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 …
Climate influences on future fire severity: a synthesis of climate-fire interactions and impacts on fire regimes, high-severity fire, and forests in the western United States
TN Wasserman, SE Mueller - Fire Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Background Increases in fire activity and changes in fire regimes have been documented in
recent decades across the western United States. Climate change is expected to continue to …
recent decades across the western United States. Climate change is expected to continue to …
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 …
Megafire‐induced interval squeeze threatens vegetation at landscape scales
Wildfires in 2019–2020 broke global records for extent and severity, affirming the arrival of
the megafire era. Frequent megafires reflect changes to fire regimes that can negatively …
the megafire era. Frequent megafires reflect changes to fire regimes that can negatively …
Human ignitions on private lands drive USFS cross-boundary wildfire transmission and community impacts in the western US
Wildfires in the western United States (US) are increasingly expensive, destructive, and
deadly. Reducing wildfire losses is particularly challenging when fires frequently start on …
deadly. Reducing wildfire losses is particularly challenging when fires frequently start on …
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 …
Previous wildfires and management treatments moderate subsequent fire severity
We investigated the relative importance of daily fire weather, landscape position, climate,
recent forest and fuels management, and fire history to explaining patterns of remotely …
recent forest and fuels management, and fire history to explaining patterns of remotely …
Have western USA fire suppression and megafire active management approaches become a contemporary Sisyphus?
DA DellaSala, BC Baker, CT Hanson, L Ruediger… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fire suppression policies and “active management” in response to wildfires are being
carried out by land managers globally, including millions of hectares of mixed conifer and …
carried out by land managers globally, including millions of hectares of mixed conifer and …
Forests of the future: Climate change impacts and implications for carbon storage in the Pacific Northwest, USA
Rising greenhouse gases are changing the Earth's climate and adversely affecting
ecosystems that currently provide a suite of invaluable benefits, from cleaning water to …
ecosystems that currently provide a suite of invaluable benefits, from cleaning water to …
Planning for future fire: Scenario analysis of an accelerated fuel reduction plan for the western United States
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 …
agencies to explore scenarios for augmenting current fuel management and forest …