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Wright, Evans, Haubensak
Typical hazardous fuel reduction treatments target small diameter trees for removal producing large amounts of woody material, much of which is piled and burned on site. Little is known about how physical characteristics and the environmental…
Year: 2015
Type: Project
Hulet, Boyd, Davies, Svejcar
Western rangelands are currently under severe threat from exotic annual grasses. To successfully manage rangelands that are either infested with or susceptible to exotic annual grasses, we must focus on increasing resilience to disturbance and…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Fuentes-Ramirez, Mudrak, Caragea, Holzapfel, Moloney
In southwestern American deserts, fire has been historically uncommon because of insufficient continuity of fuel for spreading. However, deserts have been invaded by exotic species that now connect the empty space between shrubs to carry fire. We…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
How Will Climate Change and Management Treatments Affect Southwestern Forests over the 21st Century?
FuléIntegration of conservation efforts across geographic, biological, and administrative boundaries is a major movement in natural-resource management. This style of management and problem-solving is increasingly relevant, because drivers of change…
Year: 2015
Type: Media