ERI in the News
NAU professor earns grant to measure economic value of forest ecosystems
How much is a tree worth? Julie Mueller is going to find out. Read More
Big Man on Campus heads north to NAU in Flagstaff
To most folks from the Valley, Flagstaff is a nice cool getaway during the summer. However, when the Big Man on Campus looked into NAU, he found some amazing things happening on campus that are getting worldwide attention. Read More
What went wrong?
It began in flames. The Big Burn swept through 3 million acres in the northwest in 1910, consuming whole towns and killing 87 people – most of them firefighters. It ended in flames 80 years later. Read More
Expert: climate change, giant wildfires pose great risk to Arizona’s forests
According to those who study the wildfires that have devastated Arizona, the state remains in an era of catastrophic forest fires. Before forests became so thick with Ponderosa pine, small fires would burn away the brush, which thins out the forests. Now, however, scientists say the size of our... [...]
What’s behind the Kendrick Mountain fire’s $9.4 million price tag?
For much of the month of June, Kendrick Mountain was a beehive of activity as hundreds of firefighters streamed in from across the country to dig fire lines, fly aerial ignition missions, light backburns and protect private property around the Boundary Fire. At its height, nearly 500 people were... [...]
Decades after the Radio Fire, how Mount Elden’s recovery is playing out
The smooth white trunks of what were once towering conifers stand like twisted tombstones at the top of Mount Elden. Standing tall on grass-covered slopes, the trees serve as stark markers of the Radio Fire, a blaze that started from an abandoned campfire, then raced up and over the [...]