What the agency finds at this one-year mark informs its post-fire restoration efforts, including how many trees foresters are required to plant to replace ones that died due to the fire.

“Trees continue to die over time and sometimes at high magnitudes,” said Busby. “So, if you actually look further out in time, there’s less and less seed source available.” The problem, Busby said, is ...

A year after a wildfire, the U.S. Forest Service assesses the damage to figure out how many trees need to be planted to restore the forest. But research shows that much more time is needed to ...

This means they are likely overestimating the number of surviving trees and the quantity of seeds they provide. According to Holz, this suggests the U.S. Forest Service is likely underestimating ...

One year after a wildfire burns in a forest, the U.S. Forest Service assesses the damage. What the agency finds at this one-year mark informs its post-fire restoration efforts, including how many ...

A year after a wildfire, the U.S. Forest Service assesses the damage to figure out how many trees need to be planted to restore the forest. But research shows that much more time is needed to ...

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Originally published Sept. 12 on IdahoCapitalSun.com. One year after a wildfire burns in a forest, the U.S. Forest Service assesses the damage.

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