Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

LT Kelly, KM Giljohann, A Duane, N Aquilué… - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Fire has shaped the diversity of life on Earth for millions of years. Variation
in fire regimes continues to be a source of biodiversity across the globe, and many plants …

Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions

SJ Prichard, PF Hessburg, RK Hagmann… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Abrupt, climate-induced increase in wildfires in British Columbia since the mid-2000s

MA Parisien, QE Barber, ML Bourbonnais… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
In the province of British Columbia, Canada, four of the most severe wildfire seasons of the
last century occurred in the past 7 years: 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2023. To investigate trends …

Wildfire and climate change adaptation of western North American forests: a case for intentional management

PF Hessburg, SJ Prichard, RK Hagmann… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Conservation of Earth's biodiversity is embedded in Indigenous fire stewardship

KM Hoffman, EL Davis, SB Wickham… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Increasingly, severe wildfires have led to declines in biodiversity across all of Earth's
vegetated biomes [DB McWethy et al., Nat. Sustain. 2, 797–804 (2019)]. Unfortunately, the …

The importance of Indigenous cultural burning in forested regions of the Pacific West, USA

JW Long, FK Lake, RW Goode - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Indigenous communities in the Pacific West of North America have long depended on fire to
steward their environments, and they are increasingly asserting the importance of cultural …

Facilitating prescribed fire in Northern California through Indigenous governance and interagency partnerships

T Marks-Block, W Tripp - Fire, 2021 - mdpi.com
Prescribed burning by Indigenous people was once ubiquitous throughout California. Settler
colonialism brought immense investments in fire suppression by the United States Forest …

Centering Indigenous voices: The role of fire in the Boreal Forest of North America

AC Christianson, CR Sutherland, F Moola… - Current Forestry …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Indigenous perspectives have often been overlooked in fire
management in North America. With a focus on the boreal region of North America, this …

The right to burn: barriers and opportunities for Indigenous-led fire stewardship in Canada

KM Hoffman, AC Christianson, S Dickson-Hoyle… - Facets, 2022 - facetsjournal.com
Indigenous fire stewardship enhances ecosystem diversity, assists with the management of
complex resources, and reduces wildfire risk by lessening fuel loads. Although Indigenous …

Fifty years of wildland fire science in Canada

SCP Coogan, LD Daniels, D Boychuk… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
We celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research by reflecting
on the considerable progress accomplished in select areas of Canadian wildland fire …