DWRF COLLABORATIVE

Additionally, DWRF works to foster a network of professionals and residents in order to better prepare for, respond to, and recover from severe wildfire, post-fire effects, and other disturbances... To help conserve these forests into the future, DWRF partners work together to remove excess trees and replicate historic forest patterns that were largely maintained by wildfire. Ecologically-focused management approaches to achieve these goals include mechanical treatments (cutting trees) and prescribed fire. Strategic fuel breaks, or strips of land where vegetation has been modified to slow or control a fire, help reduce the risk of fire spreading off forests and into neighborhoods. Communities and homeowners reduce their risk by clearing evacuation routes, creating defensible space, and fire-hardening homes. These actions not only help conserve forests, but also protect lives and infrastructure and support the local recreation and wood products economy... Forests operate on long time..

Primary location: Cortez United States