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Fire and geodiversity

Hoyland, McHenry, Foster
Geodiversity elements contribute significantly to local and global hydrological, biogeochemical and ecosystem services and as such, fire is a potentially disruptive force with long-term implications. from limiting karstic speleothems formation, to…
Type: Document
Year: 2024

An assessment of American Indian forestry research, information needs, and priorities

Dockry, Hoagland, Leighton, Durglo, Pradhananga
Native American and Alaska Native tribes manage millions of acres of land and are leaders in forestry and fire management practices despite inadequate and inequitable funding. Native American tribes are rarely considered as research partners due to…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

Assessment of wildland firefighter opinions and experiences related to incident medical providers

Hoffman, Moody, Bovbjerg, Callis, Snauer
Background: Medical services for wildland fire incidents are vital and fire personnel need to be comfortable seeking care and have adequate access to care. Aims: The aim of this study was to examine wildland firefighters’ (WLFFs) attitudes towards,…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

Burn back better: how western states can encourage prescribed fire on private lands

Wood, Varner
[from the text] For millennia, Indigenous communities managed forests in the American West with fire to produce a range of environmental and cultural benefits. This long history of cultural burning combined with frequent lightning produced fire-…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

How much does it cost to mitigate soil erosion after wildfires?

Girona-García, Cretella, Fernández, Robichaud, Vieira, Keizer
Wildfires usually increase the hydrological and erosive response of forest areas, carrying high environmental, human, cultural, and financial on- and off-site effects. Post-fire soil erosion control measures have been proven effective at mitigating…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

The scientific value of fire in wilderness

Kreider, Jaffe, Berkey, Parks, Larson
Background: Wilderness areas are important natural laboratories for scientists and managers working to understand fire. In the last half-century, shifts in the culture and policy of land management agencies have facilitated the management practice…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

Trends, impacts, and cost of catastrophic and frequent wildfires in the sagebrush biome

Crist, Belger, Davies, Davis, Meldrum, Shinneman, Remington, Welty, Mayer
Fire regimes in sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems have been greatly altered across the western United States. Broad-scale invasion of non-native annual grasses, climate change, and human activities have accelerated wildfire cycles, increased…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

Wildfire and Climate Change Adaptation of Western North American Forests: A Case for Proactive Management

Prichard, Hagmann, Hessburg
Climate change and wildfires pose an existential threat to western North American forests, a reality which necessitates place-based strategies to increase their resilience – if forests are to be widely conserved. EuroAmerican colonization,…
Type: Media
Year: 2023

Climate change vulnerability assessments in the National Park Service: An integrated review for infrastructure, natural resources, and cultural resources (revised)

Climate changes are affecting virtually all National Park Service units and resources, and an assessment of climate vulnerabilities is important for developing proactive management plans to respond appropriately to these changes and threats.…
Type: Document
Year: 2022

Increase in infected corneal ulcerations in dogs during the northern Colorado’s 2020 wildfire season

Jones, de Linde Henriksen, Saxmose Nielsen, Daniels, Lappin
Objective In the fall of 2020, Colorado experienced the two largest wildfires in state history. The smoke blanketed the college town of Fort Collins, Colorado, the location of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Colorado State University (CSU-VTH).…
Type: Document
Year: 2022