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Colavito, vonHedemann, Edgeley
The greater Flagstaff area in northern Arizona has experienced multiple wildfires in recent years that have resulted in post-wildfire flooding. These events galvanized collaborative efforts to reduce hazardous fuels on steep slopes and implement…
Year: 2023
Type: Media
[Executive Summary] The Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) presents this Addendum Update, to spotlight wildland fire critical emphasis areas and challenges that were not identified or addressed in depth in the 2014 National Cohesive Wildland…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Jain, Hood, McKinney, Ott, Urza
Maximizing the effectiveness of fuel treatments at the landscape scale is a key research and management need given the inability to treat all areas at risk from wildfire, and there is a growing body of scientific literature assessing this need.…
Year: 2023
Type: Media
The Department of Interior (DOI) Office of Wildland Fire and USGS created the Wildfire Hazard and Risk Assessment Clearinghouse to meet the Monitoring, Maintenance, and Treatment Plan requirements under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). It…
Year: 2023
Type: Tool
The economic value of fuel treatments: a review of the recent literature for fuel treatment planning
Hunter, TaylorThis review synthesizes the scientific literature on fuel treatment economics published since 2013 with a focus on its implications for land managers and policy makers. We review the literature on whether fuel treatments are financially viable for…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
To collect partner and employee input on the Wildfire Crisis Strategy 10-year Implementation Plan, the Forest Service and National Forest Foundation hosted a series of roundtable discussions in the winter and spring of 2022. Individual roundtables…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
Zong, Tian
Most wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas in the world will face severe wildfire risks due to climate warming and rapid urbanization. Mitigating the damage caused by WUI fires has become a worthy topic for fire researchers and managers. In recent…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
Thomas, Escobedo, Sloggy, Sanchez
Larger and more severe wildfires are becoming more frequent and impacting different communities and human settlements. Much of the scientific literature and media on wildfires has focused on area of ecosystems burned and numbers of structures…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
Miller, Vogler, Scott, Thompson
Actively treating fuels with prescribed fire or non-fire techniques is infeasible for a substantial portion of federal lands, and there is a need for increased use of wildland fires from unplanned ignitions to help manage fuels. The challenge is how…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
Moritz, Hazard, Johnston, Mayes, Mowery, Oran, Parkinson, Schmidt, Wesolowski
There are thousands of communities and millions of homes in fire-prone wildland–urban interface (WUI) environments. Although future developments may be sited and designed to be more survivable and resistant to losses, an over-arching strategy is…
Year: 2022
Type: Document