Fuels reduction projects are an increasing focus of policy, funding, and management actions
aimed at reducing wildfire risk to human populations while improving landscape health. This …

Wildfire has been an important force in shaping biological diversity in forests of western
North America. Patterns of reburning helped to maintain heterogenous landscapes with low …

One factor that is critical to human judgments about risk, and was often overlooked in past
research on public support for fuels treatment, is affect or the largely unconscious negative …

It has been posited that US national forest administration is undergoing a governance
transition characterized by an increase in the involvement and influence of non-state actors …

In the past few years, the continuous expansion of urban development has created mixed
forested, agricultural, and urban areas. These areas are called the wildland–urban interface …

Past forest management practices, fire suppression, and climate change are increasing the
need to actively manage California Sierra Nevada forests for multiple environmental …

Mechanical treatment of vegetation is done on public and private lands for many possible
reasons, including enhancing wildlife habitat, increasing timber growth of residual stands …

We conducted an online survey (n= 3321) followed by five focus groups with Forest Service
employees involved in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to …

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of USDA Forest Service litigation from 1989
to 2008. Using a census and improved analyses, we document the final outcome of the …

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is incorporated into the planning and
decision-making culture of all natural resource agencies in the US Yet, we know little about …