These events are often traumatic. The WY Ag Stress page (WDA) provides resources focused on supporting Wyoming producers with agriculture‑related
stress and mental health help.
Recovery & Rebuilding - The healing process for a community requires extensive resources and support. This
page provides links to resources that can help.
After the Fire USA - A 501(c)3 organization created by wildfire survivors and experts to support communities
of all sizes as they prepare for wildfires and recover, rebuild, and reimagine a more
resilient future after a wildfire.
Post Fire Recovery | National Interagency Fire Center - NIFC provides information about post-fire recovery programs for the Forest Service
and Department of the Interior, including for Burned Area Emergency Response on federal
lands, which can impact adjacent non-federal lands, and Burned Area Recovery programs.
Burn Severity - Knowing how severely a wildfire has burned your land can help you choose what to
do (and what not to do). It is one of the keys to what techniques will or won't be
successful. This chart shows signs that can help you determine burn severity.
Soil Erosion Control after Wildfire - There are several steps to take to reduce the amount of soil erosion. A landowner,
using common household tools and materials, can accomplish most of these methods in
the aftermath of a wildfire.
Contour Wattles - also known as straw wattles, fiber roles, bio-logs, or straw tubes are used to
form a continuous barrier to intercept water running down a slope. When installed
properly, they can increase water infiltration and reduce soil erosion.
Sandbag Barriers - inexpensive temporary walls, one to two feet high that are constructed by stacking
sand-filled or earth-filled sandbags and placing them to divert mud and other debris
flows away from buildings.
Log Erosion Barriers - Log Erosion Barriers (LEBs) are logs placed in a shallow trench on the contour
to intercept water running down a slope and trap sediment. This treatment may also
be known as contour log felling, log terraces or terracettes.
Seeding - Re-establishment of permanent vegetation (such as grasses and forbs) provides long-term
erosion control, may restore lost habitat values, and may help suppress noxious weed
invasion after a wildfire. However it takes time and favorable climatic conditions
to establish vegetation from seeding operations. There are other considerations as
well. Read this document for more information.
Hand Raking - is used on severely burned slopes with hydrophobic soil properties that will also
be treated by mulching for erosion control, and may also include seeding to reestablish
vegetation.
Rural Development Disaster Assistance: USDA Rural Development Disaster Assistance is crucial for rural communities affected
by crises and disasters. It offers essential support to homeowners, businesses, and
communities to aid in their recovery and rebuilding process.
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (USDA - NRCS): A federal emergency recovery program which helps local communities
recover after a natural disaster strikes. The program offers technical and financial
assistance to help local communities relieve imminent threats to life and property
caused by floods, fires, windstorms and other natural disasters that impair a watershed.
Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) (USDA - Farm Service Agency): Provides compensation to eligible livestock producers
who have suffered grazing losses due to drought or fire on land that is native or
improved pastureland with permanent vegetative cover or that is planted specifically
for grazing.
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) (USDA - Farm Service Agency): This program provides benefits to livestock producers
for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by adverse weather or by
attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government.
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP) (USDA - Farm Service Agency): This program provides emergency assistance to eligible
producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish for losses due to disease (including
cattle tick fever), adverse weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires,
not covered by LFP and LIP.
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) (USDA - Farm Service Agency): This program helps the owners of non-industrial private
forests restore forest health damaged by natural disasters. The EFRP does this by
authorizing payments to owners of private forests to restore disaster damaged forests.
Improving Fence passage for Migratory Big Game – Provides context, guidance for inventory, conservation planning, decision support,
and implementation, along with references to dozens of relevant scientific papers
in an easy-to-digest package.
Wyoming 211 - Wyoming 211 connects people with community, health and disaster services through
a free phone service and searchable online database.
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