Forest Recovery After Wildfires

Aerial views of burn areas depicting reforestation challenges post-wildfire, highlighting dead trees and recovering landscapes against a backdrop of mountains and lakes.

In April, 2010, about six months after the Station Fire, re-growth has yet to appear in some of the burn areas of the in Angeles National Forest.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

In April, 2010, about six months after the Station Fire, re-growth has yet to appear in some of the burn areas of the in Angeles National Forest.

Aerial of Clearcut Logging & Effects Admiralty Island Southeast Alaska Summer

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Coronado National Forest in vicinity of Mount Graham International Observatory, near Safford, Arizona. Secretary Gale Norton toured the Observatory, and discussed forest management issues relevant to the area, affected by the summer's massive Nuttall and Gibson forest fires

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Boise National Forest, Idaho, to meet with Forest Service officials and firefighters, and to observe effects of the summer's Middle Fork Complex and Sheep Trail Fires

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Smoke from a controlled burn in the North Cascade Mountains

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Remains of the forest fire on the outskirts of Yosemite National Park, California, USA, North America

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Old Growth;Owl Habitat. Subjects: Habitat restoration; Forests; ; Aerial photography. . 1998 - 2011.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

38930. Subjects: Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge; KNWR; Recreation; Tourism; Landscapes; Human impacts; Petroleum industries; Wildlife viewing; Tundra; Aerial photography photography. . 1998 - 2011.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Subjects: Villages; Villagess; Wildlife refuges; Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge; Aerial photography photography; Alaska. . 1998 - 2011.

Aftermath of major forest fire in Corsica's National Park (Parc Naturel Regional de Corse), a year on, Aullene, Corsica, France, Europe

logging clearcut in ancient forest north western usa

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

USA California. No Water No Life, California Drought Expedition 5. Southern Tuolumne County, Stanislaus National Forrest. Trees dead from combo of Rim Fire of 2013, climate change, drought, and pine bark beetles

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

North America, US, ME, Clearcuts Northern Forest Clearcuts in Maine's Boundary Mountains.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Scorched Mediterranean pine (Pinus halepensis) forest after forest fire, Corinth Prefecture, Peloponnese, Greece, September 6, 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It destroyed 270,000 hectares, 63 people died,500 homes burned and 6000 people became homeless.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Logging clearcut in woods along Maine and Quebec border

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Regenerating forest after a fire

Dense smoke from forest fire covers forest.

Rocky Mountain elk herd, burn regrowth

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Cut trees viewed during visit of Secretary Gale Norton to northwest Oregon for forest tours and discussions with Bureau of Land Management staff, lumber company officials, and others on logging practices, after President's announcement of Healthy Forests Initiative on forest thinning, underbrush clearing,controlled burns

Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) area, killed trees have been removed, Colorado

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

clear cut mountain after bark beetle infestation in Thuringian forest

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Clearcuts Near Campbell River (Logging)

Aerial view of landscape from wildfire in Colorado

Mudslide/Landslide Winter Storm - Randle, Wash. , February 18, 2009 As a result of the severe weather in January, earth broke loose and covered part of this road off of Highway 12. Many Washington residents were unable to access roads due to debris pile. Savannah Brehmer/FEMA. Randle, WA, Feburary 21, 2009 -- As a result of the severe weather in January, earth broke loose and covered part of this road off of Highway 12. Many Washington residents were unable to access roads due to debris pile up. Savannah Brehmer/FEMA. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Aerial view of logging clearcut along USA Canada border, Maine

Burundi, Environment, Gully Erosion Due To Deforestation.

Creator: Swanson, Scott. Subjects: Fire; wui; Forests thinning; risk reduction; OR. . 1998 - 2011.

The site where a city used to be called Oso Washington

Rocky Mountain elk, forest re-growth after fire

Ecology of the greening of America the forests of Pacific Northwest in the state of Washington USA

Onaping Area Mines/Mill Tailings Management System- Strathcona Tailings Cell ib- Historical Tailings, Greater Sudbury- Onaping, Ontario, Canada

Landscape image of the superfund cleanup site on the Clark Fork River outside of Bonner, Montana

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) area, killed trees near homes have been removed, Colorado

Man cutting down tree

Bute Inlet, clearcut logging and marine log dump, British Columbia, Canada.

The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway - Mine Beside the Energy Loop. One of the reasons for the name of The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway is quite visible, but not an overly jarring presence, beside the road. Location: Utah

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Environmental damage caused by storms and forest fires in 2005, High Tatras, Slovakia, Europe

Deforestation - radical felling of timber plantations on picturesque Kenepuru Sound. Marlborough Sounds, South Island, New Zealand.

Environmental Destruction Climate Crisis Climate Change Environment Destruction Panorama Landscape Nature Forest Dieback at the Brocken in the Harz Mountains, Germany, Europe

USA, Idaho, Columbia River Basin, Snake River Basin, Camas Prairie, forest subjected to 'timber thinning and pest removal', possibly against pine bark beetles (Large format sizes available)

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

USA, Oregon, Central Pregon, Bend, Construction, Stevens Road Tract Construction, Crushed Bitterbrush and Pepsi cup, July 2024 PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA

Angora Fire in South Lake Tahoe, CA

Flooding Mudslide/Landslide Severe Storm - Cougar, Wash. , February 11, 2009 After severe winter storms passed through Cowlitz county, highway 503 was blocked by mudslides and debris. The road was impassable and recent snowstorms have delayed DOT crews from repairing the roadway. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA. Washington Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Canada, Alberta, Chipewyan Lake, Airstrip for remote Bigstone Cree First Nation community.

USA, Oregon, Bend, New Bend, Ponderosa Pine forest at Muprhy and Highway 97, 2024 PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA

Trans-Alaska pipeline cuts through wilderness towards mountains

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, for touring, discussions with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey staff, Park volunteers, and visitors

Burnt remains from Tubbs Fire, Santa Rosa, California, USA

Dry reservoir aerial image in American West during severe drought.

Global Warming

Road sign along US89A north of Jacob Lake Arizona that has been partially damaged by the White Sage Fire, Arizona, United States

WYOMING, USA - Tourists walk by forest fire damage at Willow Park, in Yellowstone National Park.

Drone image clear-cutting, forest in climate change, beetle wood removal, Kellerwald, Hesse, Germany, Europe

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Flooding Mudslide/Landslide Severe Storm Winter Storm - Morton, Wash. , February 18, 2009 The bridge over the Tilton River on Justin Lane washed out as a result of the flooding, landslides, mudslides and snow on January 7. Residents are now stranded to figure out how they will access their homes. Savannah Brehmer/FEMA. Morton, WA, February 18, 2009 -- The bridge over the Tilton River on Justin Lane washed out as a result of the flooding, landslides, mudslides and snow on January 7. Resdients are now stranded to figure out how they will access their homes. Savannah Brehmer/FEMA. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Day one of the Angora Fire in South Lake Tahoe, CA

USA, Washington State, North Cascades National Park. Vehicle traffic and forest fire smoke.

Portugal, Coimbra region, Loural on 2022-05-01. Report on the eco-village of Loural in the mountains of central Portugal. Here, the Klein family and their partners have been working on an ambitious project for a few years. The project is to rehabilitate a small village that has been abandoned since the year 2000 into an eco-location. On 30 hectares, the collective protects and improves the ecosystem by practising organic agriculture, reforestation and the production of green energy. In the process of restoration, this small stone village is moving towards food and energy autonomy and its vegetation is gradually coming back to life. The place is starting to provide integrative health training and artistic activities, its final vocation. Portugal, region de Coimbra, Loural le 2022-05-01. Reportage a leco-village de Loural dans les montagnes du centre du Portugal. Ici, la famille Klein et leurs associes se sont lance dans un projet ambitieux depuis quelques annees. Celui de rehabiliter u

Speedlimit signboard Jammu and Kashmir India 8-April-2008 Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Damage wrought on land of the Barona Reservation, near Lakeside California, as a result of the Cedar fire. Secretary Gale Norton visited the Reservation, home of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, to survey the damage and discuss response efforts with federal and tribal officials

USA, Oregon, Deschutes County, Bend, 685 SE Reed market Road, 2021 PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA

CANADA, BC, VANCOUVER ISLAND CLEARCUT WITH REPLANTED TREES

New Orleans Gunlock Photos - 26-HK-331-1. Hurricane Katrina

Coronado National Forest in vicinity of Mount Graham International Observatory, near Safford, Arizona. Secretary Gale Norton toured the Observatory, and discussed forest management issues relevant to the area, affected by the summer's massive Nuttall and Gibson forest fires

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