Forest Journalism for a Sustainable Future
FLATHEAD RESERVATION, Montana - Art Trahan picked a huckleberry and popped it into his mouth, surveying the forest around him. To Trahan, a veteran fire technician and firefighter for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire, the … [Continue reading]
FLATHEAD RESERVATION, Montana - The Fire History Project of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes includes interviews with tribal elders who have long memories and many stories to share about the traditional knowledge and use of fire. … [Continue reading]
PINELANDS NATIONAL RESERVE, New Jersey - What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about New Jersey? Probably not forests or wildfire, more likely it's an image of dense cities, or industrial manufacturing and pollution. Our … [Continue reading]
Western wildfires are the headline grabbers, but forests in the eastern United States are also fire-dependent and increasingly at risk because of fire exclusion, according to a researcher at Penn State University. “Many people have been lulled … [Continue reading]
The helicopter circled over a small fire in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, near the border between Idaho and Montana. It was the summer of 2013 and Dave Campbell, the U.S. Forest Service district ranger responsible for the … [Continue reading]