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Effects of changing wildfire management strategies - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program
Iniguez, Thode, McCaffrey, Evans, Meyer, Hedwall
Managed wildfires, naturally ignited wildfires that are managed for resource benefit, have the potential to reduce fuel loads and minimize the effects of future wildfires, but have been utilized mainly in remote settings. A new policy federal…
Year: 2021
Type: Document

Spatial and temporal assessment of responder exposure to snag hazards in post-fire environments
Dunn, O'Connor, Reilly, Calkin, Thompson
Researchers and managers increasingly recognize enterprise risk management as critical to addressing contemporary fire management challenges. Quantitative wildfire risk assessments contribute by parsing and mapping potentially contradictory positive…
Year: 2019
Type: Document

Pre-wildfire management treatments interact with fire severity to have lasting effects on post-wildfire vegetation response
Shive, Sieg, Fulé
Land managers are routinely applying fuel reduction treatments to mitigate the risk of severe, stand-replacing fire in ponderosa pine communities of the southwestern US. When these treatments are burned by wildfire they generally reduce fire…
Year: 2013
Type: Document

Relationships between fire severity and post-fire landscape pattern following a large mixed-severity fire in the Valle Vidal, New Mexico, USA
Hayes, Robeson
The predominant fire regime associated with ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests in the southwestern US has shifted from the historic norm of frequent, low-severity fires to less frequent mixed-severity and crown fires. This change in the…
Year: 2011
Type: Document

The role of old-growth forests in frequent-fire landscapes
Binkley, Sisk, Chambers, Springer, Block
Classic ecological concepts and forestry language regarding old growth are not well suited to frequent-fire landscapes. In frequent-fire, old-growth landscapes, there is a symbiotic relationship between the trees, the understory graminoids, and fire…
Year: 2007
Type: Document

The role of old-growth forests in frequent-fire landscapes
Binkley, Sisk, Chambers, Springer, Block
Classic ecological concepts and forestry language regarding old growth are not well suited to frequent-fire landscapes. In frequent-fire, old-growth landscapes, there is a symbiotic relationship between the trees, the understory graminoids, and fire…
Year: 2007
Type: Document

Spatial patch patterns and altered forest structure in middle elevation versus upper ecotonal mixed-conifer forests, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
Mast, Wolf
In the American Southwest, mixed-conifer forest experienced altered disturbance regimes with the exclusion of fire since the early 1900s. This research analyzes patch development and tree spatial patterns in the middle versus upper mixed-conifer…
Year: 2006
Type: Document

Variation in fire regimes of the Rocky Mountains: implications for avian communities and fire management
Saab, Powell, Kotliar, Newlon
Information about avian responses to fire in the U.S. Rocky Mountains is based solely on studies of crown fires. However, fire management in this region is based primarily on studies of low-elevation ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests…
Year: 2005
Type: Document

Ecotonal changes and altered tree spatial patterns in lower mixed-conifer forests, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
Mast, Wolf
This reseach analyzes patch development and determines tree spatial patterns along the lower mixed-conifer ecotone on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona (U.S.A.). Patterns of patch development were interpreted from spatial…
Year: 2004
Type: Document