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Arthropod recolonization of soil surface habitat in post-fire mulch treatments
Mott, Antoninka, Hofstetter
Increasing size, severity, and human proximity to fires in the western US are driving a need for more effective ecosystem restoration in the immediate post-fire period. Surface treatments, such as mastication of logging slash, reduce erosion and…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

A multi-benefit framework for funding forest management in fire-driven ecosystems across the Western U.S.
Seipp, Maurer, Elias, Saksa, Keske, Oleson, Egoh, Cleveland, Nyelele, Goncalves, Hemes, Wyrsch, Lewis, Chung, Guo, Conklin, Bales
Forests across the Western U.S. face unprecedented risk due to historic fire exclusion, environmental degradation, and climate change. Forest management activities like ecological thinning, prescribed burning, and meadow restoration can improve…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Toward an adaptable deep-learning model for satellite-based wildfire monitoring with consideration of environmental conditions
Kang, Sung, Im
As the majority of active fire detection algorithms have been developed for worldwide applications using only satellite data without considering observing conditions and environmental factors, their performance varies regionally. This study…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Evaluating the potential role of federal air quality standards in constraining applications of prescribed fire in the western United States
Bone, Shultz, Huber-Stearns, Kelley, Cunnin
Prescribed fire is a useful tool for building resilient landscapes in fire-prone areas across the globe. In the western U.S., prescribed fire is employed by federal, state, and Tribal land managers and planned during particular meteorological and…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Integrated systems architectural modeling with architectural trade study of a UAV surface-less flight control systems for wildfire detection and communication utilizing MBSAP
Bokhtier, Crawford, Shahroudi
In this paper, we report our progress on integrating a model-based system engineering methodology with a system architectural trade study applied to flight control systems of a locally owned and operated, cost effective Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Effects of prescribed fire on the post-fire hydrological processes in agro-forest ecosystems: a systematic review and a meta-analysis
Zema, Lucas-Borja
Prescribed fires are one of the most effective tools to reduce the risk of wildfires but this treatment may negatively affect the hydrological and erosive response of soil, with noticeable increases in surface runoff and soil erosion. Many studies…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Missing the mark: Effectiveness and funding in community wildfire risk reduction
Dale, Barrett
[Executive Summary] Wildfire risk has many dimensions – for example, fires can impact ecosystems and wildlife, and smoke increases greenhouse gas emissions. However, this research report is narrowly focused on the effectiveness of specific…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Climate influences on future fire severity: a synthesis of climate-fire interactions and impacts on fire regimes, high-severity fire, and forests in the western United States
Wasserman, Mueller
Background: Increases in fire activity and changes in fire regimes have been documented in recent decades across the western United States. Climate change is expected to continue to exacerbate impacts to forested ecosystems by increasing the…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Reintroduction of at-risk forest tree species using biotechnology depends on regulatory policy, informed by science and with public support
Jacobs, Dumroese, Brennan, Campbell, Conrad, Delborne, Fitzsimmons, Flores, Giardina, Greenwood, Martín, Merkle, Nelson, Newhouse, Powell, Romero-Severson, Showalter, Sniezko, Strauss, Westbrook, Woodcock
Introduced pests (insects and pathogens) have rapidly increased the numbers of at-risk native forest tree species worldwide. Some keystone species have been functionally extirpated, resulting in severe commercial and ecological losses. When efforts…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Effect of flame zone depth on the correlation of flame length with fireline intensity
Finney, Grumstrup
Background: Previously established correlations of flame length L with fireline intensity IB are based on theory and data which showed that flame zone depth D of a line fire could be neglected if L was much greater than D. Aims: We evaluated this…
Year: 2023
Type: Document