ERI in the News
Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project ‘excited’ about forest-thinning bids
While it has been six years since voters approved a $10 million bond for forest thinning activities, there is still plenty of hard work ahead for the Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project and its partners... Read More
Science In The Park Gallery
Hundreds gathered in Wheeler Park Saturday afternoon to perform various experiments and expand their knowledge of science during the Science in the Park event, the kickoff event for the Festival of Science... Read More
Proposal in Farm Bill could boost funding for 4FRI
WHITE MOUNTAINS — The U.S. House and the Senate recently passed versions of the Farm Bill which includes an extension and expansion of the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP). They are currently working on reconciling the two bills... Read More
How NAU Is Leading The Way In Research & Innovation
From forestry to infectious diseases NAU is at the forefront of research and innovation around the world. Read More
The Cost Of Fire Prevention
As California faces another wildfire season with record-setting acreage being burned in the Mendocino blaze, Arizona’s season has been relatively tame so far, with an estimated 125,000 acres burned — compared to nearly 450,000 acres at this same stage in 2017... Read More
Arizona’s forests are being ravaged by climate change. How much can we save?
Arizona didn’t always burn this way. In the 1970s, when Wally Covington began studying the world’s largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest outside his Flagstaff window at Northern Arizona University, people thought about forests and fire on a different scale... Read More
In Flagstaff, restoring forests to prevent fire and disaster
FLAGSTAFF — Wally Covington turns off the main highway into a neighborhood on the eastern side of the San Francisco Peaks. Farther up the slopes, the charred skeletons of trees and cracked earth mark the outlines of the 2010 Schultz Fire.... Read More
‘We’ve lost the mountain’: Arizona tries to save the forests that can be saved
Devastating wildfires and climate change are wreaking havoc on Arizona forests. Experts, officials and residents discuss potential solutions... Read More