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Human influence on late Holocene fire history in a mixed-conifer forest, Sierra National Forest, California

Klimaszewski-Patterson, Dingemans, Morgan, Mensing
Background: Understanding pre-1850s fire history and its effect on forest structure can provide insights useful for fire managers in developing plans to moderate fire hazards in the face of forecasted climate change. While climate clearly plays a…
Type: Document
Year: 2024

Post-Wildfire Recovery Through the Principles of Engineering with Nature

Haring
The Santa Clara Canyon in northern New Mexico suffered near total scorching during the Las Conchas Wildfire, a burn which drastically changed the environment and sediment stability of the canyon. After the fire, a 1% chance rain event exhibited a…
Type: Media
Year: 2024

Compound-specific carbon isotope analysis of short-chain fatty acids from Pine tissues: characterizing paleo-fire residues and plant exudates

Jambrina-Enríquez, Rodríguez de Vera, Davara, Herrera-Herrera, Mallol
Different types of plant tissues and resin can account for the wax lipids found in sedimentary contexts and archaeological samples. Consequently, there is increasing research to characterize the fatty acid carbon isotope ratios of different plant…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

A collaborative agenda for archaeology and fire science

Snitker, Roos, Sullivan, Maezumi, Bird, Coughlan, Derr, Gassaway, Klimaszewski-Patterson, Loehman
Humans have influenced global fire activity for millennia and will continue to do so into the future. Given the long-term interaction between humans and fire, we propose a collaborative research agenda linking archaeology and fire science that…
Type: Document
Year: 2022

Emerging palaeoecological frameworks for elucidating plant dynamics in response to fire and other disturbance

Napier, Chipman
Motivation: Rapid climate change is altering plant communities around the globe fundamentally. Despite progress in understanding how plants respond to these climate shifts, accumulating evidence suggests that disturbance could not only modify…
Type: Document
Year: 2022

Paleoecological and paleolandscape modeling support for pre-Columbian burning by Native Americans in the Golden Trout Wilderness Area, California, USA

Klimaszewski-Patterson, Mensing
Context Though people have used fire to alter landscapes across North America for millennia, there remains a debate whether Native Americans altered California’s mountainous forests to create an anthropogenic landscape. Objective We use…
Type: Document
Year: 2020

The discovery of fire by humans: a long and convoluted process

Gowlett
Numbers of animal species react to the natural phenomenon of fire, but only humans have learnt to control it and to make it at will. Natural fires caused overwhelmingly by lightning are highly evident on many landscapes. Birds such as hawks, and…
Type: Document
Year: 2016

What is? BAER

Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) is an assessment intended to protect life, property, water quality, important archeological resources, and impacted ecosystems from further damage.
Type: Document
Year: 2016

Fuels and Fire Behavior Data Collected on Wildland Fires by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT): Methods, Datasets Available, and Potential Data Uses

Reiner, Ewell
Ali Reiner and Carol Ewell presented a webinar on June 10, 2014. Fire behavior and effects models are frequently used to inform fire and land management decisions despite a lack of testing against field measurements. The Adaptive Management Services…
Type: Media
Year: 2014

Exploring the traditional use of fire in the coastal mountains of central California - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program

Johnson
This study brought together a team of ecologists, archaeologists, environmental historians, indigenous peoples, and land managers within a research framework combining an ethnographic investigation of traditional practices with cutting-edge…
Type: Document
Year: 2013