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Living (Dangerously) in an Era of Megafires
Hessburg
We have all seen the news - hotter summers, and bigger, badder wildfires. What's going on? How did we get here? Paul tells a fast-paced story of western US forests - unintentionally yet massively changed by a century of management. He relates how…
Year: 2017
Type: Media

Where you stand depends on where you sit: qualitative inquiry into notions of fire adaptation
Brenkert-Smith, Meldrum, Champ, Barth
Wildfire and the threat it poses to society represents an example of the complex, dynamic relationship between social and ecological systems. Increasingly, wildfire adaptation is posited as a pathway to shift the approach to fire from a suppression…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Human-started wildfires expand the fire niche across the United States
Balch, Bradley, Abatzoglou, Nagy, Fusco, Mahood
The economic and ecological costs of wildfire in the United States have risen substantially in recent decades. Although climate change has likely enabled a portion of the increase in wildfire activity, the direct role of people in increasing…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events
Bowman, Williamson, Abatzoglou, Kolden, Cochrane, Smith
Extreme wildfires have substantial economic, social and environmental impacts, but there is uncertainty whether such events are inevitable features of the Earth’s fire ecology or a legacy of poor management and planning. We identify 478 extreme…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Wildfire exposure and fuel management on western US national forests
Ager, Day, McHugh, Short, Gilbertson-Day, Finney, Calkin
Substantial investments in fuel management activities on national forests in the western US are part of a national strategy to reduce human and ecological losses from catastrophic wildfire and create fire resilient landscapes. Prioritizing these…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

A synthesis of post-fire Burned Area Reports from 1972 to 2009 for western US Forest Service lands: trends in wildfire characteristics and post-fire stabilisation treatments and expenditures
Robichaud, Rhee, Lewis
Over 1200 post-fire assessment and treatment implementation reports from four decades (1970s-2000s) of western US forest fires have been examined to identify decadal patterns in fire characteristics and the justifications and expenditures for the…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Coupled human and natural systems in fire-prone landscapes: interconnections and research needs-a workshop held August 4-7, 2014 in Bend, Oregon - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program
Olsen, Spies, Shindler
This report is a deliverable to share the impact of travel funding awarded by the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) in support of a workshop focused on fire-prone coupled human and natural systems (CHANS). From August 4th-7th 2014, twenty-six…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Fire on Earth: An Introduction
Scott, Bowman, Bond, Pyne, Alexander
[From description] Earth is the only planet known to have fire. The reason is both simple and profound: fire exists because Earth is the only planet to possess life as we know it. Fire is an expression of life on Earth and an index of life's history…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Instructor Companion Site for the Book 'Fire on Earth: An Introduction'
This website gives you access to the rich tools and resources available for the text 'Fire on Earth: An Introduction' by Andrew C. Scott, David M.J.S. Bowman, William J. Bond, Stephen J. Pyne and Martin E. Alexander. It includes: powerpoints of all…
Year: 2014
Type: Website