Understanding the effect of wildfire smoke exposure on human health represents a unique
interdisciplinary challenge to the scientific community. Population health studies indicate …

The forest restoration challenge (globally 2 billion ha) and the prospect of changing climate
with increasing frequency of extreme events argues for approaching restoration from a …

Implementation of wildfire‐and climate‐adaptation strategies in seasonally dry forests of
western North America is impeded by numerous constraints and uncertainties. After more …

Recent fire seasons in the western United States are some of the most damaging and costly
on record. Wildfires in the wildland-urban interface on the Colorado Front Range, resulting …

In many parts of the world, forests provide high quality water for domestic, agricultural,
industrial, and ecological needs, with water supplies in those regions inextricably linked to …

Recent research has concluded that forest wildfires in the western United States are
becoming larger and more frequent. A more significant question may be whether the …

Stand-level spatial pattern influences key aspects of resilience and ecosystem function such
as disturbance behavior, regeneration, snow retention, and habitat quality in frequent-fire …

Wildfires that spread into wildland–urban interface (WUI) communities present significant
challenges on several fronts. In the United States, the WUI accounts for a significant portion …

Prior to Euro–American settlement, dry ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forests (hereafter,
the “dry forests”) of the Inland Northwest were burned by frequent low-or mixed-severity fires …

Forest structure and species composition in many western US coniferous forests have been
altered through fire exclusion, past and ongoing harvesting practices, and livestock grazing …