Nov 14, 2024 · USDA Forest Service announces additional landscapes to address wildfire risk to infrastructure and communities. Forest Focus is a program about the National Forests in California, featuring specialists that work for the U.S. Forest Service and others who provide viewpoints on Forest Service issues.

Jan 15, 2025 · Forest Service funds Arrowhead Ridge conserving forest ecosystem, public access. Allocation from Forest Legacy Program helps protect additional 94 acres of southern Sierran montane, mixed-coniferous forest, wildlife habitat and …

Jan 13, 2025 · For example, off-highway driving sometimes impacts important plant habitats. So, partners like the California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division and Southern California Mountains Foundation work with the Forest Service to include milkweed in planting projects. But in moderation.

Dec 12, 2024 · Established in 1933, the San Dimas Experimental Forest is the only such forest in southern California. It covers 6,945 ha in the front range of the San Gabriel Mountains, located about 50 km northeast of Los Angeles.

Jan 8, 2025 · Follow continuing coverage of the wildfires in Southern California. The wildfires burning in and around Los Angeles have razed neighborhoods, killed at least 29 people and forced desperate ...

Mar 25, 2023 · Because of its location in southern California, at the heart of these natural resource problems, PSW at Riverside provides unique opportunities to study a variety of related topics that have local, national, and international importance.

Jan 28, 2025 · Forestlands can include a variety of types of landscapes. As shown in the Figure, close to 60 percent (nearly 19 million acres) of forestlands in California are owned by the federal government, including by the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of …

November 13, 2024 – Two of this year’s larger fires in Southern California, the Line Fire and the Bridge Fire, demonstrated how fuels treatments protect communities and natural landscapes. The Line Fire was fueled by high winds and steep terrain …

Jan 30, 2025 · The most recent update from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said that firefighters are on the scene working toward 100 percent containment.

The Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has activated eight Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with MAFFS to assist with battling wildfires in Southern California. Two aircraft from the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing, are operating out of Channel Islands Air National Guard Station in support of fire suppression efforts.