Wildland fires (WLF) have become more frequent, larger, and severe with greater impacts to
society and ecosystems and dramatic increases in firefighting costs. Forests throughout the …

Because of its importance to both carbon storage and biodiversity, old forest has regained
currency as a focus of forest management and policy. However, absence of a systematic …

Context Several plant traits are associated with resistance to fire, thus fire-resistant species
may give rise to more fire-resistant landscapes. However, up-scaling from plant traits to …

As contemporary wildfire activity intensifies across the western United States, there is
increasing recognition that a variety of forest management activities are necessary to restore …

Data-driven decision making is the key to providing effective and efficient wildfire protection
and sustainable use of natural resources. Due to the complexity of natural systems …

Mature conifer‐dominated forests are an important component of the Pacific Northwest
landscape, and the conservation of species associated with late‐successional forests has …

Post-fire harvest (PFH) is a forest management practice designed to salvage value from
burned timber, mitigate safety hazards from dead trees, reduce long-term fuels, and prepare …

In the seasonally dry, fire-adapted forests of the western US, federal land management
agencies are dramatically accelerating the pace and scale of projects whose stated goal is …

Abstract The USDA Forest Service is working closely with collaborative stakeholder groups
to accelerate the pace and scale of restoration in fire-prone mixed conifer forests of eastern …