MinuteEarth
How Fighting Wildfires Makes Them Worse
Today's wildfires burn, on average, twice the amount of land they did in 1970. The reason? We've been working too hard to put them out. Want to learn more about the topic in this week's video? Here's a keyword/phrase to get your googling...
MinuteEarth
Unintended Consequences | MinuteEarth Explains
In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we learn that for pretty much every action we humans take, there’s an unintended consequence we didn’t see coming.
MinuteEarth
How Fighting Wildfires Makes Them Worse
Today's wildfires burn, on average, twice the amount of land they did in 1970. The reason? We've been working too hard to put them out. Want to learn more about the topic in this week's video? Here's a keyword/phrase to get your googling...
MinuteEarth
How Firestorms Form
Today's wildfires burn, on average, twice the amount of land they did in 1970. The reason? We've been working too hard to put them out.
Bozeman Science
Forestry and Rangelands
In this video Paul Andersen explains how forests and rangelands are managed to provide renewable lumber and cattle. Threats to renewability of forests include old-growth logging, forest fires, and tree plantations. Threats to renewable...
Curated Video
Why So Much Land In The West Is Owned By The Federal Government
The United States federal government is the largest land owner in the entire country. In particular, most of its current land holdings exist within the western half of the contiguous United States, with very little in the eastern half....
The Guardian
The Apache war against copper mining: 'this is an act of desecration'
Chí’chil Biłdagoteel - otherwise known as Oak Flat, Arizona – is regarded as sacred ancestral land by the Apache people. With the territory at risk of being sold for copper mining to a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, resident Wendsler Nosie has...
NPR
Wind Power on Forest Land
The very first commercial wind project on U.S. Forest Service land will locate 15 turbines on government land in southern Vermont by the end of 2017. This project sets a precedent since it's the first agreement in the country between...
National Parks Service
Ackerson Meadow Public Webinar Recording - August 5, 2020
Park staff and planners hosted an online webinar on August 5, 2020 in order to share information about the Ackerson Meadow Restoration Project and provide an opportunity for the public to ask questions.
TMW Media
Your drinking water probably comes from here!
This program explores various fishing opportunities where kids can catch their first fish both in the inner cities of Pennsylvania and in the remote National forests of Michigan. You will find out how kids can create a clear path to...
NASA
Satellites Aid Active Fire Response
Front-line responders do the heavy lifting when it comes to fighting and managing wildfires, but they’re often helped by the view from higher up. Each year, a coordinated effort from US Forest Service aircraft teams and satellite teams...
US Department of Agriculture
Hopi-Kaibab National Forest Springs Restoration Project
This video documents ongoing partnership between the Kaibab National Forest and the Hopi Tribe to conduct restoration treatments on natural springs while outreaching and training Hopi youth. Through this partnership, Hopi tribal elders...
Curated Video
Logging on public lands increases despite President Biden's forest protection efforts
As logging increases in old-growth forests, there is concern among scientists and conservation groups that the Biden Administration isn't doing enough to preserve public land. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
Oregon wildfire creates own weather as fires across Northwest burn
An imposing column of gray cloud shoots into the sky from the Durkee fire — a wildfire that is around 244,000 acres burning in eastern Oregon. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
There aren't enough wildland firefighters to meet the growing need, many think a pay raise would help
A group is working to convince lawmakers to vote for legislation like the Wildland Firefighter Pay Protection Act, which would make pay increases permanent. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
US Forest Service firefighters ramp up readiness for wildfire season
The agency’s new strategy is also aimed at better protecting first responders from physical dangers.
Getty Images
Bridal Veil Falls Zoom Out to Yosemite Valley
Bridal Veil Falls Zoom Out to Yosemite Valley