Learning to coexist with wildfire
The impacts of escalating wildfire in many regions—the lives and homes lost, the expense of
suppression and the damage to ecosystem services—necessitate a more sustainable …
suppression and the damage to ecosystem services—necessitate a more sustainable …
Prescribed fire in North American forests and woodlands: history, current practice, and challenges
Whether ignited by lightning or by Native Americans, fire once shaped many North American
ecosystems. Euro–American settlement and 20th‐century fire suppression practices …
ecosystems. Euro–American settlement and 20th‐century fire suppression practices …
Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests
Implementation of wildfire‐and climate‐adaptation strategies in seasonally dry forests of
western North America is impeded by numerous constraints and uncertainties. After more …
western North America is impeded by numerous constraints and uncertainties. After more …
Warming enabled upslope advance in western US forest fires
Increases in burned area and large fire occurrence are widely documented over the western
United States over the past half century. Here, we focus on the elevational distribution of …
United States over the past half century. Here, we focus on the elevational distribution of …
Wildfire and climate change adaptation of western North American forests: a case for intentional management
Forest landscapes across western North America (wNA) have experienced extensive
changes over the last two centuries, while climatic warming has become a global reality over …
changes over the last two centuries, while climatic warming has become a global reality over …
The 2020 California fire season: A year like no other, a return to the past or a harbinger of the future?
Aim Wildfire burned area, fire size, fire severity and the ecological and socio‐economic
impacts of fire have been increasing rapidly in California in recent decades. We summarize …
impacts of fire have been increasing rapidly in California in recent decades. We summarize …
How risk management can prevent future wildfire disasters in the wildland-urban interface
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 …
on record. Wildfires in the wildland-urban interface on the Colorado Front Range, resulting …
The fire frequency‐severity relationship and the legacy of fire suppression in California forests
Fire is one of the most important natural disturbance processes in the western United States
and ecosystems differ markedly with respect to their ecological and evolutionary …
and ecosystems differ markedly with respect to their ecological and evolutionary …
Restoring fire-prone Inland Pacific landscapes: seven core principles
Context More than a century of forest and fire management of Inland Pacific landscapes has
transformed their successional and disturbance dynamics. Regional connectivity of many …
transformed their successional and disturbance dynamics. Regional connectivity of many …
Quantitative evidence for increasing forest fire severity in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Mountains, California and Nevada, USA
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 …
becoming larger and more frequent. A more significant question may be whether the …