This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program provides $330,899.69 to the Regents of the University of Idaho to investigate how soil properties and resilience are impacted by the severity of wildfires. The overarching goal is to improve scientific understanding of the relationships between soil heating, burn severity, and soil health in order to support better management of this vital natural resource. Key objectives include defining the links between soil burn severity and soil heating, determining how soil properties and resilience change with temperature and duration of heating, and applying this data to enhance predictive models and communication tools for land managers. The project also includes a $85,000 sub-award to the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station to evaluate the consequences of burn severity on sustaining critical forest ecosystem services. Funding for this two-year project began on August 1, 2024.
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