experts say climate change is making things worse.
December 26, 2022
Fire season 2022 surpassed the 10-year average for number of fires and acres burned. Experts say climate change is making things worse.
December 24, 2022
Fire season 2022 surpassed the 10-year average for number of fires and acres burned. Experts say climate change is making things worse.
March 12, 2021
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency at a recent meeting discussed greenhouse gas emissions in the basin and steps that are underway to reduce greenhouse gases in the lake. Along with the Sierra Business Council and Spatial Informatics Group, results from a greenhouse gas emission inventory were revealed, showing a 38.66% reduction in emissions from 2005 to 2018. The study showed a decline in in emissions from 1,297,446 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent to 795,793 metric tons. A carbon dio...