Across the globe, rising temperatures and altered precipitation patterns have caused
persistent regional droughts, lengthened fire seasons, and increased the number of weather …

Background Adverse effects of wildfires can be mitigated within fuel treatments, but empirical
evidence of their effectiveness across large areas is needed to guide design and …

For over 20 years, forest fuel reduction has been the dominant management action in
western US forests. These same actions have also been associated with the restoration of …

Forest managers in the United States must respond to the need for climate-adaptive
strategies in the face of observed and projected climatic changes. However, there is a lack of …

Classical silviculture has often emphasized timber models, fundamentally based in
production agriculture. This books presents silvicultural methods based in natural forest …

Extreme wildfires are increasing in frequency globally, prompting new efforts to mitigate risk.
The ecological appropriateness of risk mitigation strategies, however, depends on what …

Recent fire seasons brought a new fire reality to the western US, and motivated federal
agencies to explore scenarios for augmenting current fuel management and forest …

Background The risk of destructive wildfire on fire-prone landscapes with excessive fuel
buildup has prompted the use of fuel reduction treatments to protect valued resources from …

Background Maximizing the effectiveness of fuel treatments at landscape scales is a key
research and management need given the inability to treat all areas at risk from wildfire. We …

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