The funding will support roughly 300 acres of hazardous fuel reduction work at the Little Valley Research Station and nearby Whittell Forest, where dense vegetation can help wildfires spread quickly through the landscape.
During a recent demonstration at the research station, University of Nevada, Reno Forest Manager Hunter Noble showed how crews use thinning and fuel reduction to make forests more resilient when wildfire occurs.
“We’re going to do approximately 300 acres of hazardous fuel reduction as a way to help reduce the risk of high-severity fire impacts to both the forest and then the community down below,” Noble said…