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Nebraska Northwest Landscape Restoration by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:11 PM: USFS, NRCS, and partners have conducted prescribed burns or mechanically removed cedar on approximately 40,000 acres in the Sandhills grasslands.

Central Sierra Recovery and Restoration by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:11 PM: Treatments to more than 3,100 acres helped create a defensible space for fire fighters to protect four communities during the 2018 Ferguson Fire. This Joint Chiefs’ project helped in reducing fuel loads and removing hazard trees in the wildland urban interface. These practices are critical in reducing the threat of catastrophic wildfire to local communities and sensitive habitats.

Connecting Fuels Treatments in the Salish Mountains and Whitefish Range by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:11 PM: This landscape-scale fuels reduction project targets connecting 25 miles of cross boundary fuel reduction treatments within the rapidly expanding wildland urban interface (WUI) and communities at risk of catastrophic wildfire near the Salish Mountains west of Kalispell and north to the Whitefish Range.

Southern Front Range Watershed by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:11 PM: The Southern Front Range (SFR-JCLRP) project will treat vegetation in the project area within Pueblo, Custer, Huerfano, and Las Animas counties. Treatments would be adjacent to or near the towns of Cuchara, Aguilar, Stonewall, Wetmore, Westcliffe, Beulah, and Rye, Colorado.

Bear Creek to Signal Peak by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:11 PM: The Bear Creek to Signal Peak Collaborative Restoration Project area is located north and west of Silver City in southwestern New Mexico.

Wood River Valley Forest Health & Wildfire Resilience by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:11 PM: The Wood River Valley Forest Health and Wildfire Resilience Project will reduce the significant wildfire threat to the main populous corridor in Blaine County, Idaho.

Catalina-Rincon Restoration and Fuels Mitigation by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:11 PM: The Catalina-Rincon Restoration project area consists of 925,450 acres, encompassing the Santa Catalina Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest (CNF). The project area wraps around the northern and eastern sides of the Tucson basin with a population of nearly 1 million.

Scattered Lands Hazardous Fuels by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:11 PM: The Scattered Lands Hazardous Fuels project focuses on 173,942 acres of high-risk forestlands in North Idaho.

Big Flat Community Protection by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:11 PM: The Big Flat Community Protection Project boundary landscape covers approximately 11,388 acres dominated by dense stands of even-aged Douglas-fir and tanoak that present a high hazardous fuels risk for the remote wildland urban interface (WUI) community of Big Flat.

Northern Arizona Habitat Restoration and Wildfire Risk Reduction by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:08 PM: The Northern Arizona Habitat Restoration and Wildfire Risk Reduction Partnership Project would mechanically treat woody species, implement prescribed burning, develop new wildlife watering facilities, and develop education and outreach to improve habitat for large game and grassland obligate species, reduce fire risk to rural communities and Grand Canyon National Park, promote groundwater recharge, and build community understanding of and support for grassland restoration activities.

Santa Rosa-Paradise Restoration by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:08 PM: The Santa Rosa-Paradise landscape is a priority landscape under Nevada Division of Forestry's (NDF) Forest, Range and Watershed Action Plan.

Fire Adapted Bitterroot (FAB) by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:08 PM: Fire Adapted Bitterroot (FAB) seeks to address forest health and wildfire risk in three main areas of Ravalli County in Western Montana. This proposal will actively treat fuels on 1,350 acres on the east side of the valley in year 1 (2022), 3,250 acres in the southern valley in year 2 (2023), and 4,000 acres on the west side of the main valley in year 3 (2024).

Hawaii Island Wildfire Mitigation and Support by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:08 PM: This project makes long-lasting investments to prevent the loss of Hawaii's most intact native forests from fire.

Projects by Web Editor, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:07 PM: This space contains information on projects to increase information sharing within the community of practice working on Wildland Fire and Prescribed Burning.

Appalachian Ecosystem Restoration Initiative by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:07 PM: More than 1,200 acres of red spruce have been planted across its historic range on mine spoils; excluded livestock from 1,500 acres and protected 6,900 feet of streambank; prescribed burns were used to restore a healthy balance of native plants and young forest habitat for wildlife.

Prescribed Fire TREX by Rhishja Cota, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:07 PM: Prescribed fire training exchanges are designed to address the unique landscape needs while keeping community values in mind. These events provide valuable hands-on training opportunities for TREX participants. Prescribed fires, as part of a training exchange, can help communities and landscapes become more fire-adapted, reduce wildfire risk and help build a local workforce.

Projects by Web Editor, last updated: Oct 27, 2022 04:07 PM: This space contains information on projects to increase information sharing within the community of practice working on Wildland Fire and Prescribed Burning.

Henderson Brook Culvert by Web Editor, last updated: Oct 26, 2022 02:08 AM: Henderson Brook Culvert, Maine

Alarka Headwaters habitat connectivity and sediment reduction project by Web Editor, last updated: Oct 25, 2022 09:47 PM: This project is Phase I of a three-phased connectivity and sediment reduction project, with Phases II and III in years two – four involving replacement of two fords with AOP structures, graveled road improvements that reduce sedimentation, and a spruce bog restoration.