Indigenous communities in the Pacific West of North America have long depended on fire to
steward their environments, and they are increasingly asserting the importance of cultural …

Forests across the Western US face unprecedented risk due to historic fire exclusion,
environmental degradation, and climate change. Forest management activities like …

Historical and contemporary policies and practices, including the suppression of lightning-
ignited fires and the removal of intentional fires ignited by Indigenous peoples, have resulted …

Large‐and medium‐sized mammals play a unique role in ecosystem dynamics. They can
change the physical and biotic landscape by altering the flow of resources among trophic …

Collaborative efforts between indigenous peoples and government land managers are
gaining recognition as important elements of forest restoration. Unique land allocations …

The reestablishment of natural fire regimes can have numerous benefits for forest
ecosystems, including the restoration of stand structure through a reduction in tree densities …

Terrestrial protected areas (PAs) play an essential role in maintaining biodiversity and
ecological processes worldwide, and the monitoring of PAs is a useful tool in assessing the …

Short-lived nonnative species that become invasive are major agents of change in the
American West, and they may interact with fire to have compounding negative effects on …

Wildfire risk has been exacerbated across Europe by climate change favoring more
damaging and severe wildfire events. This evolving wildfire risk context interacts with a …

As geographic features go, the North Pole is more a cartographic concept than a definitive
place. On a map it'sa point, but up close it's an almost featureless jumble of constantly …