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Frid
This 3-part modeling miniseries will take a wide-ranging look at State-and-Transition-Simulation-Models (STSMs) and use the LANDFIRE BpS models as a launching point for inquiry about ecosystem change over time. It will communicate practical ways to…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Wilder, Betancourt, Baldwin, Fulé, Beers, Falk, Brown, Garfin
University of Arizona production partners: Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, Arizona Public Media, Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
In June and July 2020, Tucsonans watched as a…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Merrick, Morandini, Greer, Koprowski
Drought, past fire suppression, insect invasion, and high-severity fire represent a disturbance cascade characteristic of forests in the western United States. The result is altered forest ecosystems diminished in their function and capacity to…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Rodhouse, Lonneker, Bowersock, Popp, Thompson, Dicus, Irvine
Western North American sagebrush shrublands and steppe face accelerating risks from fire-driven feedback loops that transition these ecosystems into self-reinforcing states dominated by invasive annual grasses. In response, sagebrush conservation…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Maestas, Boeck, Crist
Jeremy Maestas, Wildlife Biologist and National Sagebrush Ecosystem Specialist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; Justin Boeck, Fire Management Specialist with the Bureau of Land Management National Interagency Fire Center (BLM…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Porensky
On the Ground
• More often than not, there is untapped potential for win-wins between livestock production and conservation. On the other hand, it is impossible to achieve every objective everywhere, all the time. Sometimes the tradeoffs are real…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Innes
This review summarizes the information that was available in the scientific literature as of 2021 on the biology, ecology, and effects of fire and control methods on spotted knapweed in North America.
Spotted knapweed is a nonnative, invasive forb…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Runyon, Gray, Jenkins
High-elevation five-needle pine trees are a group of Pinus species in the subgenus Strobus that occur at the edges of plant growth near the alpine tree line. These species are ecologically very important and are also threatened by climate-driven…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Laushman, Munson, Villarreal
The ecosystems along the border between the United States and Mexico are at increasing risk to wildfire due to interactions among climate, land-use, and fuel loads. A wide range of fuel treatments have been implemented to mitigate wildfire and its…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Weiskopf, Rubenstein, Crozier, Gaichas, Griffis, Halofsky, Hyde, Morelli, Morisette, Muñoz, Pershing, Peterson, Poudel, Staudinger, Sutton-Grier, Thompson, Vose, Weltzin, Whyte
Climate change is a pervasive and growing global threat to biodiversity and ecosystems. Here, we present the most up-to-date assessment of climate change impacts on biodiversity, ecosystems, and ecosystem services in the U.S. and implications for…
Year: 2020
Type: Document