It would appropriate $300M annually for the federal land management agencies’ prescribed fire programs. But are there other ways to reduce fire risk?
Continue readingResearch finds the greatest barrier to conducting prescribed fires is lack of capacity and funding
Air quality is often thought to be a key barrier
Continue readingWildfire burns structures and closes I-10 south of Milton, Florida
Started from an escaped prescribed fire on May 4
Continue readingForest Service reverses course on prescribed fires
Postponed on all forests in March, then allowed Region by Region in April
Continue readingPark Service conducts prescribed fire at Mount Rushmore
One firefighter said it was to prepare for the July 3 fireworks show
Continue readingResearchers say thinning forests or prescribed fire before drought reduced tree loss
Treated areas had 15 percent less mortality
Continue readingReport reveals actions taken after fatal helicopter crash on prescribed fire
One person was killed during aerial ignition operations in Texas March 27, 2019
Continue readingBLM conducts 1,123-acre prescribed fire northeast of Billings, MT
Bureau of Land Management firefighters conducted the 1,123-acre Kendall Coulee South prescribed fire northeast of Billings, MT on April 20, 2020.
The BLM uploaded the video below, April 22, 2020: “Safely and successfully conducting a prescribed fire requires a great deal of planning and coordination. Addressing the additional health concerns we currently face adds to that challenge. The BLM Montana/Dakotas has developed an approach that is allowing firefighters to continue this important work.”
Not all federal agencies have postponed prescribed fires
The U.S. Forest Service cancelled or postponed all new ignitions on prescribed fires last month, but the Bureau of Land Management announced on April 7 that they conducted a prescribed fire in southern California:
BLM fire crews remain hard at work to prepare for this year’s fire season. Today, a crew from the BLM Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office conducted prescribed burns at the Dos Palmas Preserve near the North Shore of the Salton Sea.
These three photos were posted with the text on Facebook.
Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region postpones all prescribed fires
Safely fighting a wildfire during the pandemic this year and possibly next, is going to be extremely difficult
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