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For over a century, Forest Service Research and Development has built the foundation for what we know about forests and fires across the country. Agency
researchers help managers restore resilient and fire-adapted conditions following burns.
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USDA Forest Service/Kas Dumroese
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The agency's target
plant concept ensures managers plant the right trees, in the right place, at the right time after disturbances. It helps managers consider the connections among seed sources, seedling characteristics, nursery practices, and post-planting growth and survival
to foster the next generation of trees while prudently using funds and resources.
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Fire refugia—areas where fires typically burn less frequently or less severely than their surroundings—aid future forests as they establish post-disturbance. Agency researchers help managers
identify these areas and prioritize them for fuels reduction work, allowing refugia to persist.
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Agency scientists and partners in the Pacific Northwest are monitoring
effects of passive and active forest management after stand-replacing wildfires. Their research will inform post-fire management, including restoration treatments, reforestation and fuels management strategies, and desired
future condition planning.
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Research on timber harvesting and water supplies in the Piedmont region of North Carolina
examines how fire intensity and severity, forest management, soil type, and other factors may interact with a century’s worth of erosion-caused sediment to affect water quantity and quality.
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USDA Forest Service/Jeanne Chambers, Jerry Miller
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Ash and burned soil from severe fires can spill into rivers, sullying normally crystal-clear waters and impairing water quality, aquatic habitat, and ecosystem resilience. Agency research suggests that
planting in riparian areas and along stream corridors can increase nutrient retention, preserving water quality and benefiting ecosystems as a whole.
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The Climate
Smart Restoration Tool helps land managers match seeds with geographic areas—“seed zones”—under current and projected environmental conditions.
The
Southern Rockies Reforestation Tool helps managers successfully plant ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir seedlings after wildfire.
By monitoring short and long-term efforts to restore watersheds, agency scientists
developed a field guide for mapping post-fire soil burn severity.
Managers can use
FIRE-BIRD, a tool that maps suitable wildlife habitat, to design postfire salvage logging and forest management plans that coexist with areas where wildlife are recuperating.
The
Fire Effects Information System reports how fire impacts species and ecosystems, informing how managers plan for fire and fuels management and environmental analyses.
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Read
on to learn more about how agency scientists support managers after fires.
And stay tuned for the next edition of our Science for Wildfire and Safety series covering AI uses in fire management.
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