The new Wildfire Risk to Communities website—developed by the USDA Forest Service in partnership with Headwaters Economics and …
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FIRE-BIRD: Habitat suitability model application tools for disturbance-associated woodpeckers
FIRE-BIRD is an ArcGIS spatial tool for applying habitat suitability models to generate maps that inform forest management …
Of Woodpeckers and Harvests: Finding Compatibility Between Habitat and Salvage Logging
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Vicki Saab, a research wildlife biologist with the Rocky Mountain Station, has spent over …
Wildfire triage: Targeting mitigation based on social, economic, and ecological values
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Evaluating the risks of wildfire relative to the valuable resources found in any managed …
Seeing red: New tools for mapping and understanding fire severity
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Large, severe fires are ecologically and socially important because they have lasting …
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Protecting the source: Tools to evaluate fuel treatment cost vs. water quality protection
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:High-intensity wildfires are one of the leading causes of severe soil erosion in western …
Painting a picture across the landscape with ModelMap
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Scientists and statisticians working for the Rocky Mountain Research Station have created …
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Where’s the beef? Predicting the effects of climate change on cattle production in western U.S. rangelands
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Matt Reeves, a research economist with the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, along …