Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions
We review science‐based adaptation strategies for western North American (wNA) forests
that include restoring active fire regimes and fostering resilient structure and composition of …
that include restoring active fire regimes and fostering resilient structure and composition of …
[HTML][HTML] Wildfire, smoke exposure, human health, and environmental justice need to be integrated into forest restoration and management
SM D'Evelyn, J Jung, E Alvarado… - Current environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Increasing wildfire size and severity across the western United
States has created an environmental and social crisis that must be approached from a …
States has created an environmental and social crisis that must be approached from a …
Pyrosilviculture needed for landscape resilience of dry western United States forests
A significant increase in treatment pace and scale is needed to restore dry western US forest
resilience owing to increasingly frequent and severe wildfire and drought. We propose a …
resilience owing to increasingly frequent and severe wildfire and drought. We propose a …
Operational resilience in western US frequent-fire forests
With the increasing frequency and severity of altered disturbance regimes in dry, western US
forests, treatments promoting resilience have become a management objective but have …
forests, treatments promoting resilience have become a management objective but have …
[HTML][HTML] Mass fire behavior created by extensive tree mortality and high tree density not predicted by operational fire behavior models in the southern Sierra Nevada
Large, severe wildfires continue to burn in frequent-fire adapted forests but the mechanisms
that contribute to them and their predictability are important questions. Using a combination …
that contribute to them and their predictability are important questions. Using a combination …
Cascadia Burning: The historic, but not historically unprecedented, 2020 wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, USA
Wildfires devastated communities in Oregon and Washington in September 2020, burning
almost as much forest west of the Cascade Mountain crest (“the westside”) in 2 weeks …
almost as much forest west of the Cascade Mountain crest (“the westside”) in 2 weeks …
Tamm Review: Postfire landscape management in frequent-fire conifer forests of the southwestern United States
The increasing incidence of wildfires across the southwestern United States (US) is altering
the contemporary forest management template within historically frequent-fire conifer forests …
the contemporary forest management template within historically frequent-fire conifer forests …
Identifying and managing disturbance‐stimulated flammability in woody ecosystems
D Lindenmayer, P Zylstra - Biological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many forest types globally have been subject to an increase in the frequency of, and area
burnt by, high‐severity wildfire. Here we explore the role that previous disturbance has …
burnt by, high‐severity wildfire. Here we explore the role that previous disturbance has …
[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the smoke-related public health trade-offs of forest management
Prescribed burning can mitigate extreme wildfire risk and reduce total smoke emissions. Yet
prescribed burns' emissions may also contribute to smoke exposures in nearby …
prescribed burns' emissions may also contribute to smoke exposures in nearby …
Tamm Review: Ecological principles to guide post-fire forest landscape management in the Inland Pacific and Northern Rocky Mountain regions
Post-fire landscapes are the frontline of forest ecosystem change. As such, they represent
opportunities to foster conditions that are better adapted to future climate and wildfires with …
opportunities to foster conditions that are better adapted to future climate and wildfires with …