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 …

The increasing frequency and severity of fire and drought events have negatively impacted
the capacity and success of reforestation efforts in many dry, western US forests. Challenges …

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 …

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 …

Increasingly, objectives for forests with moderate-or mixed-severity fire regimes are to
restore successionally diverse landscapes that are resistant and resilient to current and …

Increasingly frequent “megafires” in North America's dry forests have prompted proposals to
restore historical fire regimes and ecosystem resilience. Restoration efforts that reduce tree …

Current US forest fire policy emphasizes short‐term outcomes versus long‐term goals. This
perspective drives managers to focus on the protection of high‐valued resources, whether …

Stand-replacing fire has profound ecological impacts in conifer forests, yet there is continued
uncertainty over how best to describe the scale of stand-replacing effects within individual …

Restoration of western dry forests in the USA often focuses on reducing fuel loads. In the
range of the spotted owl, these treatments may reduce canopy cover and tree density, which …

Climate change and a long legacy of fire suppression are leading to an increased
prevalence of 'mega‐disturbances' such as drought and wildfire in terrestrial ecosystems …