A new study from Northern Arizona University looks at the long-term effects of restoring a forest with mechanical thinning and prescribed burns. The news is good: treated forests are healthier and more resistant to [...]
The Tussock and Spur fires have served as reminders that Arizona still has a ways to go when it comes to fire prevention. These are events that have displaced multiple families in just the [...]
Dr. Amy Waltz with NAU talks about Arizona's upcoming wildfire season. Dr. Waltz interview starts at 14:37 Read More
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - It's shaping up to be another wicked wildfire season. These fires don't only devastate plants and animals, they can also damage homes, buildings, and even threaten the Valley's water supply. Read [...]
After Flagstaff saw its driest year on record in 2020, this year could be a stressful one for forests across northern Arizona. That’s according to Andrew Sanchez Meador, executive director of the Ecological Restoration [...]
Forest thinning across northern Arizona is generating tons of small diameter wood and slash. Those byproducts have a limited sales market, so last year a team of researchers at Northern Arizona University began a [...]
It's no surprise in an already polarized country that debate over what's causing the wildfires ravaging the West Coast would get partisan, especially with this being an election year. Visiting California this week, President [...]
Visitors to Andrew Sánchez Meador’s office inside the Southwest Forest Science Complex can immediately see how he relates to his students—engaging, innovative, playful. He adorns his door with dozens of cartoons and graphs that [...]
We talked with Jonathan Martin, the first director of the new Native American Forest and Rangeland Management Program (NAFRMP) within the Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI). He sees the NAFRMP as a continuation of NAU’s [...]
Arizona had a busy fire season this summer. Now, with many of the fires out, communities are beginning to look at their wildfire risk. And many are at a high risk — last year, [...]
