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Growing convergence research: coproducing climate projections to inform proactive decisions for managing simultaneous wildfire risk
Cullen, Prichard, Abatzoglou, Dolk, Kessenich, Bloem, Bukovsky, Humphrey, McGinnis, Skinner, Mearns
We apply a convergence research approach to the urgent need for proactive management of long-term risk associated with wildfire in the United States. In this work we define convergence research in accordance with the US National Science Foundation—…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Proportion of forest area burned at high-severity increases with increasing forest cover and connectivity in western US watersheds
Francis, Pourmohammadi, Steel, Collins, Hurteau
Context: In western US forests, the increasing frequency of large high-severity fires presents challenges for society. Quantifying how fuel conditions influence high-severity area is important for managing risks of large high-severity fires and…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Reading the Tea Leaves: It’s Just Weird
Reeves
Season 4, Episode 4 of the monthly 'West-Wide Rangeland Fuel Assessment: Reading the Tea Leaves' webcast in which Dr. Matt Reeves, an RMRS Research Ecologist specializing in remote sensing and ecological modeling, analyzes current rangeland fuel…
Year: 2023
Type: Media

Reading the Tea Leaves: An Overview of the Fuel Situation in California
Reeves
Season 4, Episode 3 of the monthly 'West-Wide Rangeland Fuel Assessment: Reading the Tea Leaves' webcast in which Dr. Matt Reeves, an RMRS Research Ecologist specializing in remote sensing and ecological modeling, analyzes current rangeland fuel…
Year: 2023
Type: Media

Reading the Tea Leaves: Timing is Everything
Reeves
Season 4, Episode 2 of the monthly 'West-Wide Rangeland Fuel Assessment: Reading the Tea Leaves' webcast in which Dr. Matt Reeves, an RMRS Research Ecologist specializing in remote sensing and ecological modeling, analyzes current rangeland fuel…
Year: 2023
Type: Media

Reading the Tea Leaves: The Second Great Reversal
Reeves
Season 4, Episode 1 of the monthly 'West-Wide Rangeland Fuel Assessment: Reading the Tea Leaves' webcast in which Dr. Matt Reeves, an RMRS Research Ecologist specializing in remote sensing and ecological modeling, analyzes current rangeland fuel…
Year: 2023
Type: Media

Prescribed burns as a tool to mitigate future wildfire smoke exposure: lessons for states and rural environmental justice communities
Kelp, Carroll, Liu, Yantosca, Hockenberry, Mickley
Smoke from wildfires presents one of the greatest threats to air quality, public health, and ecosystems in the United States, especially in the West. Here we quantify the efficacy of prescribed burning as an intervention for mitigating smoke…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Fire in the Southwest, Past and Present – Fire Season 2022 Overview and 2023 Outlook
Evans, Maxwell
The SWFSC offers a webinar reviewing wildfires of 2022 and looking ahead toward fire conditions for the 2023 season. Dr. Zander Evans presents an overview of the 10 largest fires in the Southwest during 2022. He will share summaries of forest types…
Year: 2023
Type: Media

Increasing threat of wildfires: the year 2020 in perspective: a Global Ecology and Biogeography special issue
Nolan, Anderson, Poulter, Varner
Aim: Each year, wild and managed fires burn roughly 4 million km2 [~400 million hectares (Mha)] of savanna, forest, grassland and agricultural ecosystems. Land use and climate change have altered fire regimes throughout the world, with a trend…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

Climate classification of the fire-spotting generated wildfires
Egorova, Pagnini
Several cross-sectional studies recognize that conductive climatic conditions, including grave weather conditions favorable for ignition, larger burned areas, increasing fuel load and longer fire season, can lead to extreme events and enable fires…
Year: 2022
Type: Document