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Higuera, Abatzoglou
The 2020 fire season in the western United States (the West) has been staggering: over 2.5 million ha have burned as of 31 September, including over 1.5 million ha in California (3.7% of the state), in part from five of the six largest fires in…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Sol
Hosted by International Association of Wildland Fire on July 14, 2021 Joe Sol shares their research on sustainment and maintenance throughout the fire season. Joe Sol is currently a Ph.D. student in interdisciplinary studies at the University of…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Clark
Climate stressors on forests of the American West are shifting species’ distributions across spatial and vertical scales, lengthening fire seasons, and increasing the incidence of drought and insect-related die-off. Yet, little is known about the…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Pausas, Keeley
No single factor produces wildfires; rather, they occur when fire thresholds (ignitions, fuels, and drought) are crossed. Anomalous weather events may lower these thresholds and thereby enhance the likelihood and spread of wildfires. Climate change…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Friggens, Loehman, Constan, Kneifel
Background: Wildfires of uncharacteristic severity, a consequence of climate changes and accumulated fuels, can cause amplified or novel impacts to archaeological resources. The archaeological record includes physical features associated with human…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Porter, Joyal, Beers, Loverich, LaPlante, Spruell, Youberg, Schenk, Robichaud, Springer
The 2019 Museum Fire burned ~8 km2 of ponderosa pine and mixed-conifer forests in mountainous terrain ~2 km north of Flagstaff, Arizona, USA (Figure 1). The fire ignited on Sunday July 21, 2019 and became the highest priority fire in the nation due…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Zouhar
Historical fire regimes in plains grassland and prairie ecosystems of central North America are characterized by frequent fires with return intervals ranging from 1 to 35 years. Frequent fires removed accumulated litter, stimulated native grass…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Brown, Wang, Feng
Recent wildfires in the western United States have led to substantial economic losses and social stresses. There is a great concern that the new climatic state may further increase the intensity, duration, and frequency of wildfires. To examine…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Schultz, Moseley, Amos, Bone, McCaffrey
Prescribed fire is an essential management tool for restoring and maintaining the resilience of fire-dependent ecosystems. Past studies indicated that the current policy environment significantly constrained decision-making around prescribed fire (…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Ager, Day, Alcasena, Evers, Short, Grenfell
The 2018 Camp fire destroyed the town of Paradise, California and resulted in 82 fatalities, the worst wildfire disaster in the US to date. Future disasters of similar or greater magnitude are inevitable given predicted climate change but remain…
Year: 2021
Type: Document