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 …

Abandonment of agricultural land is widespread in many parts of the world, leading to shrub
and tree encroachment. The increase of flammable plant biomass, that is, fuel load …

Executive Summary The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use1 (AFOLU) sector
encompasses managed ecosystems and offers significant mitigation opportunities while …

Wildfires across western North America have increased in number and size over the past
three decades, and this trend will continue in response to further warming. As a …

With the increasing frequency and severity of altered disturbance regimes in dry, western US
forests, treatments promoting resilience have become a management objective but have …

Dry conifer forests in the western US historically experienced frequent fire prior to European
American colonization. Mean fire return interval ranged from about 5–35 years, with the …

We reviewed recent literature to identify the positive and negative effects of thinning on both
stand-and tree-level resistance and resilience to four stressors that are expected to increase …

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 …

This report is an assessment of negative emissions pathways-ones that physically remove
CO2 from the atmosphere-that can help California achieve carbon neutrality by 2045, or …

State and federal agencies have reported fire causes since the early 1900s, explicitly for the
purpose of hel** land managers design fire-prevention programs. We document fire …