Understory plant communities account for a high proportion of total biodiversity in western forests, and they are important to monitor due to the role they play in affecting ecological function. In summer 2021, the [...]
Tribal Forestry Student Summit; The Tribal Forestry Student Summit has been postponed to fall 2021. This was in concern for the safety of summit participants and the NAU community. The planning committee also placed [...]
The ERI is exploring the different ways in which wildfires affect Arizona residents through multiple studies associated with wildfires in the Flagstaff area. In 2019, the ERI conducted a survey with the NAU School [...]
Building a Climate Adaptation Strategy with the Forest Service Climate change represents one of the most complex and unique challenges for natural resource management. In the Southwest, climate change contributes to changes we see [...]
In summer 2020, the ERI made substantial adjustments to our usual protocols and procedures to maintain crew safety and health as our first priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. After four weeks of postponement, which [...]
The Forest Operations and Biomass Utilization unit at ERI has had a busy 2020 wrapping up previous projects and getting started on some new ones. Here are some highlights: Economic Development Administration grant. Han [...]
