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 …

Demands for water services from forested watersheds have dramatically increased since the
1950s and the trend continues as global environmental change intensifies in the 21st …

Broad-scale forest restoration projects are implemented across the western United States to
restore seasonally dry, frequent-fire-adapted ecosystems to improve ecological function and …

Climate change is altering the distribution of woody plants by influencing demographic
processes and modifying disturbance regimes. Trailing-edge forests may be particularly …

Unprecedented wildfires in south-eastern Australia in 2019–2020 focused attention on forest
management to reduce their risks and impacts. These fires mostly burnt dry eucalypt forests …

In many countries, forest policies have been enacted that reduce opportunities for public and
private native forests to be sustainably managed for multiple uses, including timber …

Tree thinning and the application of prescribed surface fire are widespread forest restoration
strategies used to regain ecological structure and function throughout dry forests of the …

Restoration of fire-prone forests is a common practice intended to increase resilience to
wildfire, drought, and bark beetles. However, the long-term effects of restoration treatments …

Interest in use of naturally ignited wildland fires managed to meet multiple resource
objectives (resource objective wildfire) is increasing among US public forest managers; …

The purpose of this knowledge synthesis is to compile and synthesize current and best
available science for mixed conifer forest ecology and management to inform future …