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Yellowstone National Park at an increased risk of wildfires due to standing dead trees, warn researchers
Forest Ecology researchers at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, assessed the park's vulnerability to wildfires due to standing dead trees, which pose an increased threat of blazes.
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Los Padres Forest has multiple burns of cleared brush and dead trees planned for Wednesday
The Los Padres National Forest and the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District announced a series of planned ...
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Beyond the burn: Harvesting dead wood to reduce wildfires and store carbon
Forest managers use tools like prescribed burns, thinning, mastication, and piling and burning to reduce fuel -- live and dead trees, needles and leaves, and downed branches -- that can feed ...
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Proposal to remove trees in Forest Park draws concern
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Hundreds of trees in Portland's Forest Park could soon be removed. This is part of a five-phase project by PGE to upgrade and expand transmission lines. The first phase ...
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Climate change increases tree mortality risk in urban boreal forests, study finds
The researchers used aerial image data spanning 16 years, from 2005 to 2021, to visually identify dead trees without ... Helsinki Central Park is a timely one: "Recent years have seen an increase in ...
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Climate change increases the risk of tree mortality in urban boreal forests
The issue of tree mortality occurring in the Helsinki Central Park ... dead longer than spruces, which makes them more visible in aerial images," says Samuli Junttila, Associate Professor in ...