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He was alone. He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life. – James Joyce Now I see the secret of making the best persons. It is to...
The Hungry Horse Ranger District on the Flathead National Forest in Montana recently announced the Moccasin Granite Project to “treat” a...
I frequently read anecdotes and even research suggesting that “active forest management” can successfully slow or stop wildfires. In my...
I attended the University of Montana as an undergraduate back in the 1970s. I had many professors who I felt were exceptional. The common denominator...
The starting assumption about wildfire that dominates public policy is that “fire suppression” has created abnormal “fuel build up” in...
The North Rim of the Grand Canyon forest stands are dominated by ponderosa pine, which tends to have a low-severity/high-frequency fire regime....
Note that the cement wall withstood the Eaton Fire that left many of the wooden homes in Altadina, CA charred. Photo by George Wuerthner Increasingly,...
A new study published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management “Significant mortality of old trees across a dry forest landscape, Oregon,”...