Land managers and scientists knew forest thinning — a technique that clears smaller trees and vegetation to reduce fuel loads in forests — decreases wildfire hazard, but wanted to quantify how ...

Prior to thinning, the Cragin watershed generally held 200 to 600 trees per acre, Barton said, though some acres exceeded 1,000 trees. The Forest Service prescribed thinning to 50 to 100 trees per ...

There has to be a better way.” Chad Julian, wildfire mitigation program specialist for the Colorado State Forest Service, said tree thinning is a common forest management practice in the state.

As destructive as the West's biggest fires are, their flames still reach fewer places than wildfires touched historically.

USU Extension Press Release May is National Wildfire Awareness Month, a time to help raise awareness about the dangers of wildfires and encourage people to take measures to protect themselves, their ...

An overview of the importance of 3D digital forest twins, the utility of different laser (LiDAR) sensors and platforms for ...

Fewer trees, after all, require less water, and thus runoff increases. While forest managers long have viewed increased water yields as a side benefit of forest-thinning operations that have focused ...

In Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California, trees that have persisted through rain and shine for thousands of years are now facing multiple threats triggered by a changing climate.

making it an essential tool for forestry professionals. With its power and agility, the John Deere 1270G optimizes tree thinning, ensuring healthier forests and more productive operations.

Thinning is a method of tending to a forest by removing some trees and leaving others. Sunlight gleams on a subalpine fir stump in Freya Logging’s woodlot a few weeks after the forest was thinned.

Rosslanders should prepare for trail closures, the sound of chainsaw and wood-chippers and smoke coming from multiple parcels ...