What started as a podcast produced by the Northern Research Station focusing on forest research within the Northeast and Midwest has now expanded to cover a wide range of topics from across the USDA Forest Service Research and Development branch. In each episode you'll hear stories, interviews, and special in-depth anthologies of the research that is studying, questioning, and solving some of today's most compelling issues. Visit the Forestcast website.
It is a surprise for many to learn that 70-percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives live off reservation in urban…
Fire shapes landscapes and lives, but how do humans shape fire? By measuring wildfire ignition, mitigation, and recovery, as…
Fire shapes landscapes and lives, but how do humans shape fire? By measuring wildfire ignition, mitigation, and recovery, as…
Fire affects forests above and belowground. Travel along on a multiscale journey from forest-wide influences to molecular-…
From whipping winds that fan flames to swirling smoke that obscures visibility, fire weather is a complex phenomenon. In…
Controlled burns—also called prescribed fire—play a vital role in creating healthy landscapes that better survive natural…
Indigenous tribes gained their unique understanding of fire, and the role of fire on the landscape, long before European…
Fire is a form all of its own, but a simple way to understand fire is as a swarm. A swarm of bees. Or starlings. Or…