Before the advent of intensive forest management and fire suppression, western North
American forests exhibited a naturally occurring resistance and resilience to wildfires and …

Implementation of wildfire‐and climate‐adaptation strategies in seasonally dry forests of
western North America is impeded by numerous constraints and uncertainties. After more …

The Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) has guided the management of 17 federal forests in the
US Pacific Northwest for the past 25 years. The existing management plans for these …

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 …

Mature forests provide important wildlife habitat and support critical ecosystem functions
globally. Within the dry conifer forests of the western United States, past management and …

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 …

Detailed information about the historical range of variability in wildfire activity informs
adaptation to future climate and disturbance regimes. Here, we describe one of the first …

Changes in the distribution and abundance of invasive species can have far-reaching
ecological consequences. Programs to control invaders are common but gauging the …

Fire refugia—locations that burn less severely or less frequently than surrounding areas—
support late-successional and old-growth forest structure and function. This study …

Future vegetation shifts under changing climate are uncertain for forests with infrequent
stand-replacing disturbance regimes. These high-inertia forests may have long persistence …