by FSEEE | Jul 14, 2026 | Briefly, Fire Truth, FSEEE in the News, Science Notes
CQ Researcher just published a report titled “Wildfire Management: Are new strategies needed as fire risks grow?” that takes a wide-angle look at how Canada and the U.S. are (and aren’t) adapting their wildfire strategies as fire seasons grow longer,...
by FSEEE | Jun 23, 2026 | Dispatch, Fire Truth, Science Notes
Among members of the Karuk Tribe, whose ancestral lands encompass present-day Happy Camp (Athithúfvuunupma), California, fire is recognized not as an enemy but as one of the oldest teachers. For thousands of years, the Karuk have used low-intensity cultural burning to...
by Guest Author | Jun 4, 2023 | Fire Truth, Guest Column, Science Notes
by Andy Kerr As public lands conservationists continue their fight to save the last of the mature and old-growth forests for the benefit of this and future generations, we must not forget the preforests. In 1988, fires in Yellowstone National Park caused the media to...
by FSEEE | Sep 20, 2020 | Fire Truth, In the News, Science Notes
By Guest Columnist Tom Spies in The Oregonian — Spies is an emeritus scientist with the USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station. He lives in Corvallis. The devastating wildfires in western Oregon have caused tragic losses of life, homes and forests....
by FSEEE | May 21, 2019 | Science Notes
For the past several years, the managers of a reservoir in Oregon have let all of the water out for a week or so, so that the stream that feeds it flows freely. The result? A boost for native salmon and the elimination of invasive, warm-water species of fish. Those...
